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English
Proper noun
Nemec (plural Nemecs)
- A surname.
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *němьcь (“foreigner, German”), from *němъ (“mute”) (Slovak nemý).
Pronunciation
Noun
Nemec m pers (female equivalent Nemka or Nemkyňa)
- German (male person)
Declension
Proper noun
Nemec m pers (female equivalent Nemcová)
- 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
Noun
Nẹ́məc m anim (female equivalent Némka)
- German (male person)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Proper noun
Nẹ́məc m
- a surname
Inflection
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