Děčín

English

Etymology

From Czech Děčín

Proper noun

Děčín

  1. 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)

  1. a city in Ústí nad Labem, in the northern Czech Republic situated at the confluence of the rivers Elbe and Ploučnice

Declension

Further reading

  • Děčín”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)