csökken

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the dialectal csökik (to subside, decrease, from Proto-Turkic *čök-, compare Ottoman Turkish چوكمك (çökmek)) +‎ -en (instantaneous suffix). Compare Hungarian csökött and csökevény.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: csök‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Verb

csökken

  1. (intransitive) to decrease, lessen
    Synonyms: fogy, fogyatkozik
    Antonym:
    Active-voice counterpart: csökkent

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • csökkent (to decrease, lessen, transitive)

References

  1. ^ csökken in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • csökken 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
  • csökken in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).