Technik stojí mezi dveřmi a pračkou.

Word by word:

• technik = technician, repair technician, engineer/technical worker depending on context
• stojí = is standing / stands
• mezi = between / among
• dveřmi = door, in the instrumental plural form
• a = and
• pračkou = washing machine, in the instrumental singular form

So the structure is very literally:

• Technik = subject
• stojí = verb
• mezi dveřmi a pračkou = prepositional phrase saying where he is

Because dveře is a plural-only noun in Czech. This is something English speakers often find surprising.

Czech treats dveře grammatically as plural, even when English would use singular door.

Examples:

• Ty dveře jsou otevřené. = The door is open.
• Jedny dveře = one door
• Dvoje dveře = two doors

In your sentence, dveřmi is the instrumental plural form of dveře.

So even if the meaning in English is singular, the Czech grammar is plural.

They are in the instrumental case.

The preposition mezi can require different cases depending on meaning. Here it expresses a location where someone is standing, so Czech uses the instrumental:

• mezi dveřmi a pračkou = between the door and the washing machine

That is why:

• dveře → dveřmi
• pračka → pračkou

Both nouns after mezi have to match the case required by the preposition.

Mezi usually means between or among, but its case changes depending on whether you mean location or movement.

1. mezi + instrumental = location, being in a position

   • Technik stojí mezi dveřmi a pračkou.
   • The technician is standing between the door and the washing machine.

2. mezi + accusative = movement into a position

   • Technik si stoupl mezi dveře a pračku.
   • The technician stepped/placed himself between the door and the washing machine.

So in your sentence, because he is already there and standing there, Czech uses instrumental.

Stojí is the 3rd person singular present tense of stát in the sense of to stand.

So:

• já stojím = I am standing
• ty stojíš = you are standing
• on/ona stojí = he/she is standing

Since technik is singular, the verb is singular too: stojí.

One extra thing: stát can also mean to cost, so context matters.

Examples:

• Auto stojí před domem. = The car is standing in front of the house.
• To stojí hodně peněz. = That costs a lot of money.

Here, because of the location phrase mezi dveřmi a pračkou, the meaning is clearly to stand.

Because Czech has no articles.

So technik can mean:

• a technician
• the technician

And pračka can mean:

• a washing machine
• the washing machine

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is very normal in Czech. If speakers need to make something more specific, they usually do it through context, word order, or extra words, not articles.

Yes. Czech word order is more flexible than English because cases show the grammatical roles.

The neutral order here is:

• Technik stojí mezi dveřmi a pračkou.

But you could also say:

• Mezi dveřmi a pračkou stojí technik.

This still means the same thing, but the emphasis changes a little. The second version highlights the location first, then tells you who is there.

So Czech word order often reflects focus or emphasis, not just grammar.

Technik is in the nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence.

It is the person doing the action of standing.

So the basic structure is:

• technik = nominative subject
• stojí = verb
• mezi dveřmi a pračkou = location phrase

The form technik is also the dictionary form of the noun.

Pračka is a feminine noun meaning washing machine.

Its basic forms here are:

• pračka = nominative singular
• pračkou = instrumental singular

The ending -ou is a very common instrumental singular ending for feminine nouns of this type.

For example:

• žena → ženou
• škola → školou
• pračka → pračkou

So pračkou is exactly the form you expect after mezi when it expresses location.

Often yes, but it can be a little broader depending on context.

Technik can mean:

• technician
• repair technician
• technical specialist
• in some contexts even a kind of engineer or technical worker

In this sentence, because there is a washing machine, many learners would naturally understand technik as something like:

• the repair technician
• the service technician

So the most natural English translation may depend on the situation, even if the Czech word stays the same.

A helpful pronunciation guide is:

TECH-nik STO-yee MEH-zi DVEŘ-mi a PRACH-kou

A few notes:

• Stress in Czech usually falls on the first syllable of each word.
• ch in technik is like the ch in German Bach or Scottish loch, not like English ch in chair.
• ř in dveřmi is a famous Czech sound and is difficult for most learners. If you cannot say it yet, an approximation is fine at first.
• ou in pračkou is a real diphthong, roughly like oh-oo said quickly.

A more phonetic version is:

[ˈtɛxɲɪk ˈstojiː ˈmɛzɪ ˈdvɛr̝mɪ a ˈprat͡ʃkou̯]

You may hear dveřema in everyday speech, but it is colloquial.

Standard Czech is:

• mezi dveřmi a pračkou

Colloquial spoken Czech often uses:

• mezi dveřma / dveřema a pračkou

For a learner, it is best to learn and use the standard form first:

• dveřmi

Then later you can recognize the informal spoken variants when you hear them.