asanace

Czech

Etymology

From Latin sānātiō (“healing, curing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈasanat͡sɛ]
• Hyphenation: asa‧na‧ce

Noun

asanace f

1. Modification or removal of buildings or whole city blocks, mainly for reasons of public hygiene

   Na přelomu 19. a 20. století probíhala rozsáhlá asanace a přestavba pražského židovského města.

   At the turn of the 20th century, extensive demolition and reconstruction of Prague's Jewish Quarter was undertaken.

2. Environmental remediation measures

   asanace skládky

   landfill remediation

Usage notes

In the first sense, the word is mostly used in connection with the renovation of the Prague Jewish Quarter.

Akce Asanace was the cover name of a Czechoslovak secret police operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s the goal of which was the expulsion of leading dissidents out of the country.

Declension

Declension of asanace (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	asanace	asanace
genitive	asanace	asanací
dative	asanaci	asanacím
accusative	asanaci	asanace
vocative	asanace	asanace
locative	asanaci	asanacích
instrumental	asanací	asanacemi

Further reading

• “asanace”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “asanace”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “asanace” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “asanace”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)