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Definition 2024
-ük
-ük
Hungarian
Suffix
-ük
- (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)
- gyerek (“child”) → a gyerekük (“their child”)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front rounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -ük | — |
| accusative | -üket | — |
| dative | -üknek | — |
| instrumental | -ükkel | — |
| causal-final | -ükért | — |
| translative | -ükké | — |
| terminative | -ükig | — |
| essive-formal | -ükként | — |
| essive-modal | -ükül | — |
| inessive | -ükben | — |
| superessive | -ükön | — |
| adessive | -üknél | — |
| illative | -ükbe | — |
| sublative | -ükre | — |
| allative | -ükhöz | — |
| elative | -ükből | — |
| delative | -ükről | — |
| ablative | -üktől | — |
Usage notes
- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -uk is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ük is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant
- gyerek (“child”) → a gyerekük (“their child”)
- -juk is added to back vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
- -jük is added to front vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
- kert (“garden”) → a kertjük (“their garden”)
- érme (“coin”) → az érméjük (“their coin”)
See also
- Category:Hungarian noun forms
- Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes