-um

From Latin -um (“2nd declension neuter nominative singular termination”).

der

abszurdum (“absurdity”)

A distinguishable foreign word-ending in nouns of Latin origin. It is not considered an independent Hungarian suffix.


-est

From -es (adjective-forming suffix) + -t (adverb-forming suffix).

af

öröm (“joy”) + -est → örömest (“with joy”)

(adverb-forming suffix) Added to a word to form an adverb.


-é

From a split of the obsolete lative suffix (below), with a semantic shift presumably evolving like “towards him/her” > “to him/her” > “of his/hers”.

iskola (“school”) ― iskoláé (“belonging to the school, of the school, the school's”)

Ez a szék az iskoláé. (predicatively)

This chair belongs to the school / is the school’s.

ház (“house”) ― házé (“that of the house”)

A fa árnyéka nagy, a házé még nagyobb. (as part of the subject)

The shadow of the tree is big; that of the house is even bigger.

(non-attributive possessive suffix) -'s, belonging to ……, that of ……. Used to form the non-attributive possessive form of nouns. Compare the English pronouns mine, yours etc.). The plural form is -éi.

Ezek a poharak a Pistáé.

These glasses belong to Steve / are Steve’s.

Azt vetették a szememre, hogy a fordításaim értelmesek, szépek és jól követhetők, de kevésbé költőiek, mint az elődeimé, például Arany Jánosé, Babits Mihályé, Mészöly Dezsőé.
I was rebuked for my translations being lucid, beautiful, and easy to follow, but less poetic than those of my predecessors, such as János Arany, Mihály Babits, and Q303494 (Q303494).

2021, Zsuzsa Mátraházi, Nádasdy Ádám: Még Arany János is követett el hibát műfordításban (interview with Ádám Nádasdy), HVG weekly

(non-attributive possessive suffix, slightly colloquial) -'s, those of ……. It is also used informally for the plural of the non-attributive possessive (-éi being somewhat pedantic).


-é

From Proto-Uralic *-j, which served as part of a diphthong (together with the vowel at the end of the noun stem) and became -á/-é.

Menýi miloſtben terumteve eleve mív iſemucut adamut. eſ odutta vola neki paradiſumut haʒóá.
Mennyi malasztban (= kegyelemben) teremté (= teremtette) kezdetben [az Úr] [a] mi ősünket, Ádámot, és adta (vala) neki [a] paradicsomot házzá. (in present-day Hungarian)

1192–1195, Funeral Sermon and Prayer, translated by Alan Jenkins (In Quest of the Miracle Stag: The Poetry of Hungary, Vol. 1, p. 30)

God in his divine grace made Adam our ancestor, and gave him Eden for his dwelling place.

-k

other obsolete suffixes that had a similar function

(obsolete, case suffix) Used to form the lative, expressing the direction (“where to”) or the purpose (“what for”).


-é

Coordinate term: (for back-vowel-verbs) -á

A virágokat nézé.

(archaic personal suffix) Formed the third-person singular indicative past definite, for front-vowel verbs. For the full paradigm, see the usage template.


-é

feje (“his/her/its head”) + -n → fején (“on his/her/its head”)

Combining form of -e (possessive suffix) before most case suffixes, except that of the essive-formal.


-ette

From -ett (past-tense suffix) + -e (third-person singular suffix).

szerkeszt (“to edit”) + -ette → szerkesztette (“he/she (has/had) edited it”)

vetít (“to project”) + -ette → vetítette (“he/she (has/had) projected it”)

vet (“to sow”) + -ette → vetette (“he/she (has/had) sowed/sown it”)

(past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person singular past tense of verbs (definite conjugation).

jelent (“to present”) → [kalózok] jelentette [veszély] (“[the danger] presented by [pirates]”, literally “pirates-presented danger”)

verbal participle
verbal participle#English

(verbal-participle suffix) Forms the verbal participle of verbs, always following the agent noun.


-ette

From -et (causative suffix) + -t (past-tense suffix) + -e (third-person singular suffix).

affix

fest (“to paint”) + -ette → festette (“he/she/it had someone paint (it/them)”)

megért (“to understand”) + -ette → megértette (“he/she/it made someone understand (it/them)”)

Megértette velük, hogy nem tehetnek ilyet.

She made them understand that they couldn't do such a thing.

szerkeszt (“to edit”) + -ette → szerkesztette (“he/she had someone edit (it/them)”)

Velünk szerkesztette az újságját.

(past-tense causative suffix) Forms the third-person singular causative past tense of verbs (definite conjugation), used with -val/-vel, e.g. vele, velük etc., otherwise coinciding with the above forms.


