hospodársky

Hospodársky is an adjective used in Slovak (and in cognate form in Czech as hospodářský) to describe relations to the economy or to household management. The word derives from hospodár, meaning householder, manager, or administrator, and is linked to the concept of hospodárstvo, the economy or the management of resources. In Slovak grammar, the adjective agrees with gender and number: masculine singular is hospodársky, feminine is hospodárska, neuter is hospodárske; plural forms are hospodárski and so on depending on case.

In usage, hospodársky denotes economic or related matters and is widely applied in economics, business, and public policy. Common phrases include hospodárska politika (economic policy), hospodársky rast (economic growth), hospodárske výsledky (economic results), and hospodárska kríza (economic crisis). The term signals a formal or technical sense of economics rather than thrift or frugality.

Distinctions from related terms are notable. Hospodársky describes aspects connected with the economy or economic life, while hospodárny means economical in the sense of thrift or prudent use of resources. The word is widely used in official language, statistics, academic literature, media coverage of economic issues, and everyday discourse about the financial state of a country or organization.

See also hospodárstvo (the economy; the economic system), hospodárska politika (economic policy), and hospodárske ukazovatele (economic indicators). The term is a standard element of Slovak economic terminology and reflects the close relationship between language and the field of economics in Slovak and related languages.