Svoboda

See also: svoboda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Svoboda.

Proper noun

Svoboda (plural Svobodas)

1. A surname from Czech.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Svoboda is the 6043^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5686 individuals. Svoboda is most common among White (96.32%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Svoboda”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvoboda]

Proper noun

Svoboda m anim (female equivalent Svobodová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Svoboda (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Svoboda	Svobodové
genitive	Svobody	Svobodů
dative	Svobodovi	Svobodům
accusative	Svobodu	Svobody
vocative	Svobodo	Svobodové
locative	Svobodovi	Svobodech
instrumental	Svobodou	Svobody

Further reading

• “Svoboda”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Alternative forms

• Swoboda

Etymology

From Czech Svoboda, from svoboda (“freedom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɔbɔda/

Proper noun

Svoboda m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Svobodas or (with an article) Svoboda, feminine genitive Svoboda, plural Svobodas)

1. a surname

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvɔbɔda]

Proper noun

Svoboda m pers (female equivalent Svobodová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Svoboda (pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Svoboda	Svobodovia	Svobodovci
genitive	Svobodu	Svobodov	Svobodovcov
dative	Svobodovi	Svobodom	Svobodovcom
accusative	Svobodu	Svobodov	Svobodovcov
locative	Svobodovi	Svobodoch	Svobodovcoch
instrumental	Svobodom	Svobodami	Svobodovcami

Further reading

• “Svoboda”, 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