-ette

émik (“to wake up, to be/keep awake”) + -ette → émette, imette, émetten, imetten, émett, imett, ímett (“awake”, literally “keeping awake”)

beszél (“to speak”) + -ette → beszélette (“while speaking”)

éhezik (“to starve”) + -ette → éhezette (“while starving”)

él (“to live”) + -ette → élette (“(while) alive”)

elmegy (“to go away, leave”) + -ette → elmenette (“on leaving”)

(obsolete) Synonym of -ve (adverbial participle), approx. a- (as in asleep, awake, alive etc.); it was possible to add a personal suffix afterwards

-ve

felkel (“to get up, to rise”) + -ette → felkelette (“while/on getting up”)

jön (“to come”) + -ette → jövette (“on coming”)

ül (“to sit”) + -ette → ülette (“while sitting”)


-er

Possibly from English -er, by analogy of word pairs like blog and blogger (whose doubled final consonant is consistently pronounced long in Hungarian, as opposed to English) and/or perhaps earlier borrowed word pairs like stop and stoppol. Other existing slang terms ending in -er, like vaker, haver, sóder, might have played some role.

kalauz (“ticket inspector”) → kaller

nyugdíjas (“pensioner”) → nyugger

mami (“mommy; elderly woman”) → mammer

jobboldali (“rightist”) → jobber

(slang, slightly derogatory) Added to a shortened form of a noun, lengthening the first consonant following its first vowel, to derive a noun.


-ing

kering (“to circulate, orbit”)

(frequentative suffix) Added to a verb or to an onomatopoeic stem to form a verb denoting repetitive action.


-ed

From -e- (linking vowel) + -d (possessive suffix).

kert (“garden”) + -ed → kerted (“your (singular, informal) garden”)

Megbízol engem a kerted gondozásával?

Will you entrust me with the care of your garden?

(possessive suffix) your (second-person singular, single possession)


-ed

From -e- (linking vowel) + -d (personal suffix).

fest (“to paint”) + -ed → fested (“you paint [him/her/it], you are painting [him/her/it]”)

Mikor fested a kerítést?

(personal suffix) Forms the definite second-person singular indicative present of verbs.


-ed

From -e- (linking vowel) + -d (fraction-forming and verb-forming suffix).

ezer (“thousand”) + -ed → ezred (“thousandth”)

(fraction-forming suffix) -th (added to a cardinal number to form a fraction)

szenved (“to suffer”)

(frequentative verb-forming suffix) Added to a stem to form a verb to indicate repetitive action. No longer productive.


-ka

From Proto-Finno-Ugric. Compare Finnish -kka.

cukor (“sugar”) + -ka → cukorka (“candy”)

asztal (“table”) + -ka → asztalka (“small table”)

jár (“to walk”) → járó (“walking”) → járóka (“playpen”)

(diminutive suffix) Added to a word to express smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment. When added to present participles, it can also express the instrument or place of the action indicated in the base word.


-id

-id (nominative singular)
-idat (accusative singular)
-idnak (dative singular)
-iddal (instrumental singular)
-idért (causal-final singular)
-iddá (singular translative)
-idig (singular terminative)
-idként (essive-formal singular)
-idul (essive-modal singular)
-idban (inessive singular)
-idon (singular superessive)
-idnál (adessive singular)
-idba (illative singular)
-idra (singular sublative)
-idhoz (allative singular)
-idból (elative singular)
-idról (delative singular)
-idtól (ablative singular)
-idé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-idéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-id (nominative singular)
-idet (accusative singular)
-idnek (dative singular)
-iddel (instrumental singular)
-idért (causal-final singular)
-iddé (singular translative)
-idig (singular terminative)
-idként (essive-formal singular)
-idül (essive-modal singular)
-idben (inessive singular)
-iden (singular superessive)
-idnél (adessive singular)
-idbe (illative singular)
-idre (singular sublative)
-idhez (allative singular)
-idből (elative singular)
-idről (delative singular)
-idtől (ablative singular)
-idé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-idéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)

-i (possessive plural) + -d (second-person singular personal suffix)

kapu (“gate”) + -id → a kapuid (“your gates”)

palota (“palace”) + -id → a palotáid (“your palaces”)

érme (“coin”) + -id → az érméid (“your coins”)

(possessive suffix) your ... -s (second-person singular informal, multiple possessions)


-id

(chemistry) -ide (indicating a binary compound)


-ni

ad (“give”) + -ni → adni (“to give”)

(infinitive suffix) Forms the infinitive.

Elindulni elindul, de rögtön le is áll.

It does start, but it turns off right away.

Forms the concessive sense: used to devalue the predicate of the sentence when repeated and followed by a clause that contrasts with or contradicts it. See also -nak/-nek.

Innen már látni a falut.

One can already see the village from here.

(somewhat dated or literary, with the omission of lehet) one can…, it is possible to…


-al

From -a- (linking vowel) + -l (verb-forming suffix).

af

szárny (“a wing”) + -al → szárnyal (“to soar”)

(verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form a verb.

von (“to pull”) + -al → vonal (“line”)

(noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun. No longer productive in this role.

etanal

(organic chemistry) -al (forms the names of aldehydes)


-n

hajó (“ship”) + -n → hajón (“on [the] ship”)

on. Forms the superessive case from nouns, adjectives, participles, and certain pronouns.


