Němec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɲɛmɛts]) is a common Czech surname, meaning German, "mute", or "(he) does not speak (Slavic)". It comes from Proto-Slavic *němьcь ("foreigner, German"), from *němъ ("mute") (Czech němý). The feminine form is Němcová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɲɛmtsovaː]). Slovak and Slovenian form is Nemec, Slovak feminine is Nemcová. Nemec is used in other languages.

• Němeček, Czech diminutive variant
• Németh, Hungarian variant
• Nemetz, German variant
• Niemiec, Polish variant
• Nemtsov, Russian variant
• Čech, Czech surname meaning "Czech"

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