Learning how to talk about the seasons and months of the year in Croatian is a useful step toward expressing time, weather, holidays, and events. These words are frequently used in everyday conversations, and knowing them will help you read calendars, understand schedules, and talk about your plans more naturally.
In Croatian, the names of the months are derived from natural and seasonal phenomena and are always written with a lowercase letter unless at the beginning of a sentence. The seasons, too, are not capitalized. All nouns in Croatian have a grammatical gender, and many time-related words change their form depending on the case used in the sentence.
Seasons of the Year in Croatian
| English | Croatian with pronunciation volume_down |
|---|---|
| winter | zima |
| spring | proljeće |
| summer | ljeto |
| autumn | jesen |
Croatian has four seasons, each expressed with a feminine noun. You will often see the definite article implied rather than written. Here are some example phrases using the seasons:
- Zima je hladna. – Winter is cold.
- Volim proljeće. – I love spring.
Seasons are commonly used when talking about holidays, travel, and nature. They are easy to learn and help you better describe the time of year in conversation.
Names of the Months in Croatian
| English | Croatian with pronunciation volume_down |
|---|---|
| January | siječanj |
| February | veljača |
| March | ožujak |
| April | travanj |
| May | svibanj |
| June | lipanj |
| July | srpanj |
| August | kolovoz |
| September | rujan |
| October | listopad |
| November | studeni |
| December | prosinac |
In Croatian, the names of the months are unique because they often reflect the natural world or agricultural activities. For instance, January is called siječanj, which comes from the word for “cutting” (related to woodcutting). When talking about months, the prepositions “u” (in) and “od” (from) are commonly used:
- Rođena sam u lipnju. – I was born in June.
- Putujemo u kolovozu. – We are travelling in August.
Dates in Croatian are typically written with the day first, followed by the month and year: 5. srpnja 2025. (July 5, 2025). The months also appear in the genitive case when used in full dates.
Learning the months and seasons in Croatian will help you engage in natural conversations, understand timetables, and describe your plans more clearly throughout the year.
Continue Learning Croatian
Now that you’ve learned the seasons and months, move on to our lesson on Days of the Week in Croatian or explore Croatian Colours to build your vocabulary even further.