-n

ritka (“rare”) + -n → ritkán (“rarely”)

(deadjectival adverb-forming suffix) Added to an adjective to form an adverb.

mindnyája (“all of us/you/them”, obsolete) → mindnyájan (“all of us/you/them”, as an adverb, compare “in full”)

(denumeral and depronominal adverb-forming suffix) Added to a numeral to form an adverb.


-n

jön (“he/she/it comes / is coming”)

lőn (“he/she/it became or came into being”, archaic)

(personal suffix, chiefly dialectal or archaic) Forms the indefinite third-person singular suffix (currently only in the imperative mood as part of -jen, formerly also occurring in the indicative).


-na

olvas (“to read”) + -na → olvasna (“he/she would read”)

(conditional suffix) Forms the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).


-u

apa (“father”) → apu (“dad”)

(diminutive suffix) Added to a noun or a proper noun to form a diminutive.


-da

-da (nominative singular)
-dák (nominative plural)
-dát (accusative singular)
-dákat (accusative plural)
-dának (dative singular)
-dáknak (dative plural)
-dával (instrumental singular)
-dákkal (instrumental plural)
-dáért (causal-final singular)
-dákért (causal-final plural)
-dává (singular translative)
-dákká (plural translative)
-dáig (singular terminative)
-dákig (plural terminative)
-daként (essive-formal singular)
-dákként (essive-formal plural)
-dául (essive-modal singular)
-dákul (essive-modal plural)
-dában (inessive singular)
-dákban (inessive plural)
-dán (singular superessive)
-dákon (plural superessive)
-dánál (adessive singular)
-dáknál (adessive plural)
-dába (illative singular)
-dákba (illative plural)
-dára (singular sublative)
-dákra (plural sublative)
-dához (allative singular)
-dákhoz (allative plural)
-dából (elative singular)
-dákból (elative plural)
-dáról (delative singular)
-dákról (delative plural)
-dától (ablative singular)
-dáktól (ablative plural)
-dáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-dáké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
-dáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-dákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
-dám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
-dáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
-dád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
-dáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
-dája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
-dái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
-dánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
-dáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
-dátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
-dáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
-dájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
-dáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

zár (“to close, shut”) + -da → zárda (“cloister”)

(noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun indicating the place of the action.


-ön

föld (“floor”) + -ön → földön (“on [the] floor”)

A földön aludtunk.


-ön

lő (“to shoot”) + -ön → lőjön (“he/she/it should shoot”)

fekszik (feküsz-, feküd-) (“to lie [recline]”) → (archaic) feküszön (“he/she/it is lying [reclining]”)

(personal suffix, chiefly dialectal or archaic) Forms the indefinite third-person singular suffix (currently only in the imperative mood as part of -jön, formerly also occurring in the indicative).


-ta

tud (“to know”) → tudta (“his/her knowledge [of something]”)

(noun-forming suffix) Forms nouns from certain verbs (cf. -ás), incorporating the third-person singular possessive suffix (-a), which can be replaced by other personal possessive suffixes.


-si

From -s (adjective-forming suffix) + -i (adjective-forming suffix).

falu (“village”) + -si → falusi (“rural”)

(adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective expressing “belonging somewhere, originating from, coming from”.

jogosítvány (“driver's license”) + -si → jogsi (“driver's license”)

(diminutive suffix) Added to a shortened noun to form a new diminutive noun.


-ja

-ja (nominative singular)
-ját (accusative singular)
-jának (dative singular)
-jával (instrumental singular)
-jáért (causal-final singular)
-jává (singular translative)
-jáig (singular terminative)
-jaként (essive-formal singular)
-jául (essive-modal singular)
-jában (inessive singular)
-ján (singular superessive)
-jánál (adessive singular)
-jába (illative singular)
-jára (singular sublative)
-jához (allative singular)
-jából (elative singular)
-járól (delative singular)
-jától (ablative singular)
-jáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-jáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)

ház → (a) háza, az ő háza (“his/her/its house”) élet → (az) élete, az ő élete (“his/her/its life”) barát → (a) barátja (“his/her/its friend”) kapu → (a) kapuja (“his/her/its gate”) palota → (a) palotája (“his/her/its palace”) kert → (a) kertje (“his/her/its garden”) betű → (a) betűje (“his/her/its letter”) vese → (a) veséje (“his/her/its kidney”)

(with no possessor or with the 3rd‑person pronoun as possessor, usually construed with the definite article) his, her, its …

Possessive (and genitive) suffix:
his, her, its …

Anna háza (“Anna’s house”), a felkelő nap háza (“the house of the rising sun”) Anna élete (“Anna’s life”), a város élete (“the life of the city”) a király palotája (“the king’s palace”) a ház kapuja (“the gate of the house”) Anna kertje (“Anna’s garden”), a tulipán kertje (“the garden of the tulip”)

(with a singular possessor) …-'s, of … (third-person singular, single possession)

a szüleim háza (“my parents’ house”), a trópusi növények háza (“[the] house of [the] tropical plants”, literally “the tropical plants’ house”) a szüleim élete (“my parents’ lives”, literally “my parents’ life”), a könyvek élete (“[the] lives of [the] books”, literally “the books’ life”) az uralkodók palotája (“the rulers’ palace”) a szüleim kertje (“my parents’ garden”), Az elágazó ösvények kertje (“The Garden of Forking Paths”)

(with a plural possessor) …-s’, of …-s (third-person plural, single possession)

Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje ment el.

