kontingens

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Hungarian

Etymology

From German Kontingent, from French contingent, from Latin contingere.[1] With -ens ending.

Pronunciation

Noun

kontingens (plural kontingensek)

  1. contingent

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kontingens kontingensek
accusative kontingenst kontingenseket
dative kontingensnek kontingenseknek
instrumental kontingenssel kontingensekkel
causal-final kontingensért kontingensekért
translative kontingenssé kontingensekké
terminative kontingensig kontingensekig
essive-formal kontingensként kontingensekként
essive-modal
inessive kontingensben kontingensekben
superessive kontingensen kontingenseken
adessive kontingensnél kontingenseknél
illative kontingensbe kontingensekbe
sublative kontingensre kontingensekre
allative kontingenshez kontingensekhez
elative kontingensből kontingensekből
delative kontingensről kontingensekről
ablative kontingenstől kontingensektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kontingensé kontingenseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kontingenséi kontingensekéi
Possessive forms of kontingens
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kontingensem kontingenseim
2nd person sing. kontingensed kontingenseid
3rd person sing. kontingense kontingensei
1st person plural kontingensünk kontingenseink
2nd person plural kontingensetek kontingenseitek
3rd person plural kontingensük kontingenseik

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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