ötvenes
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Hungarian
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| Cardinal: ötven Nominal: ötvenes Ordinal: ötvenedik A.o.: ötvenedszer, ötvenedjére Adverbial: ötvenszer Multiplier: ötvenszeres Distributive: ötvenesével Fractional: ötvened Number of people: ötvenen | ||||
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
ötvenes (not comparable)
- of the number or amount of fifty
- az ötvenes szoba ― room number fifty
- fiftyfold, fifty-piece (consisting of fifty parts or items)
- fifty-something-year-old, quinquagenarian
- egy ötvenes férfi ― a man in his fifties
- Ellipsis of 1950-es., (of the) fifties
- az ötvenes években ― in the fifties
Usage notes
The following nominal numerals (adjectives or nouns), coined from numerals (with the suffix -s/-os/-as/-es/-ös in Hungarian), refer to items designated with a specific number, such as No. 1, No. 2 etc. (as opposed to 1st, 2nd etc.). Question word: hányas? Examples:
- (single digits) pronounced names or symbols of numbers: nullás (0-s), egyes (1-es), kettes (2-es), hármas (3-as), négyes (4-es), ötös (5-ös), hatos (6-os), hetes (7-es), nyolcas (8-as), kilences (9-es)
- (usually 1–300, 900–999) public transport lines (e.g. négyes-hatos)
- numbered seats, rooms, cubicles, or other compartments
- motorways, highways, e.g. hatvanhatos út (“Route 66”)
- school grades: egyes (“F”), kettes (“D”), hármas (“C”), négyes (“B”), ötös (“A”)
- (multiples of 1, 2, 5) coins: ötös, tízes, húszas―colloquially also for thousand bills―, ötvenes, százas, kétszázas; bills: ötszázas, ezres, kétezres, ötezres, tízezres, húszezres
- (tens) decades in a century, e.g. 1970-es, 1980-as, 1990-es, 2000-es, 2010-es, 2020-as (… évek ’years’)
- (tens) decades of a person’s age: tízes (10-es), húszas (20-as), harmincas (30-as), negyvenes (40-es), ötvenes (50-es), hatvanas (60-as), hetvenes (70-es), nyolcvanas (80-as), kilencvenes (90-es)
- packages or sets with a given number of items
- (small numbers, up to 4 or 5) groups of people
- (round numbers) orders of magnitude: tízes, százas, ezres, tízezres, százezres, milliós, milliárdos, billiós, etc.
- numerical systems: kettes, tízes, tizenhatos (16-os), etc.
- (between 0 and 59) trains, coaches, and flights departing or arriving at some time, attached to the number of minutes
- people or groups identified by symbolic dates and other numerals: huszonnyolcas, harminckettes, negyvennyolcas, ötvenhatos, hatvannyolcas, nyolcvankilences
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ötvenes | ötvenesek |
| accusative | ötveneset | ötveneseket |
| dative | ötvenesnek | ötveneseknek |
| instrumental | ötvenessel | ötvenesekkel |
| causal-final | ötvenesért | ötvenesekért |
| translative | ötvenessé | ötvenesekké |
| terminative | ötvenesig | ötvenesekig |
| essive-formal | ötvenesként | ötvenesekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ötvenesben | ötvenesekben |
| superessive | ötvenesen | ötveneseken |
| adessive | ötvenesnél | ötveneseknél |
| illative | ötvenesbe | ötvenesekbe |
| sublative | ötvenesre | ötvenesekre |
| allative | ötveneshez | ötvenesekhez |
| elative | ötvenesből | ötvenesekből |
| delative | ötvenesről | ötvenesekről |
| ablative | ötvenestől | ötvenesektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
ötvenesé | ötveneseké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
ötveneséi | ötvenesekéi |
Noun
ötvenes (plural ötvenesek)
- quinquagenarian
- (informal) a coin or banknote of fifty units
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ötvenes | ötvenesek |
| accusative | ötvenest | ötveneseket |
| dative | ötvenesnek | ötveneseknek |
| instrumental | ötvenessel | ötvenesekkel |
| causal-final | ötvenesért | ötvenesekért |
| translative | ötvenessé | ötvenesekké |
| terminative | ötvenesig | ötvenesekig |
| essive-formal | ötvenesként | ötvenesekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ötvenesben | ötvenesekben |
| superessive | ötvenesen | ötveneseken |
| adessive | ötvenesnél | ötveneseknél |
| illative | ötvenesbe | ötvenesekbe |
| sublative | ötvenesre | ötvenesekre |
| allative | ötveneshez | ötvenesekhez |
| elative | ötvenesből | ötvenesekből |
| delative | ötvenesről | ötvenesekről |
| ablative | ötvenestől | ötvenesektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
ötvenesé | ötveneseké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
ötveneséi | ötvenesekéi |
| Possessive forms of ötvenes | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | ötvenesem | ötveneseim |
| 2nd person sing. | ötvenesed | ötveneseid |
| 3rd person sing. | ötvenese | ötvenesei |
| 1st person plural | ötvenesünk | ötveneseink |
| 2nd person plural | ötvenesetek | ötveneseitek |
| 3rd person plural | ötvenesük | ötveneseik |
Further reading
- ötvenes in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN