Meanings
nounCzechness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality or characteristic of being Czech.
"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 20091 more example
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
Origin
Translations
Czech češství
- češstvístate or quality of being Czech
Danish tjekkiskhed
- tjekkiskhedstate or quality of being Czech
Esperanto ĉeĥeco
- ĉeĥecostate or quality of being Czech
Finnish tšekkiläisyys
- tšekkiläisyysstate or quality of being Czech
French tchéquité
- tchéquitéstate or quality of being Czech
Polish czeszczyzna
- czeszczyznastate or quality of being Czech
Russian чешскость
- чешскость (češskostʹ)state or quality of being Czech
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Czechness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Czechness
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