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The Use of the Lexicographical Work of the Viennese Professor of Czech J. V. Zlobický in Jungmann’s Slovník česko-německý [Czech-German Dictionary]

Stefan Michael Newerkla
Pages 19–24
DOI 10.37520/amnpsc.2024.012
Keywords Josef Jungmann – Czech-German Dictionary – lexicography – sources – Josef Valentin Zlobický – analysis
Type of Article Peer-reviewed
Citation NEWERKLA, Stefan Michael. The Use of the Lexicographical Work of the Viennese Professor of Czech J. V. Zlobický in Jungmann’s Slovník česko-německý [Czech-German Dictionary]. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum. Prague: National Museum, 2024, 69(3-4), 19–24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/amnpsc.2024.012. ISSN 2570-6861 (Print), 2570-687X (Online). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/acta-musei-nationalis-pragae-historia-litterarum/69-3-4/the-use-of-the-lexicographical-work-of-the-viennese-professor-of-czech-j-v-zlobicky-in-jungmanns-slovnik-cesko-nemecky-czech-german-dictionary
Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum | 2024/69/3-4

Josef Jungmann’s Slovník česko-německý [Czech-German Dictionary] is one of the greatest lexicographical works of its time. It markedly contributed to both the linguistic and literary development of the Czech language. In compiling it, Jungmann also drew on the linguistic collections of the linguist, lawyer and translator Josef Valentin Zlobický, the first professor of Czech at the University of Vienna. This is evidenced not only by the list of the sources used, which is included at the beginning of the dictionary, but also by the numerous references to Zlobický’s linguistic material in individual entries. Jungmann had at his disposal Tomsa’s dictionary with Zlobický’s entries. In addition, he could use Zlobický’s linguistic extracts from other sources, which he had received through Josef Dobrovský. He lists Zlobický’s entries under the abbreviation Zlob., and his examples from other sources under the abbreviation Zlob. exc. These abbreviations occur in all five volumes together 3,456 times. This paper takes a closer look at the use of Zlobický’s linguistic material in Jungmann’s Czech-German Dictionary and attempts to evaluate it.

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