-nek

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See also: nek, nec, neck, and -nék

Hungarian

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case v. pr. c.
nom. – ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅		 – –
acc. -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt		 kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅		 – c1
c2
dat. -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- c
ins. -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel		 azzal/
avval		 vele c
c-f. -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte – c
tra. -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá – – c
ter. -ig – meddig eddig addig – – c
e-f. -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként – – c
e-m. -ul / -ül – – – – – – c
ine. -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne – c
sup. -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) c
ade. -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála – c
ill. -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- c
sub. -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá rá- c
all. -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- c
el. -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle – c
del. -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla – c
abl. -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle – c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be
construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See at -nak.

Suffix

-nek (dative case suffix)

  2. Front-vowel variant of -nak. See details there.
Usage notes
  • (dative case suffix) Variants:
    -nak is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
    házigazda (“host”) → Ajándékot hoztunk a házigazdának. ― We brought gifts for the host.
    -nek is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
    gyerek (“child”) → Vettem egy játékot a gyereknek. ― I bought a toy for the child.
    körte (“pear”) → A körtének jó íze van. ― The pear tastes good. (literally, “to the pear there is a good flavor”)
    Szépnek szép, de nem valami hasznos. ― Pretty as it may be, but there's not much use of it.
   Hungarian case suffixes
Case Back vowel
a, á, o, ó, u, ú 		Front vowel
unrounded
e, é, i, í 		rounded
ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative —
accusative -t
-ot / -at -et -öt
dative -nak -nek
instrumental -val -vel
causal-final -ért
translative -vá -vé
terminative -ig
essive-formal -ként
essive-modal -ul -ül
inessive -ban -ben
superessive -n
-on -en -ön
adessive -nál -nél
illative -ba -be
sublative -ra -re
allative -hoz -hez -höz
elative -ból -ből
delative -ról -ről
ablative -tól -től
Note for all endings:
Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként.
    alma — almában, but almaként
    zene ― zenében, but zeneként

See also

Etymology 2

See at -nak.

Suffix

-nek (personal suffix)

  2. Forms the third-person plural and formal second-person plural present tense (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).
    ‎énekel (“sing”) + ‎-nek → ‎énekelnek (“they sing, they are singing; (formal) you sing, you are singing”)
Usage notes
  • (personal suffix) Variants:
    -nak is added to back-vowel verbs
    tanul (“study”) → A gyerekek nem tanulnak eleget. ― The children are not studying enough.
    -nek is added to front-vowel verbs
    énekel (“sing”) → A madarak énekelnek. ― The birds are singing.
    -anak is added to front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
    tanít (“teach”) → Mire tanítanak minket az állatok? ― What do animals teach us?
    -enek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
    fest (“paint”) → A gyerekek festenek. ― The children are painting.
    Present tense indefinite – personal suffixes
Person Back
    vowel     		Front vowel
unrounded   rounded  
én 1st person singular -ok -ek -ök
-ik verbs (optional) -om -em -öm
te 2nd person singular -sz
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -asz -esz
after s, sz, z, dz -ol -el -öl
ő
maga
ön 		3rd person singular –
-ik verbs -ik
mi 1st person plural -unk -ünk
ti 2nd person plural -tok -tek -tök
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -otok -etek -ötök
ők
maguk
önök 		3rd person plural -nak -nek
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -anak -enek
See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and
second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.

Etymology 3

See at -nok.

Suffix

-nek (noun-forming suffix)

  2. Unrounded front-vowel variant -nok. See details there.
    eretnek (“heretic”)
Usage notes
  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -nok is added to back-vowel words
    ‎dal (“song”) + ‎-nok → ‎dalnok (“singer”)
    -nek is added to unrounded front-vowel words
    eretnek (“heretic”)
    -nök is added to rounded and some unrounded front-vowel words
    ‎ügy (“matter”) + ‎-nök → ‎ügynök (“agent”)
    ‎mér (“to measure”) + ‎-nök → ‎mérnök (“engineer”)
Derived terms
Hungarian nouns suffixed with -nek

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia