elkövet

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Hungarian

Etymology

el- +‎ követ

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: el‧kö‧vet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

elkövet

  1. (transitive) to commit, to perpetrate, to make (to be guilty of, or responsible for a crime or a mistake)
    Elkövettünk néhány hibát.We have made some mistakes.
    Nem követtünk el semmilyen bűncselekményt.We have not committed any crimes.
  2. (transitive) to do (to do one's best)
    Mindent elkövettem, hogy könnyítsek a helyzeten.I've done everything I could to ease the situation.

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Further reading

  • elkövet 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
  • elkövet 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).