S/he left one century / two years / one hour / a long time ago.

, e.g. egy évszázaddal, két évvel ezelőtt

(with instantaneous time expressions) … ago (referring to a preceding point in time considered as an instant)

Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje várunk rád.

We have been waiting for you for a century / two years / an hour / a long time.

(with durative time expressions) for … (referring to some duration that precedes the point of time in question)

jó (jav-) (“the greater/better part”) → a java még hátravan (“the best/bulk is yet to come”, literally “its best/bulk is…”)

legnagyobbik (“the biggest one”) → a bikák legnagyobbika (“the biggest [one] of the bulls”, synonymous with a legnagyobb bika)

(mostly with quantities, often following -ik) of …, out of … (partitive sense)

Possessive (and genitive) suffix:
of …, out of … (partitive sense)


-ja

tud (“to know”) + -ja → tudja (“he/she knows”)

Tudja, hogy mit akar.

tartalmaz (“to contain”) + -ja → tartalmazza (“it contains [that]”)

tart (“to hold, keep”) + -ja → tartja (“[formal] you are holding/keeping [him/her/it] or s/he is holding/keeping [him/her/it]”)

(personal suffix) Forms the definite third-person singular present tense of back-vowel verbs (with identical or different assimilation rules depending on the ending of the stem—see the tables below):

megtud (“to find out”) → tudja meg!

“[formal] Find it out! or Let him/her find it out!”

tartalmaz (“to contain”) + -ja → tartalmazza!

“it should contain [that] or let it contain [that]”

tart (“to hold, keep”) + -ja → tartsa!

“[formal] hold/keep him/her/it! or s/he should hold/keep him/her/it! or let him/her hold/keep him/her/it!”


-an

pontos (“accurate”) + -an → pontosan (“accurately”)

(deadjectival adverb-forming suffix) Added to an adjective to create an adverb.

hat (“six”) + -an → hatan (“six people, six of us/you/them”)

Hatan mentünk moziba.

nyolc (“eight”) + -an → nyolcan (“eight people, eight of us/you/them”)

Nyolcan vannak a szobában.

hány (“how many”) + -an → hányan (“how many (of us/you/them)”)

néhány (“some, a few”) + -an → néhányan (“some (of us/you/them)”)

sok (“many”) + -an → sokan (“many (of us/you/them)”)

Sokan vannak a meghívottak, de kevesen a választottak.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

millió (“million”) + -an → millióan (“a million (of us/you/them)”)

(denumeral and depronominal adverb-forming suffix) Added to a numeral or a pronoun with this sense to create an adverb, expressing the number of people.


-an

kattan (“to click, to make one clicking sound”)

robban (“to explode”)

(verb-forming suffix) Added to a stem ― often an onomatopoeia ― to form a verb expressing an instantaneous action.


-a

-a (nominative singular)
-át (accusative singular)
-ának (dative singular)
-ával (instrumental singular)
-áért (causal-final singular)
-ává (singular translative)
-áig (singular terminative)
-aként (essive-formal singular)
-ául (essive-modal singular)
-ában (inessive singular)
-án (singular superessive)
-ánál (adessive singular)
-ába (illative singular)
-ára (singular sublative)
-ához (allative singular)
-ából (elative singular)
-áról (delative singular)
-ától (ablative singular)
-áé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-áéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)

From the *sᴕ̈ third-person personal pronoun of the ancestor language after it was appended to the word of possession. According to some linguists this attachment happened in the Proto-Uralic era, while others think it happened much later when the Hungarian language became independent.

ház → (a) háza, az ő háza (“his/her/its house”) élet → (az) élete, az ő élete (“his/her/its life”) barát → (a) barátja (“his/her/its friend”) kapu → (a) kapuja (“his/her/its gate”) palota → (a) palotája (“his/her/its palace”) kert → (a) kertje (“his/her/its garden”) betű → (a) betűje (“his/her/its letter”) vese → (a) veséje (“his/her/its kidney”)

Anna háza (“Anna’s house”), a felkelő nap háza (“the house of the rising sun”) Anna élete (“Anna’s life”), a város élete (“the life of the city”) a király palotája (“the king’s palace”) a ház kapuja (“the gate of the house”) Anna kertje (“Anna’s garden”), a tulipán kertje (“the garden of the tulip”)

a szüleim háza (“my parents’ house”), a trópusi növények háza (“[the] house of [the] tropical plants”, literally “the tropical plants’ house”) a szüleim élete (“my parents’ lives”, literally “my parents’ life”), a könyvek élete (“[the] lives of [the] books”, literally “the books’ life”) az uralkodók palotája (“the rulers’ palace”) a szüleim kertje (“my parents’ garden”), Az elágazó ösvények kertje (“The Garden of Forking Paths”)

Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje ment el.

