Dr. Ivan Šreter Award Explained

The Dr. Ivan Šreter Award (Croatian: Nagrada Dr. Ivan Šreter) is an annual Croatian linguistics award for the best Croatian language word coined.

The award is named after Dr. Ivan Šreter (1951–1991), a Croatian physician who was sentenced to jail time in Communist Yugoslavia in 1987^[1] for choosing to use the distinct Croatian umirovljeni časnik to refer to his patient as a retired officer, rather than using penzionisani oficir.^[2] During the Croatian War of Independence he was taken captive by Serb troops and presumably killed, although his remains have not been found .^[2]

The contest and the award was initially designed by Stjepan Babić, and it has been organized by the literary magazine Jezik since 1993.^[3]

Winners

• 1993 - László Bulcsú for suosnik,^[4] as a replacement for the term koaksijalni kabel (Eng: coaxial cable)
• 1998 - straničnik^[5] as a replacement for bookmark
• 2006 - Nada Arar-Premužić for uspornik,^[6] as a replacement for the term ležeći policajac (Eng: speed bump)
• 2007 - Vilim Pantlik for naplatnica^[7] as a replacement for naplatna kućica (Eng: tollbooth)
• 2009 - Drago Štambuk for proširnica,^[8] as a replacement for žilni potporanj (Eng: stent)
• 2010 - Vinko Vukadin for ispraznica^[9] as a replacement for floskula (Eng: platitude)
• 2011 - Šandor Dembitz for zatipak^[10] as a replacement for tipfeler (Eng: typo)
• 2018 - Lidija Stević Brtan for zapozorje^[11] as a replacement for backstage
• 2020 - Drago Štambuk and Karlo Kulaš for dišnik^[12] as a replacement for respirator

References

1. Book: Grčević , Mario . Mario Grčević

   . Mario Grčević . Some remarks on recent lexical changes in the Croatian language . Verlag Otto Sagner . München . Lexical Norm and National Language . 151 . 2002 . 3-87690-823-X . 2009-05-10 .

2. Nagrada "Dr. Ivan Šreter". Reumatizam. 54. 1. July 2007. hr. PDF. 18 January 2017.
3. Nagrada za najbolju novu riječ . Croatian . . . 393 . 26 March 2009 . 1330-2787 . 2013-02-04.
4. OD FIGURE DO KULTURE – NEOLOGIZAM Riječi, značenja i svjetovi . Croatian . . 408 . 2009-10-22 . 1330-2787 . 2013-07-29.
5. https://www.matica.hr/vijenac/639%20-%20640/stranicnici-i-oni-koji-to-nisu-28201/ Straničnici i oni koji to nisu
6. http://www.pakrac.hr/pakracki_list.aspx?IDMaterijala=4815 Dr. Ivan Šreter Foundation and Jezik Magazine
7. http://www.vecernji.hr/newsroom/culture/3052495/index.do;jsessionid=89D7616E396177C438C424F99EBA4D76.1 "Naplatnica" best new Croatian word
8. http://www.vecernji.hr/newsroom/news/croatia/3258270/index.do Izabrane tri najbolje riječi od predloženih 4000
9. http://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/ispraznica-osjecajnik-parkomat-najbolje-nove-hrvatske-rijeci-clanak-269640 Ispraznica, osjećajnik i parkomat najbolje nove hrvatske riječi
10. https://www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/zatipak-je-najbolja-nova-hrvatska-rijec-20120331 'Zatipak' je najbolja nova hrvatska riječ
11. https://www.poslovni.hr/hrvatska/dobili-smo-tri-nove-hrvatske-rijeci-a-pobjedu-je-odnijela-rijec-zapozorje-provjerite-sto-znace-351187 Dobili smo tri nove hrvatske riječi, a pobjedu je odnijela riječ ‘zapozorje’
12. https://www.novilist.hr/ostalo/kultura/najbolje-nove-hrvatske-rijeci-znate-li-sto-su-disnik-kihobran-i-rukozborac/ Najbolje nove hrvatske riječi: Znate li što su dišnik, kihobran i rukozborac?