druhé

Druhé is a Czech word meaning second. It is the neuter singular form of the ordinal adjective druhý and is used to modify neuter nouns or to stand in for a neuter noun in phrases that denote sequence or order.

Uses and examples commonly occur in daily speech and writing. It appears in expressions such as druhé patro (the second floor), druhé kolo (the second round), and druhé místo (the second place). The form can also appear in phrases like druhé cvičení (the second exercise). In these cases, druhé agrees with the gender and number of the noun it describes and reflects the grammatical case of the phrase.

Grammatical notes: druhý, druhá, and druhé are the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of the same ordinal numeral. The word declines like a standard Czech adjective: neuter singular nominative is druhé, while other cases change the ending accordingly (e.g., genitive druhého, dative druhému). In practice, druhé is most often seen with neuter nouns or as a stand-in for a neuter noun in a defined context.

Related terms include první (first), třetí (third), and other ordinal numerals used to indicate position in a sequence. In Slovak, a closely related language, a similar form exists with the same spelling in many contexts.

Druhé is a common, neutral term in Czech for indicating the second item or position in a set, and it appears across time, location, and competition contexts.