, e.g. egy évszázaddal, két évvel ezelőtt

Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje várunk rád.

jó (jav-) (“the greater/better part”) → a java még hátravan (“the best/bulk is yet to come”, literally “its best/bulk is…”)

legnagyobbik (“the biggest one”) → a bikák legnagyobbika (“the biggest [one] of the bulls”, synonymous with a legnagyobb bika)

tud (“to know”) → tudta (“he/she knew it”)

tud → tudja (“he/she knows it (indicative mood)”)

tud → tudja (“he/she should know it (subjunctive mood)”)

kér (“to request, ask for sth”) → kérte (“he/she requested it”)

kér → kérje (“he/she should request it (subjunctive mood)”)

Third-person singular personal suffix in back-vowel verbs. Today it can be found in the third-person singular definite forms (indicative past and imperative conjugations) as part of the suffix -ja/-je, -ta/-te.

tanulni (“to study”) → tanulnia kell (“he/she must study”, literally “it is necessary for him/her to study”)

kérni (“to request, ask for”) → kérnie kell (“he/she must request [it]”, literally “it is necessary for him/her to request”)

-ról (“about”) → róla (“about him/her/it”)

-től (“from”) → tőle (“from him/her/it”)

után (“after”) → utána (“after him/her/it”)

fölött (“above”) → fölötte (“above him/her/it”)

Third-person singular personal suffix in back-vowel conjugated infinitives and in the declined and postposition forms of the third-person personal pronoun ő (“he/she/it”).


-a

First attested in 1055. It can be traced back to Proto-Uralic *-i̮ which with the word-final vowel created the diphthong -ai̮/-ei̮. This had simplified to -á/-é, finally in the Old Hungarian era it had shortened to -a/-e. It was a productive suffix at that time, the back-vowel variant was used even in front-vowel words such as the Old Hungarian female given names Fehéra and Szépa, derived from fehér (“light in color”) and szép (“beautiful”), respectively.

cic (“the sound for calling a cat”) → cica (“kitten”)

Zsigmond (“Siegmund”) → Zsiga (“Sig”)

(diminutive suffix) The back-vowel variant of the -a/-e diminutive suffix pair. In the past it could be found in common nouns, as well, but today it is used mostly in given names.


-a

(personal suffix, archaic) Used to form the third-person singular indicative past indefinite, for back-vowel verbs. The front-vowel version is -e. The suffix currently used in this place is -t, -tt, or -ott. For the full paradigm, see the usage template.


-a

Along with its front-vowel counterpart -e, from the diphthongs -ai̮/-ei̮, developing to -á/-é, then shortened to this form by the end of the early Old Hungarian period. After the participle suffix became fixed as -ó/-ő, the remaining words suffixed with -a/-e underwent conversion; some became adjectives, others, nouns.

(obsolete participle suffix) Synonym of -ó (present-participle suffix) From a synchronic perspective, it can be viewed as a nominal-forming suffix, preserved in some adjectives and nouns (see below). No longer productive. Its front-vowel version is -e.


-on

Egy váza van az asztalon

asztal (“table”) + -on → asztalon (“on [a/the] table”)


-on

hu-conj

Forms in parentheses are somewhat archaic or literary.

This verb has no prefix that could split, despite its first few letters.

