| Official Name: | Zabočevo |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Inner Carniola |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Borovnica |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.57 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 114 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 45.9074°N 14.3996°W |
| Elevation M: | 358.6 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Zabočevo (in Slovenian pronounced as /zabɔˈtʃeːʋɔ/; occasionally Sabočevo[2] or Sobočevo,[3] [4] German: Sobotschewo[3]) is a village southeast of Borovnica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[5]
The name Zabočevo is a now-standardized hypercorrection of the older name Sobočevo. It is derived from *sǫbočь (< so- + *bokъ), a compound meaning 'on the side'. The name therefore refers to a place on the flank or slope of a hill.[6] In the past the German name was Sobotschewo.[3]
The local church in the settlement is a chapel of ease dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Parish of Borovnica.[7] The church is built in a Gothic style and features a fragment of a fresco depicting Saint Christopher. The square bell tower was added to at the end of the 16th century. The interior of the church was remodeled in the first half of the 18th century. The church stands west of the village on a rise south of the road.[8]