zelených

Zelených is a form of the Czech word zelený, meaning green. In standard Czech, zelených is the genitive plural form of zelený, used with nouns in genitive plural and in various possessive constructions. It appears in phrases such as barvy zelených stromů (the colors of green trees) or listy zelených rostlin (the leaves of green plants). The form is a grammatical contraction rather than a standalone concept, and it can also surface in descriptive or bureaucratic text to indicate belonging or relation to a group characterized by zelený.

When capitalized as Zelených, it serves as a proper noun: the genitive plural of the surname Zelený. The base surname Zelený is common in the Czech Republic; in contexts referring to a family or to multiple individuals sharing that surname, the form Zelených is used, for example: Dům Zelených stojí na rohu. Příbuzní Zelených žijí ve třetím patře. In such uses, Zelených denotes “the Zelený family” and agrees in form with the sentence’s structure.

In addition to its grammatical uses, zelených may appear in historical or literary texts when describing green or greenish things in a general sense, though this is primarily a function of the adjective’s inflection. See also zelený, zelená, zelené, Zelený (surname).