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Hungarian
Etymology
From hisz (“to believe, think”) + -em (personal suffix). The noun sense is a lexicalization of the verb form.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: hi‧szem
Verb
hiszem
- first-person singular indicative present definite of hisz
- Nem hiszem, hogy elérjük a buszt. ― I don't think we will catch the bus.
- Hiszem, ha látom! ― I'll believe it when I see it. (or: seeing is believing)
Noun
hiszem
- (usually suffixed with -ben) belief, impression, anticipation
- Nina és Christian Kolstad-Bergenbatten abban a hiszemben mentek el nyaralni, hogy a házukat egy kiváló szakember rendben tartja. ― Nina and Christian Kolstad-Bergenbatten left for their summer vacation under the impression that their house would be maintained all right by an excellent professional.
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Further reading
- hiszem 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