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Hungarian
Alternative forms
- hisz (slightly literary or folksy)
- iszen (folksy)
Etymology
First attested in 1519. From hiszem (“I believe”), the first-person singular indicative present definite form of hisz (“to believe”). For the final m changing to n, compare talán.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
hiszen
- as, because; said if something follows obviously for the speaker
- Itt vagyok, hiszen megígértem, hogy eljövök! ― I am here, of course, as I promised I would come.
- hey, but, why; said when realizing something or wanting someone else to realize something
- Hiszen ez nem is nehéz! ― Hey, this isn’t even difficult!
- De hiszen ott voltam! ― But I was there for sure!
References
Further reading
- hiszen 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