germán
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Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin germānicus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
germán (not comparable)
- (relational) Germanic, Teutonic (relating to the Germanic peoples)
- (relational) Germanic, Teutonic (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic)
- (relational) Germanic, Teutonic (having German characteristics)
- Synonym: német
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | germán | germánok |
| accusative | germánt | germánokat |
| dative | germánnak | germánoknak |
| instrumental | germánnal | germánokkal |
| causal-final | germánért | germánokért |
| translative | germánná | germánokká |
| terminative | germánig | germánokig |
| essive-formal | germánként | germánokként |
| essive-modal | germánul | — |
| inessive | germánban | germánokban |
| superessive | germánon | germánokon |
| adessive | germánnál | germánoknál |
| illative | germánba | germánokba |
| sublative | germánra | germánokra |
| allative | germánhoz | germánokhoz |
| elative | germánból | germánokból |
| delative | germánról | germánokról |
| ablative | germántól | germánoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
germáné | germánoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
germánéi | germánokéi |
Related terms
Noun
germán (countable and uncountable, plural germánok)
- Germanic (language)
- (colloquial) German man
- Synonym: német
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | germán | germánok |
| accusative | germánt | germánokat |
| dative | germánnak | germánoknak |
| instrumental | germánnal | germánokkal |
| causal-final | germánért | germánokért |
| translative | germánná | germánokká |
| terminative | germánig | germánokig |
| essive-formal | germánként | germánokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | germánban | germánokban |
| superessive | germánon | germánokon |
| adessive | germánnál | germánoknál |
| illative | germánba | germánokba |
| sublative | germánra | germánokra |
| allative | germánhoz | germánokhoz |
| elative | germánból | germánokból |
| delative | germánról | germánokról |
| ablative | germántól | germánoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
germáné | germánoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
germánéi | germánokéi |
| Possessive forms of germán | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | germánom | germánjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | germánod | germánjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | germánja | germánjai |
| 1st person plural | germánunk | germánjaink |
| 2nd person plural | germánotok | germánjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | germánjuk | germánjaik |
Further reading
- germán 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
- germán in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI