herceg
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Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Herzog (“duke”).
Pronunciation
Noun
herceg (plural hercegek)
- prince (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch)
- Synonym: princ
- A kis herceg ― The Little Prince
- duke
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | herceg | hercegek |
| accusative | herceget | hercegeket |
| dative | hercegnek | hercegeknek |
| instrumental | herceggel | hercegekkel |
| causal-final | hercegért | hercegekért |
| translative | herceggé | hercegekké |
| terminative | hercegig | hercegekig |
| essive-formal | hercegként | hercegekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hercegben | hercegekben |
| superessive | hercegen | hercegeken |
| adessive | hercegnél | hercegeknél |
| illative | hercegbe | hercegekbe |
| sublative | hercegre | hercegekre |
| allative | herceghez | hercegekhez |
| elative | hercegből | hercegekből |
| delative | hercegről | hercegekről |
| ablative | hercegtől | hercegektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
hercegé | hercegeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
hercegéi | hercegekéi |
| Possessive forms of herceg | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | hercegem | hercegeim |
| 2nd person sing. | herceged | hercegeid |
| 3rd person sing. | hercege | hercegei |
| 1st person plural | hercegünk | hercegeink |
| 2nd person plural | hercegetek | hercegeitek |
| 3rd person plural | hercegük | hercegeik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Further reading
- herceg 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