-onok (first-person indicative object-indefinite present singular)
-onsz (indicative informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
-on (formal indicative object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-on (indicative object-indefinite present singular third-person)
-onunk (first-person indicative object-indefinite plural present)
-ontok (indicative informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
-onnak (formal indicative object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
-onnak (indicative object-indefinite plural present third-person)
intransitive verb (first-person indicative object-definite present third-person)
intransitive verb (formal indicative object-definite present second-person-semantically third-person)
intransitive verb (indicative informal object-definite present second-person)
definite forms are not used (first-person indicative object-definite present third-person)
definite forms are not used (formal indicative object-definite present second-person-semantically third-person)
definite forms are not used (indicative informal object-definite present second-person)
-ontam (first-person indicative object-indefinite past singular)
-ontál (indicative informal object-indefinite past second-person singular)
-ont (formal indicative object-indefinite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-ont (indicative object-indefinite past singular third-person)
-ontunk (first-person indicative object-indefinite past plural)
-ontatok (indicative informal object-indefinite past plural second-person)
-ontak (formal indicative object-indefinite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-ontak (indicative object-indefinite past plural third-person)
or a time adverb (first-person future indicative third-person)
or a time adverb (formal future indicative second-person-semantically third-person)
or a time adverb (future indicative informal second-person)
e.g. -onni fog. (first-person future indicative third-person)
e.g. -onni fog. (formal future indicative second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -onni fog. (future indicative informal second-person)
-onék (first-person object-indefinite singular)
-onál (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
-ona (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-ona (object-indefinite singular third-person)
-onánk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
-onátok (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
-onának (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-onának (object-indefinite plural third-person)
e.g. -on vala (first-person third-person)
e.g. -on vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -on vala (informal second-person)
-ont vala (first-person third-person)
-ont vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
-ont vala (informal second-person)
volt. (first-person third-person)
volt. (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
volt. (informal second-person)
-onandok (first-person object-indefinite singular)
-onandasz (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
-onand (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-onand (object-indefinite singular third-person)
-onandunk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
-onandotok (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
-onandanak (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-onandanak (object-indefinite plural third-person)
-onnék (conditional first-person object-indefinite present singular)
-onnál (conditional informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
-onna (conditional formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-onna (conditional object-indefinite present singular third-person)
-onnánk (conditional first-person object-indefinite plural present)
-onnátok (conditional informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
-onnának (conditional formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
-onnának (conditional object-indefinite plural present third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional informal past second-person)
e.g. -ont volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
e.g. -ont volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -ont volna (conditional informal past second-person)
-onjak (first-person object-indefinite present singular subjunctive)
-onj or (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
-onjál (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
-onjon (formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
-onjon (object-indefinite present singular subjunctive third-person)
-onjunk (first-person object-indefinite plural present subjunctive)
-onjatok (informal object-indefinite plural present second-person subjunctive)
-onjanak (formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
-onjanak (object-indefinite plural present subjunctive third-person)
e.g. -ont légyen (first-person third-person)
e.g. -ont légyen (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -ont légyen (informal second-person)
-onni (infinitive)
-onnom (first-person infinitive singular)
-onnod (infinitive informal second-person singular)
-onnia (formal infinitive second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-onnia (infinitive singular third-person)
-onnunk (first-person infinitive plural)
-onnotok (infinitive informal plural second-person)
-onniuk (formal infinitive plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-onniuk (infinitive plural third-person)
-onás (noun-from-verb)
-onó
-ont
-onva (-onván)
-onhatok (first-person indicative object-indefinite present singular)
-onhatsz (indicative informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
-onhat (formal indicative object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-onhat (indicative object-indefinite present singular third-person)
-onhatunk (first-person indicative object-indefinite plural present)
-onhattok (indicative informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
-onhatnak (formal indicative object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
-onhatnak (indicative object-indefinite plural present third-person)
intransitive verb (first-person indicative object-definite present third-person)
intransitive verb (formal indicative object-definite present second-person-semantically third-person)
intransitive verb (indicative informal object-definite present second-person)
definite forms are not used (first-person indicative object-definite present third-person)
definite forms are not used (formal indicative object-definite present second-person-semantically third-person)
definite forms are not used (indicative informal object-definite present second-person)
-onhattam (first-person indicative object-indefinite past singular)
-onhattál (indicative informal object-indefinite past second-person singular)
-onhatott (formal indicative object-indefinite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-onhatott (indicative object-indefinite past singular third-person)
-onhattunk (first-person indicative object-indefinite past plural)
-onhattatok (indicative informal object-indefinite past plural second-person)
-onhattak (formal indicative object-indefinite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-onhattak (indicative object-indefinite past plural third-person)
-onhaték (first-person object-indefinite singular)
-onhatál (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
-onhata (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-onhata (object-indefinite singular third-person)
-onhatánk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
-onhatátok (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
-onhatának (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-onhatának (object-indefinite plural third-person)
e.g. -onhat vala (first-person third-person)
e.g. -onhat vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -onhat vala (informal second-person)
-onhatott vala (first-person third-person)
-onhatott vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
-onhatott vala (informal second-person)
volt. (first-person third-person)
volt. (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
volt. (informal second-person)
-onhatandok (first-person object-indefinite singular)
or -onandhatok (first-person object-indefinite singular)
-onhatandasz (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
or -onandhatsz (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
-onhatand (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-onhatand (object-indefinite singular third-person)
or -onandhat (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
or -onandhat (object-indefinite singular third-person)
-onhatandunk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
or -onandhatunk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
-onhatandotok (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
or -onandhattok (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
-onhatandanak (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-onhatandanak (object-indefinite plural third-person)
or -onandhatnak (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
or -onandhatnak (object-indefinite plural third-person)
-onhatnék (conditional first-person object-indefinite present singular)
-onhatnál (conditional informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
-onhatna (conditional formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-onhatna (conditional object-indefinite present singular third-person)
-onhatnánk (conditional first-person object-indefinite plural present)
-onhatnátok (conditional informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
-onhatnának (conditional formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
-onhatnának (conditional object-indefinite plural present third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional informal past second-person)
e.g. -onhatott volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
e.g. -onhatott volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -onhatott volna (conditional informal past second-person)
-onhassak (first-person object-indefinite present singular subjunctive)
-onhass or (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
-onhassál (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
-onhasson (formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
-onhasson (object-indefinite present singular subjunctive third-person)
-onhassunk (first-person object-indefinite plural present subjunctive)
-onhassatok (informal object-indefinite plural present second-person subjunctive)
-onhassanak (formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
-onhassanak (object-indefinite plural present subjunctive third-person)
e.g. -onhatott légyen (first-person third-person)
e.g. -onhatott légyen (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -onhatott légyen (informal second-person)
-onhatni
-onhatnom (first-person singular)
-onhatnod (informal second-person singular)
-onhatnia (formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-onhatnia (singular third-person)
-onhatnunk (first-person plural)
-onhatnotok (informal plural second-person)
-onhatniuk (formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-onhatniuk (plural third-person)
-onhatva / -onhatván (formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-onhatva / -onhatván (informal plural second-person)
-onhatva / -onhatván (plural third-person)

