Hungarian

Suffix

-ög

1. (frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.

   köhög ‎(“to cough”)

   pörög ‎(“to spin”)

Usage notes

• (frequentative suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -g is added to words ending in a vowel

  -og is added to some back vowel words

  -ag is added to other back vowel words

  -eg is added to unrounded front vowel words

  -ög is added to rounded front vowel words

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes