No. 296 in Czech
peněz
"Peněz" is the genitive plural form of "peníze," meaning "money" in English.
In a sentence
Nemám dost peněz na nové auto.
I don’t have enough money for a new car.
The word 'peněz' in this sentence refers to 'money' in the sense of lacking sufficient funds and is used in the genitive case to indicate the amount of a countable or uncountable substance.
Utratil jsem mnoho peněz za knihy.
I spent a lot of money on books.
Here, 'peněz' is used to indicate a specific quantity of an uncountable resource (money) and appears in the genitive plural due to its relation with the word 'mnoho' (many).
Viděl jsem tašku plnou peněz.
I saw a bag full of money.
The usage of 'peněz' ties to describing the contents of the bag, where it represents a quantity of money and is governed by the adjective 'plnou' (full of), needing the genitive case.
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