Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. From a variant of the verb zeng (“to ring, resound”), with the archaic adjective-forming suffix -e, here used to create a noun.[1]
zönge (usually uncountable, plural zöngék)
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | zönge | zöngék |
| accusative | zöngét | zöngéket |
| dative | zöngének | zöngéknek |
| instrumental | zöngével | zöngékkel |
| causal-final | zöngéért | zöngékért |
| translative | zöngévé | zöngékké |
| terminative | zöngéig | zöngékig |
| essive-formal | zöngeként | zöngékként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | zöngében | zöngékben |
| superessive | zöngén | zöngéken |
| adessive | zöngénél | zöngéknél |
| illative | zöngébe | zöngékbe |
| sublative | zöngére | zöngékre |
| allative | zöngéhez | zöngékhez |
| elative | zöngéből | zöngékből |
| delative | zöngéről | zöngékről |
| ablative | zöngétől | zöngéktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
zöngéé | zöngéké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
zöngééi | zöngékéi |
| Possessive forms of zönge | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | zöngém | zöngéim |
| 2nd person sing. | zöngéd | zöngéid |
| 3rd person sing. | zöngéje | zöngéi |
| 1st person plural | zöngénk | zöngéink |
| 2nd person plural | zöngétek | zöngéitek |
| 3rd person plural | zöngéjük | zöngéik |