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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
köz (“interval of space or time”) + -ben (“in”, case suffix) (literal, concrete sense)
Noun
közben
- inessive singular of köz
- Ebben a közben még nem jártam. ― I’ve never been to this lane. (literally, “in this lane”)
Etymology 2
Lexicalization of köz (“interval of space or time”) + -ben (“in”, case suffix).[1]
- közbe (nonstandard, folksy)
Postposition
közben
- during
- Synonyms: alatt, során, folyamán
Derived terms
Adverb
közben
- meanwhile, in the meantime, meanwhilst, the while (during the time that something is happening)
- Synonyms: eközben, ezalatt
- meanwhile (in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned)
- Synonyms: míg, holott, pedig, noha, jóllehet, azonban, ugyanakkor, ám
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References
Further reading
- közben 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