Nemec

See also: Němec

English

Proper noun

Nemec (plural Nemecs)

  1. A surname.

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *němьcь (foreigner, German), from *němъ (mute) (Slovak nemý).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲɛmɛt͡s/

Noun

Nemec m pers (female equivalent Nemka or Nemkyňa)

  1. German (male person)

Declension

Declension of Nemec
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativeNemecNemci
genitiveNemcaNemcov
dativeNemcoviNemcom
accusativeNemcaNemcov
locativeNemcoviNemcoch
instrumentalNemcomNemcami

Proper noun

Nemec m pers (female equivalent Nemcová)

  1. a male surname originating as an ethnonym

Further reading

  • Nemec”, 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, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *němьcь (foreigner, German), from *němъ (mute) (Slovene ném).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nèːmət͡s/

Noun

Nẹ́məc m anim (female equivalent Némka)

  1. German (male person)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Proper noun

Nẹ́məc m anim

  1. a surname

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., soft o-stem
nom. sing. Némec
gen. sing. Némca
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Némec Némca Némci
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Némca Némcev Némcev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Némcu Némcema Némcem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Némca Némca Némce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Némcu Némcih Némcih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Némcem Némcema Némci

Further reading

  • Nemec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
  • Keber, Janez (2021) Leksikon priimkov [Dictionary of Surnames] (in Slovene), Celje: Celjska Mohorjeva družba, →ISBN, page 492