trotl

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Trottel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrotl̩]
• Hyphenation: tro‧tl

Noun

trotl m anim

1. fool

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák

Declension

Declension of trotl (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	trotl	trotli, trotlové
genitive	trotla	trotlů
dative	trotlovi, trotlu	trotlům
accusative	trotla	trotly
vocative	trotle	trotli, trotlové
locative	trotlovi, trotlu	trotlech
instrumental	trotlem	trotly

Further reading

• “trotl”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “trotl”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “trotl”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Trottel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trǒtl/

Noun

tròtl m (Cyrillic spelling тро̀тл)

1. (Kajkavian, regional) clumsy, incompetent person

   Synonyms: nesposobnjáković, nespretnjáković

References

• “trotl”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025