dönt
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Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]dől + -t (causative suffix)[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]dönt
- (transitive, intransitive) to decide on or about something (-ban/-ben or -ról/-ről) (often used with úgy)
- Synonyms: eldönt, döntést hoz
- Middle-voice counterpart: dől
- Úgy döntött, hogy hazamegy. ― S/he decided to go home.
- Ebben a kérdésben nem tudok dönteni. ― I cannot decide on this matter.
- Mikor döntesz a lakásról? ― When will you decide about the flat?
- (transitive) to tip, overturn, turn over (to change an object's position from vertical to horizontal)
- (transitive) to lean, prop, rest (against something -nak/-nek or -hoz/-hez/-höz) (to find a stable position for an object next to a vertical surface)
- Synonym: támaszt
- A falnak döntötte a biciklit. ― S/he propped the bike against the wall.
- (transitive) to pour (a liquid or a granular solid matter) somewhere in great quantity
- (transitive, construed as magába dönt) to chugalug (to swallow (a container of beer etc.) without pausing)
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of dönt
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | döntök | döntesz | dönt | döntünk | döntötök | döntenek | |
Def. | döntöm | döntöd | dönti | döntjük | döntitek | döntik | |||
2nd-p. o. | döntelek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | döntöttem | döntöttél | döntött | döntöttünk | döntöttetek | döntöttek | ||
Def. | döntöttem | döntötted | döntötte | döntöttük | döntöttétek | döntötték | |||
2nd-p. o. | döntöttelek | ― | |||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. dönteni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | dönték | döntél | dönte | dönténk | döntétek | döntének | ||
Def. | döntém | döntéd | dönté | dönténk | döntétek | dönték | |||
2nd-p. o. | döntélek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. dönt vala, döntött vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | döntendek | döntendesz | döntend | döntendünk | döntendetek | döntendenek | ||
Def. | döntendem | döntended | döntendi | döntendjük | döntenditek | döntendik | |||
2nd-p. o. | döntendelek | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | döntenék | döntenél | döntene | döntenénk | döntenétek | döntenének | |
Def. | dönteném | döntenéd | döntené | döntenénk (or döntenők) |
döntenétek | döntenék | |||
2nd-p. o. | döntenélek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. döntött volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | döntsek | dönts or döntsél |
döntsön | döntsünk | döntsetek | döntsenek | |
Def. | döntsem | döntsd or döntsed |
döntse | döntsük | döntsétek | döntsék | |||
2nd-p. o. | döntselek | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. döntött légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | dönteni | döntenem | döntened | döntenie | döntenünk | döntenetek | dönteniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
döntés | döntő | döntött | döntendő | döntve (döntvén) | |||||
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
potential conjugation of dönt
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | dönthetek | dönthetsz | dönthet | dönthetünk | dönthettek | dönthetnek | |
Def. | dönthetem | döntheted | döntheti | dönthetjük | dönthetitek | dönthetik | |||
2nd-p. o. | dönthetlek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | dönthettem | dönthettél | dönthetett | dönthettünk | dönthettetek | dönthettek | ||
Def. | dönthettem | dönthetted | dönthette | dönthettük | dönthettétek | dönthették | |||
2nd-p. o. | dönthettelek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | döntheték | dönthetél | dönthete | döntheténk | dönthetétek | dönthetének | ||
Def. | dönthetém | dönthetéd | döntheté | döntheténk | dönthetétek | döntheték | |||
2nd-p. o. | dönthetélek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. dönthet vala, dönthetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | dönthetendek or döntandhatok |
dönthetendesz or döntandhatsz |
dönthetend or döntandhat |
dönthetendünk or döntandhatunk |
dönthetendetek or döntandhattok |
dönthetendenek or döntandhatnak | ||
Def. | dönthetendem or döntandhatom |
dönthetended or döntandhatod |
dönthetendi or döntandhatja |
dönthetendjük or döntandhatjuk |
dönthetenditek or döntandhatjátok |
dönthetendik or döntandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | dönthetendelek or döntandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | dönthetnék | dönthetnél | dönthetne | dönthetnénk | dönthetnétek | dönthetnének | |
Def. | dönthetném | dönthetnéd | dönthetné | dönthetnénk (or dönthetnők) |
dönthetnétek | dönthetnék | |||
2nd-p. o. | dönthetnélek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. dönthetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | dönthessek | dönthess or dönthessél |
dönthessen | dönthessünk | dönthessetek | dönthessenek | |
Def. | dönthessem | dönthesd or dönthessed |
dönthesse | dönthessük | dönthessétek | dönthessék | |||
2nd-p. o. | dönthesselek | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. dönthetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (dönthetni) | (dönthetnem) | (dönthetned) | (dönthetnie) | (dönthetnünk) | (dönthetnetek) | (dönthetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | dönthető | Neg. adj. | dönthetetlen | Adv. part. | (dönthetve / dönthetvén) | ||||
Derived terms
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Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ dönt 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
[edit]- dönt 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
- dönt in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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- Hungarian verbs taking -ban/-ben
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- Hungarian verbs taking -nak/-nek
- Hungarian verbs taking -hoz/-hez/-höz
- Hungarian verbs used with magába