krampusz

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Hungarian

 krampusz on Hungarian Wikipedia
krampusz

Etymology

From German Krampus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: kram‧pusz
  • Rhymes: -us

Noun

krampusz (plural krampuszok)

  1. Krampus, bogeyman (a horned, anthropomorphic figure of devil who visits children on December 6 with Saint Nicholas; children who have misbehaved receive punishment from Krampus with birch rods while Saint Nicholas rewards the well-behaved children with candy and chocolate)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative krampusz krampuszok
accusative krampuszt krampuszokat
dative krampusznak krampuszoknak
instrumental krampusszal krampuszokkal
causal-final krampuszért krampuszokért
translative krampusszá krampuszokká
terminative krampuszig krampuszokig
essive-formal krampuszként krampuszokként
essive-modal
inessive krampuszban krampuszokban
superessive krampuszon krampuszokon
adessive krampusznál krampuszoknál
illative krampuszba krampuszokba
sublative krampuszra krampuszokra
allative krampuszhoz krampuszokhoz
elative krampuszból krampuszokból
delative krampuszról krampuszokról
ablative krampusztól krampuszoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
krampuszé krampuszoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
krampuszéi krampuszokéi
Possessive forms of krampusz
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. krampuszom krampuszaim
2nd person sing. krampuszod krampuszaid
3rd person sing. krampusza krampuszai
1st person plural krampuszunk krampuszaink
2nd person plural krampuszotok krampuszaitok
3rd person plural krampuszuk krampuszaik

Further reading

  • krampusz 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