Czechness

English Etymology en :af Czech -ness + 1 Noun - The quality or characteristic of being Czech. en 2 May 1999 Derek Katz MUSIC: Reading the Future in Readings of ‘Rusalka’ http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/02/arts/music-reading-the-future-in-readings-of-rusalka.html?pagewanted=all New York Times 12 Dec. 2009 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. en 8 Jan 2009 Stephan Delbos A literal literary pub crawl http://www.praguepost.com/print/267-a-literal-literary-pub-crawl.html The Prague Post 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. Translations state or quality of being Czech Belarusian: be чэшскасць f Czech: cs češství n Danish: da tjekkiskhed c Esperanto: eo ĉeĥeco Finnish: fi tšekkiläisyys French: fr tchéquité f Polish: pl czeszczyzna f Russian: ru чешскость f