HELP:devka

Discussion in 'Vocabulary & Translation Help' started by Ruzete, Oct 6, 2005.

  1. Ruzete

    Ruzete Well-Known Member

    Someone help please, my friend had a nickname on her volleyball shirt and it says Devka, our coach looked it up and found out what it means, she'll be kicked off the team if the only meaning is bitch whore slut...does anyone else have another meaning for it? is there an optional definition, please tell me there one! She's my friend.
     
  2. Ladis

    Ladis Well-Known Member

    I don't understand - she chose this nick because of its czech meaning or not? If she chose it for meaning in another language, who not, however, in czech, it means only a bitch/slut. Maybe she wanted to have "Dívka" (a girl) :)
     
  3. Zeisig

    Zeisig Well-Known Member

    "děvka pro všechno" means a maid of all works, betweenmaid

    It is more derogatory than "děvče pro všechno" but it can be used with a bitter (self-) irony:

    Jsem tu děvka pro všechno.
    I am a maid of all works here.

    Hasiči jsou taková děvka pro všechno.
    Firemen are a kind of maid of all works.
     
  4. Dana

    Dana Well-Known Member

    There is no positive interpretation of the Czech word děvka. It means whore/slut.
     

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