Jahn

Czech

Etymology

From Czech Jan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaɦn̩]

Proper noun

Jahn m anim (feminine Jahnová)

1. a male surname

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

German

Etymology

Reduced from Johannes; as an Eastern German surname, also from Czech Jan, itself related to the former.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Jahn m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Jahns or (with an article) Jahn, feminine genitive Jahn, plural Jahns)

1. a surname

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jahn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 240.