koliko

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• kolik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷosder.

Proto-Slavic *ko

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *lei

Proto-Slavic *li

Proto-Slavic *koli

Proto-Slavic *-ko

Proto-Slavic *koliko

Old Czech koliko

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koliko. Doublet of koliký.

Pronoun

koliko n

1. (interrogative) how much, how many
2. (relative) as much, as many; so many, so much
3. (indefinite) so many, so much; many, much

Declension

Declension of koliko (sg-only hard o-stem)

	singular
nominative	koliko
genitive	kolika
dative	koliku
accusative	koliko
vocative	koliko
locative	kolicě, koliku
instrumental	kolikem

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Coordinate terms

Type		interrogative		relative	demonstrative			indefinite
		kto/ký qualitative	který selective	jen	sen proximal	ten	onen distal	jiný alternative	veš every
Time		k(eh)dy	-kterdy	jedy	—	t(eh)dy	on(eh)dy	jindy	v(e)šdy
Place	in	kde	-kterde	—	sde	tu	onde	jinde	vešde
	to	kam(o)	—	jam(o)	sěm(o)	tam(o)	onam(o)	jinam(o)	všam(o)
	through	kudy, kady	—	jady	sudy	tudy, tady	onudy, onady	jinudy, jinady	všudy, všady
	with prepositions	-kud, -kad	—	-ňud, -ňad	-sud, -sad	-tud, -tad	-onud, -onad	-jinud, -jinad	-všud, -všad
Manner	Way	kak(o)	kterak(o)	jak(o)	sic(e)	tak(o)	onak(o)	jinak(o)	však(o)
	Amount	kolik(o)	—	jelik(o)	—	tolik(o)	—	—	všelik(o)
Indefinite prefixes: ně-, leda-, neda-, ni- Indefinite suffixes: -koli, -si

Descendants

• Czech: kolik

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “koliko”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /kɔˈli.kɔ/

Numeral

koliko

1. Middle Polish form of kilka

Further reading

• Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “kilka, kilko, kielko, kielka, kolko, koliko”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koliko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolǐko/
• Hyphenation: ko‧li‧ko

Adverb

kolìko (Cyrillic spelling колѝко)

1. (interrogative) how much, how many

   Koliko imaš vremena? ― How much time do you have?

   Koliko je sati? ― What time is it?

   Koliko puta? ― How many times?

   Koliko dugo? ― (For) How long?

2. (in comparisons, formal, preceded by onoliko) as, as much/many as

   Kupite onoliko igračaka koliko je djece. ― Buy as many toys as there are children.

   On je skoro onoliko visok koliko i ja. ― He is almost as tall as I am.

3. (with generalization particle god) no matter how much/how many

   Koliko god mu daš, nikad nije dosta! ― No matter how much you give him, it's never enough!

4. (with generalization particle god) as far as

   Koliko ja znam, to više nije prihvaćeno kao činjenica. ― As far as I know, that's no longer accepted as fact!

Derived terms

• koliko dugo
• nekoliko

Related terms

• količina
• onoliko
• ovoliko
• toliko

Further reading

• “koliko”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koliko. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kòːlikɔ/, /kóːlikɔ/
• Rhymes: -òːlikɔ, -óːlikɔ
• Hyphenation: ko‧li‧ko

Adverb

kọ̄liko

1. how much, how many
   • 2024 December 29, Uredništvo, Štefka Kučan / »Koliko novih sovražnikov si v Gazi vsak dan ustvari Izrael!«‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 September 2026:

     "Vojne je lahko začeti, veliko težje pa jih je končati, še težje pa je potem odpraviti posledice. Ko je življenje enkrat neupravičeno in nepravično ugasnjeno, se to več generacij ne pozabi. To vidimo tudi pri nas. In v Gazi. Koliko novih sovražnikov si tam vsak dan ustvari Izrael!"

     "Wars are easy to start, much harder to end and even harder to deal with the consequences. Once life is unjustly and unfairly extinguished, it is not forgotten for generations. We see this here too. And in Gaza, how many new enemies Israel creates there every day!"

Further reading

• “koliko”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “koliko”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references