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Hungarian
Etymology
From -e- (linking vowel) + -nként (distributive suffix).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-enként
- (distributive suffix) Added to a noun.
- Expressing the manner when something happens to each member of a set one by one.
- fej (“head”) + -enként → fejenként (“per head”)
- eset (“case”) + -enként → esetenként (“in some case”)
- Expressing the frequency in time.
- tíz perc (“ten minutes”) + -enként → tízpercenként (“every ten minutes”)
- hét (“week”) + -enként → hetenként (“once a week”)
- év (“year”) + -enként → évenként (“annually, yearly”)
Usage notes
- (distributive suffix) Variants:
- -nként is added to nouns ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- óra (“hour”) + -nként → óránként (“every hour”)
- este (“evening, night”) + -nként → esténként (“every evening, nightly”)
- -anként is added to some back-vowel nouns ending in a consonant
- ház (“house”) + -anként → házanként (“per house”)
- -onként is added to most back-vowel nouns ending in a consonant
- asztal (“table”) + -onként → asztalonként (“per table”)
- -enként is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel nouns ending in a consonant
- fej (“head”) + -enként → fejenként (“per head”)
- könyv (“book”) + -enként → könyvenként (“per book”)
- -önként is added to most rounded front-vowel nouns ending in a consonant
- bőrönd (“suitcase”) + -önként → bőröndönként (“per suitcase”)
- It can be supplemented with the suffix -i to form adjectives specifying the frequency of an event, e.g. hetenkénti rendszerességgel (“every week”, literally, “with the regularity of a week”), synonymous with heti rendszerességgel or simply hetenként, hetente. It can also form adjectives expressing application for every piece, e.g. a csomagonkénti díj (“the fee for individual items of baggage”).
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