zökken

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin + -en (instantaneous suffix), related to the stem of zokog (to sob) by vowel harmony. zökken has a regional frequentative variant zökög.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

zökken

  1. (intransitive) to jolt, jerk, bump
    Synonyms: döccen, rázkódik, rándul
    Active-voice counterpart: zökkent
    • 1866, János Arany, translation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet
      Kizökkent az idő; – ó, kárhozat! / Hogy én születtem helyre tolni azt.
      The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, / That ever I was born to set it right!

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

See also

  • zötyög (acting as its continuous counterpart: “to move with a series of jerks”)

References

  1. ^ zökken in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • zökken 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