Děčín

English

Proper noun

Děčín

1. A city in the northern Czech Republic, on the River Elbe.

Usage notes

The city has had a chequered history, being part of Germany, then Czechoslovakia; the German name was Tetschen, later Tetschen-Bodenbach under Nazi occupation, Bodenbach being across the Elbe from Tetschen.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟɛt͡ʃiːn]

Proper noun

Děčín m inan (related adjective děčínský)

1. A town in the northern Czech Republic situated at the confluence of the rivers Elbe and Ploučnice

Declension

Declension of Děčín (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Děčín
genitive	Děčína
dative	Děčínu
accusative	Děčín
vocative	Děčíne
locative	Děčíně, Děčínu
instrumental	Děčínem

Further reading

• Děčín in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu