Němeček (feminine Němečková) is a Czech surname, meaning "a small German". It is a diminutive of
Němec
Němec () is a common Czech surname, meaning German, "mute", or "(he) does not speak (Slavic)". It comes from Proto-Slavic *němьcь ("foreigner, German"), from *němъ ("mute") (Czech němý). The feminine form is Němcová (). Slovak and Sloveni ...
, meaning "a German". Notable people include:
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Bohumil Němeček
Bohumil Němeček (2 January 1938 – 3 May 2010) was a Czechoslovak welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, ...
, Czech boxer
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Jan Němeček
Jan Němeček (born February 14, 1976) is a Czech people, Czech former Professional sports#Ice hockey, professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted 215th overall in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings and played seven games in ...
, Czech ice hockey player
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Lenka Němečková, Czech tennis player
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Libor Němeček
Libor Němeček (born 26 October 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.
Career
Němeček had some success as a junior in his native country. He won the Czechoslovakian Under-14s Championship and was later the doubl ...
, Czech tennis player
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Svatopluk Němeček
Svatopluk Němeček (born 23 February 1972) is a Czech politician and doctor, from 2014 to 2016 he served as the Czech Minister of Health in the government of Bohuslav Sobotka. From 2005 until 2014 he was the director of the Faculty Hospital in Ost ...
, Czech politician
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Václav Němeček
Václav Němeček (born 25 January 1967 in Hradec Králové) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic. As a combined total for both national teams, he played ...
, Czech footballer
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Czech-language surnames