Novak
English
editEtymology
editUsually from Czech Novák or Slovak Novák, but possibly also from Serbo-Croatian Nȍvāk, Slovene Novák, or Hungarian Novák.
Proper noun
editNovak (plural Novaks)
- A surname.
- A male given name.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Novak is the 980th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 35,461 individuals. Novak is most common among White (95.6%) individuals.
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUsually from Czech Novák or Slovak Novák, but possibly also from Serbo-Croatian Nȍvāk, Slovene Novák, or Hungarian Novák. The meaning newcomer, novice is equivalent to the native surname Neumann
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editNovak m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Novaks or (with an article) Novak, feminine genitive Novak, plural Novaks)
- a surname
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
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Proper noun
editNȍvāk m
- a surname
Statistics
edit- According to the 2021 Croatian census, Novak is the 6th most common surname in Croatia, belonging to 9739 individuals.
Slovak
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editNovak m anim (genitive singular Novaka, declension pattern of chlap)
- a surname
Declension
editDeclension of Novak
Further reading
edit- “Novak”, 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, 2024
Slovene
editEtymology
editFrom:
- nov (“new”), for "newcomer to the village".
- novina (“new arable land”), as an occupational surname for people who used the slash-and-burn method to create new arable land. Compare Novinec.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editNovák m anim
- a surname. By statistics, it's the most common surname in Slovenia
Inflection
editMasculine anim., hard o-stem | ||
---|---|---|
nominative | Novák | |
genitive | Nováka | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Novák | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Nováka | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Nováku | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Nováka | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Nováku | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Novákom |
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