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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hypotheca (“pledge for a loan”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē, “warning, pledge”), from the verb ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi, “put down, pledge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hypotéka f
- mortgage
Declension
Declension of hypotéka (hard feminine)
Further reading
- “hypotéka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hypotéka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989