hóhér

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See also: hoher, and höher

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian Hāher. Compare German Henker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: hó‧hér

Noun

hóhér (plural hóhérok)

  1. executioner (the person who carries out the execution)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hóhér hóhérok
accusative hóhért hóhérokat
dative hóhérnak hóhéroknak
instrumental hóhérral hóhérokkal
causal-final hóhérért hóhérokért
translative hóhérrá hóhérokká
terminative hóhérig hóhérokig
essive-formal hóhérként hóhérokként
essive-modal
inessive hóhérban hóhérokban
superessive hóhéron hóhérokon
adessive hóhérnál hóhéroknál
illative hóhérba hóhérokba
sublative hóhérra hóhérokra
allative hóhérhoz hóhérokhoz
elative hóhérból hóhérokból
delative hóhérról hóhérokról
ablative hóhértól hóhéroktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
hóhéré hóhéroké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
hóhéréi hóhérokéi
Possessive forms of hóhér
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hóhérom hóhéraim
2nd person sing. hóhérod hóhéraid
3rd person sing. hóhéra hóhérai
1st person plural hóhérunk hóhéraink
2nd person plural hóhérotok hóhéraitok
3rd person plural hóhéruk hóhéraik

References

Further reading

  • hóhér 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