Vianoce

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from German Weihnachten (“Christmas”) by phonetisation of the first part of the word and translating the second part of the word, Nacht (“night”) to noc (“night”), like in Czech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi̯anɔt͡sɛ/

Proper noun

Vianoce f pl (plural only)

1. Christmas

Declension

Declension of Vianoce (pattern ulica)

	plural
nominative	Vianoce
genitive	Vianoc
dative	Vianociam
accusative	Vianoce
locative	Vianociach
instrumental	Vianocami

Derived terms

• vianočka
• vianočný

See also

• veselé Vianoce (“Merry Christmas”)

Further reading

• “Vianoce”, 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, 2003–2024