onikání

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

onikání n

  1. addressing somebody by using the third person plural, rather than the second person singular

Usage notes

  • This form of addressing people is now archaic in Czech, but it is still used in German (see note at Sie).

Declension

Further reading

  • onikání”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • onikání”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)