néni

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See also: není and neni-

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

néni (plural nénik)

  1. aunt, Mrs. (a form of address for an older woman, especially by children or in case of great age difference)
    Coordinate term: bácsi
    Olga néni ― Aunt Olga
    Kovács néni ― Mrs. Kovács
    doktor néni ― (lady) doctor
  2. (childish) aunt (any adult woman)
    Synonyms: nő, asszony, hölgy
    Coordinate term: bácsi
  3. (dated) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) Synonym of nagynéni (“aunt”, the sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent)
  4. (dated) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) Synonym of néne (“elder sister”)

Usage notes

It may sound patronizing when used by adults (e.g. by a doctor to address his/her patient), whether with or without a name element.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative néni nénik
accusative nénit néniket
dative néninek néniknek
instrumental nénivel nénikkel
causal-final néniért nénikért
translative nénivé nénikké
terminative néniig nénikig
essive-formal néniként nénikként
essive-modal — —
inessive néniben nénikben
superessive nénin néniken
adessive néninél néniknél
illative nénibe nénikbe
sublative nénire nénikre
allative nénihez nénikhez
elative néniből nénikből
delative néniről nénikről
ablative nénitől néniktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		nénié néniké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		néniéi nénikéi
Possessive forms of néni
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. nénim nénijeim (or néniim)
2nd person sing. nénid nénijeid (or néniid)
3rd person sing. nénije nénijei (or nénii)
1st person plural nénink nénijeink (or néniink)
2nd person plural nénitek nénijeitek (or néniitek)
3rd person plural nénijük nénijeik (or néniik)

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • néni 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
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