vnuk

See also: Vnuk

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vnuk, from Proto-Slavic *vъnukъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvnuk]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Hyphenation: vnuk

Noun

vnuk m anim (female equivalent vnučka, diminutive vnouček)

1. grandson

   Hypernym: vnouče

Declension

Declension of vnuk (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	vnuk	vnuci, vnukové
genitive	vnuka	vnuků
dative	vnukovi, vnuku	vnukům
accusative	vnuka	vnuky
vocative	vnuku	vnuci, vnukové
locative	vnukovi, vnuku	vnucích
instrumental	vnukem	vnuky

Derived terms

• pravnuk m anim

Related terms

• pravnouče n
• pravnučka f

Further reading

• “vnuk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vnuk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vnuk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
• “vnuk”, in Seznam Slovník, Prague, Czechia: Seznam.cz, 2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnukъ.

Noun

vnuk m anim (Cyrillic spelling внук)

1. obsolete form of unuk

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnukъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vnuk/, [ˈʋnuk], [ˈvnuk]
• Rhymes: -uk

Noun

vnuk m pers (diminutive vnúčik)

1. grandson

Declension

Declension of vnuk
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	vnuk	vnuci, vnukovia
genitive	vnuka	vnukov
dative	vnukovi	vnukom
accusative	vnuka	vnukov
locative	vnukovi	vnukoch
instrumental	vnukom	vnukmi

Derived terms

• vnúčik
• vnučka
• vnúča

Further reading

• “vnuk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋnùːk/, /ʋnúːk/

Noun

vnūk m anim (female equivalent vnūkinja)

1. grandson

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	vnúk
gen. sing.	vnúka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vnúk	vnúka	vnúki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vnúka	vnúkov	vnúkov
dative (dajȃlnik)	vnúku	vnúkoma	vnúkom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vnúka	vnúka	vnúke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vnúku	vnúkih	vnúkih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vnúkom	vnúkoma	vnúki

Further reading

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