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 The primary accent always falls on the first syllable in Czech words.

The suffix “-ova” is added to masculine proper names to indicate female members of the family. Thus, Božena Němcová signifies that Božena is of the family or house of Němec.

In “Czech,” the English spelling of Čech (Bohemian), the “cz” is pronounced like “ch” in “chair” and the final “ch” like “ch” in the Scotch “loch.”