Ovo je prijava krađe.

Ovo means this.

In Croatian, ovo is the neuter singular form of this, and it is often used when identifying or pointing to something in a general way:

• Ovo je kuća. = This is a house.
• Ovo je prijava krađe. = This is a theft report.

You may also see to, which can also mean that/it and is often used in slightly different contexts, especially when referring back to something already mentioned:

• To je istina. = That is true.

In this sentence, ovo is natural if someone is physically showing the document or introducing it.

Je is the 3rd person singular present form of the verb biti (to be).

So:

• ovo = this
• je = is
• prijava krađe = theft report / report of theft

Together: Ovo je prijava krađe. = This is a theft report.

Croatian usually does not drop je in this kind of sentence, so you need it here.

Prijava can mean a report, application, or registration, depending on context.

In this sentence, it means report in the sense of an official statement made to the police or another authority.

Examples:

• prijava krađe = theft report
• prijava nestanka = missing person report / report of disappearance
• prijava na natječaj = application for a competition/job posting

So the meaning depends a lot on the noun that follows.

Because krađe is in the genitive case.

The base form is:

• krađa = theft

But after prijava, Croatian often uses another noun in the genitive to show report of what:

• prijava krađe = report of theft

So:

• nominative: krađa
• genitive: krađe

This is a very common pattern in Croatian:

• čaša vode = a glass of water
• adresa hotela = the address of the hotel
• prijava krađe = report of theft

Yes, literally it is report of theft.

Croatian often expresses this kind of idea with:

• a noun
• followed by another noun in the genitive

So instead of something like theft report as one compound noun, Croatian says something closer to:

• prijava krađe = report of theft

In natural English, this is usually translated as theft report.

No. Croatian does not have articles like English a/an/the.

So prijava krađe could mean:

• a theft report
• the theft report

Which one is meant depends on context.

That is why Ovo je prijava krađe can be translated as:

• This is a theft report or
• This is the theft report

Usually context tells you which is more natural.

Prijava is in the nominative singular.

That is because it is the predicate noun after je in an identifying sentence:

• Ovo je prijava krađe.

Structure:

• ovo = subject-like demonstrative expression
• je = is
• prijava krađe = the thing being identified

So prijava stays in the nominative, while krađe changes to genitive.

Yes, Croatian word order is fairly flexible, but not all versions sound equally natural in every situation.

The most neutral version is:

• Ovo je prijava krađe.

You could also say:

• Prijava krađe je ovo.

But that sounds marked or emphatic, as if contrasting it with something else.

So for a learner, the best default is to keep:

• Ovo je prijava krađe.

A simple approximate pronunciation for an English speaker is:

• OH-vo ye pree-YAH-va KRAH-dje

A few notes:

• j in Croatian is like English y in yes
• v is always pronounced
• đ is a soft sound, somewhat like the j in jeans, but softer
• r in krađe is rolled or tapped lightly

Word by word:

• ovo ≈ OH-vo
• je ≈ ye
• prijava ≈ pree-YAH-va
• krađe ≈ KRAH-dje

It is neutral and perfectly natural. It can fit both everyday and official contexts.

Because prijava krađe refers to an official kind of document or statement, the vocabulary itself is somewhat formal or administrative, but the sentence structure is simple and ordinary.

You might hear it:

• at a police station
• in an office
• when someone is showing a form or document

Yes, that is very close in meaning.

Prijava krađe most naturally means an official report that a theft happened. In many contexts, English would specifically say:

• theft report
• report of theft
• stolen property report depending on the situation

So about a theft is understandable, but report of theft is the more literal and usually more accurate way to think about the Croatian structure.

Here are the dictionary forms:

• ovo → demonstrative pronoun meaning this; this form itself is the basic neuter singular form
• je → from biti = to be
• prijava → report, application, registration
• krađe → dictionary form is krađa = theft

So if you looked the words up, you would usually search for:

• biti
• prijava
• krađa