Czechness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English Czech Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English Czechness From Czech + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality or characteristic of being Czech.
Smetana's romantic comedy epitomizes one stereotype of Czechness: happy villagers in quaint peasant garb, dancing polkas and skocnas in the local pub while singing hymns in praise of beer.
1999 May 2, Derek Katz, “MUSIC: Reading the Future in Readings of ‘Rusalka’”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 Dec 2009:"I want people to find my work more European than specifically Czech, but I can't deny the Czechness present in my writing," he said.
2009 January 8, Stephan Delbos, “A literal literary pub crawl”, in The Prague Post, retrieved 12 Dec 2009:
Translations (8)
fr tchéquité (state or quality of being Czech) · be чэшскасць (state or quality of being Czech) · eo ĉeĥeco (state or quality of being Czech) · pl czeszczyzna (state or quality of being Czech) · ru чешскость (state or quality of being Czech) · fi tšekkiläisyys (state or quality of being Czech) · da tjekkiskhed (state or quality of being Czech) · cs češství (state or quality of being Czech)