oson (“to sneak”) (the instantaneous element is not present here)

(verb-forming suffix) Added to a stem ― often an onomatopoeia ― to form a verb, normally expressing an instantaneous action.


-on

vak (“blind”) + -on → vakon (“blindly”)

gazdagon (“rich”) + -on → gazdagon (“abundantly, copiously”)


-on

ad (“to give”) → adjon (“he/she/it should give”)

van (“to be”) → vagyon (“he/she/it is, there is”) (in the standard language: van)

(chiefly dialectal or archaic, personal suffix) Forms the indefinite third-person singular suffix (currently only in the imperative mood as part of -jon, formerly also occurring in the indicative).


-s

Presumably can be traced back to a Proto-Uralic *-ć suffix.

só (“salt”) + -s → sós (“salty”)

(adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having something, a quality"; sometimes referred to as ornative.

hajó (“ship”) + -s → hajós (“sailor”)

(noun-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an occupation or a collective noun.

nulla (“zero”) + -s → nullás (“the digit or figure 0”)

the relevant template
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(number-forming suffix) Added to a cardinal number to form a digit or figure, cf. the relevant template.

(frequentative suffix, obsolete) Forms verbs with repetitive meaning. In today's Hungarian language, it is completely obsolete, and its old derivatives are also obscured, e.g. olvas (“to read”), keres (“to seek”), futos (“to run around”).


-en

szék (“chair”) + -en → széken (“on [a/the] chair”)

Az asztal mellett ültem egy széken.

A széken könyvek hevertek.


-en

szép (“beautiful”) + -en → szépen (“beautifully”)

könnyű (“light, easy”) + -en → könnyen (“easily”)

bő (“ample”) + -en → bőven (“amply”)

hű (“faithful”) + -en → híven (“faithfully”), aside from the regular hűen

(deadjectival adverb-forming suffix) -ly. Added to an adjective to create an adverb.

Nyersen eszi a répát.

In Hungarian, this adverb form is used for certain complements that are adjectives in English.

kettő (“two”) + -en → ketten (“two people, two of us/you/them”)

Ketten vannak a szobában.

öt (“five”) + -en → öten (“five people, five of us/you/them”)

hét (“seven”) + -en → heten (“seven people, seven of us/you/them”)

Heten mentünk moziba.

kevés (“few”) + -en → kevesen (“few people, few of us/you/them”)

Sokan vannak a meghívottak, de kevesen a választottak.

ezer (“thousand”) + -en → ezren (“a thousand people, a thousand of us/you/them”)


-en

reccsen (“to crackle, to make one cracking sound”)

retten (“to be frightened, to recoil, to flinch, to shy away from”)

(verb-forming suffix) Added to a stem — often an onomatopoeia — to form a verb expressing an instantaneous action.


-en

nincsen (“he/she/it isn't, there is none of it”)

van/lenni (“to be”) → legyen (“he/she/it should be, there should be”)

kér (“to ask/request”) + -en → kérjen (“he/she/it should ask for some[thing]”)

megy (“to go”) + -en → megyen (“he/she/it goes, is going”) (in the standard language: megy)

vesz (“to take/grab”) + -en → veszen (“he/she/it takes/grabs”) (in the standard language: vesz)

visz (“to take/carry”) + -en → viszen (“he/she/it takes/carries”) (in the standard language: visz)

(personal suffix, chiefly dialectal or archaic) Forms the indefinite third-person singular suffix (currently only in the imperative mood as part of -jen, formerly also occurring in the indicative).


-t

First attested in the end of 12th century. Of debated origin. According to the most accepted theory, it is from a possessive suffix that originated either from a *t-initial demonstrative pronoun or from the Proto-Uralic *tᴕ̈ (“you”) personal pronoun.

etydate

külföldi (“foreigner”) → Sok külföldit láttam a városban.

óra (“clock, watch, hour”) → Vettem egy órát.

ember (“human”) → Sok embert láttunk.

kettő (“two”) → Hány könyvet vettél? ― Kettőt.

Forms the accusative case for nouns, adjectives, pronouns and numerals.


