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Hungarian
Etymology
hogy + -an
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ho‧gyan
Adverb
hogyan
- how? (in what manner)
- Synonym: hogy
- Hogyan szöktél meg a börtönből? ― How did you escape prison?
Usage notes
In sentences like How was your vacation? (in the sense “what like?”) the word milyen? is used.
Derived terms
Further reading
- hogyan 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