Děčín
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Děčín
- A city in the northern Czech Republic, on the River Elbe.
Usage notes
The city has had a chequered history, being part of Germany, then Czechoslovakia; the German name was Tetschen, later Tetschen-Bodenbach under Nazi occupation, Bodenbach being across the Elbe from Tetschen.
Translations
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɟɛt͡ʃiːn]
Proper noun
Děčín m inan (relational adjective děčínský)
- a city in Ústí nad Labem, in the northern Czech Republic situated at the confluence of the rivers Elbe and Ploučnice
Declension
Declension of Děčín (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Děčín |
| genitive | Děčína |
| dative | Děčínu |
| accusative | Děčín |
| vocative | Děčíne |
| locative | Děčíně, Děčínu |
| instrumental | Děčínem |
Further reading
- “Děčín”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)