Svoboda
See also: svoboda
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Svoboda (plural Svobodas)
- A surname from Czech.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Svoboda is the 6043rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5686 individuals. Svoboda is most common among White (96.32%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Svoboda”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsvoboda]
- Homophone: svoboda
Proper noun
Svoboda m anim (female equivalent Svobodová)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Svoboda (masculine animate in -a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Svoboda | Svobodové |
| genitive | Svobody | Svobodů |
| dative | Svobodovi | Svobodům |
| accusative | Svobodu | Svobody |
| vocative | Svobodo | Svobodové |
| locative | Svobodovi | Svobodech |
| instrumental | Svobodou | Svobody |
Further reading
- “Svoboda”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Czech Svoboda, from svoboda (“freedom”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsvɔbɔda/
Proper noun
Svoboda m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Svobodas or (with an article) Svoboda, feminine genitive Svoboda, plural Svobodas)
- a surname
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Svoboda m pers (female equivalent Svobodová)
- a male surname
Declension
| singular | plural 1 | plural 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Svoboda | Svobodovia | Svobodovci |
| genitive | Svobodu | Svobodov | Svobodovcov |
| dative | Svobodovi | Svobodom | Svobodovcom |
| accusative | Svobodu | Svobodov | Svobodovcov |
| locative | Svobodovi | Svobodoch | Svobodovcoch |
| instrumental | Svobodom | Svobodami | Svobodovcami |
Further reading
- “Svoboda”, 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