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- Czech is a fusional language with a rich system of morphology and relatively flexible word order. Its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by Latin and German.
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Aug 21, 2018 · Czech locals, mostly peasants and working class people, were forced to speak the German language of their invaders. Soon after, intellectuals, who had initially resisted the German language ...
In 1627, Czech and German became official languages of the Kingdom of Bohemia and in the 18th century German became dominant in Bohemia and Moravia, especially among the upper classes. Modern Czech Josef Dobrovský, whose writing played a key role in reviving Czech as a written language
If in sense of states, then yes, Czechs are the most "germanized" slavic people. If based on DNA than no, that would be the slavic people that live in basically what was East Germany (more precisely if you would draw line from western edge of Czechia towards eastern part of borders between Denmark and Germany).
The German language was made equal to the Czech language. Czech patriotic authors tend to call the following period, from 1620 to 1648 until the late 18th century, the "Dark Age". It is characterized by devastation by foreign troops; Germanization; and economic and political decline.
It's not that Germans considered Czechs to be German, it's that Germans considered most of Bohemia (half of the Czech Republic today) to be German. The reason is that these lands were German in addition to being Czech -- they were multi-ethnic.
4 days ago · Czech language, West Slavic language closely related to Slovak, Polish, and the Sorbian languages of eastern Germany. It is spoken in the historical regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and southwestern Silesia in the Czech Republic, where it is the official language. Czech is written in the Roman ( Latin) alphabet.
The official language of the Czech Republic is Czech. You don’t have to worry about coming to the country without prior knowledge of the language as you’ll have no problems communicating in English in most cities and many Czechs also speak German and Russian.