-t

* Past-participle suffix: From Proto-Uralic *-tt. First attested in 1055.
* Past-tense suffix: From the past-participle suffix. First attested in the end of 12th century.

él (“to live”) → Kínában élt 10 évig.

past-tense and past-participle suffix (homonymous form in the vast majority of verbs):

(past-tense suffix) -ed, -t (forms the past tense of a verb)

zár (“to close”) → Zárt ajtók mögött tanácskoztak.

They held a discussion behind closed doors.

(past-participle suffix) -ed, -t (forms the past participle of a verb)


-t

First attested in 1055. From Proto-Uralic *-tt.

lesz (“to become something”) + -t → lét (“existence, life”)

tesz (“to make, do, place”) + -t → tét (“bet”)

(noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun.

-at

noun-forming suffix preceded by a linking vowel

-ta

noun-forming suffix, supplemented with a fixed possessive suffix

-tó

adjective-forming suffix; only in certain fixed forms:


-t

Kaposvár (“Kaposvár, Hungarian town”) + -t → Kaposvárt (“in Kaposvár”)

köz (“gap”) + -t → közt (“between, among”)

(locative suffix, archaic) in (added to a noun or an adjective to form the locative case)


-t

First attested in the end of 12th century. From Proto-Uralic *-tt.

terem (“to come into existence”) + -t → teremt (“to create”)

(verb-forming suffix, now improductive, obsolete) A causative (e.g. kelt, teremt) or instantaneous (e.g. ért, tilt) suffix for verbs.


-vel

repülő (“airplane”) + -vel → repülővel (“by airplane”)

Front-vowel variant of -val. See details there.


-j

vár (“to wait”) → Várj!

Várjak?

(personal suffix) Forms the second-person singular subjunctive/imperative of verbs (indefinite conjugation). It is also part of all subjunctive/imperative suffixes in both indefinite and definite conjugations.


-os

→ Pannonian Rusyn: -ош (-oš)

kar (“arm”) + -os → karos (“something with an arm”), for example karosszék (“armchair, a chair with an arm”)

(adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having something"; sometimes referred to as ornative.

asztal (“table”) + -os → asztalos (“carpenter”)

akác (“acacia”) + -os → akácos (“acacia grove”)

(noun-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form a noun, for example an occupation or a collective noun.

hat (“six”) + -os → hatos (“the digit or figure six”)

(number-forming suffix) Added to an ordinal number to form a digit or figure, cf. the relevant template.

fut (“to run”) + -os → futos (“to run back and forth”) (dated, modern version futkos)

(frequentative suffix) Added to a verb to form a new verb expressing repetitive action. No longer productive in this sense.


-all

From -a- (linking vowel) + -ll (verb-forming suffix).

af

fuvall (“to blow (wind)”)

(instantaneous suffix, rare) Added to a verb to form a new verb expressing instantaneous action. It is no longer productive in this sense.

sok (“many”) + -all → sokall (“to find something too much”)

(verb-forming suffix) Added to an adjective to form a verb meaning "to consider/find/think as". In this sense, it is still productive.


-as

haj (“hair”) + -as → hajas (“covered with hair”)

(adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having something, a quality"; sometimes referred to as ornative.

fazék (“pot”) + -as → fazekas (“potter”)

(noun-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an occupation or a collective noun.

három (“three”) + -as → hármas (“the digit or figure 3”)


-val

From Proto-Uralic. Cognate with Northern Mansi -ыл (-yl).

hajó (“ship”) + -val → hajóval (“by ship”)


-is

András (“Andrew”) + -is → Andris (“Andy”)

(diminutive suffix) Added to a proper noun to form a shortened diminutive name.


-us

From -u (diminutive suffix) + -s (diminutive suffix).

Teréz (“Theresa”) → Terus (“Tess”)

apa (“father”) → apus (“dad”)

cica (“cat”) → cicus (“kitty”)

kutya (“dog”) → kutyus (“pooch, puppy”)

(diminutive suffix) Added to a proper noun or other nouns to create a diminutive noun.

agronómus (“agronomist”)

A distinguishable foreign word ending in nouns. It cannot be considered as an independent Hungarian suffix.


-re

szőnyeg (“carpet”) → Tedd a szőnyegre.

perc (“minute, moment”) → egy percre

kedd (“Tuesday”) → Kész lesz keddre?

(sublative case suffix) Front-vowel variant of -ra. See details there.


-ad

ház (“house”) → a házad (“your house”)

(possessive suffix) your (second-person singular informal, single possession)

száz (“hundred”) → század (“hundredth”)

(fraction-forming suffix) -th. Added to a cardinal number to form a fraction.

olvad (“to melt”)

szak (“part”) + -ad → szakad (“to tear (clothing)”)

(verb-forming suffix) Added to a stem to form a verb.

Sarkad, Várad

(settlement suffix) Suffix in names of settlements.


-i

Amerika (“America”) + -i → amerikai (“American”)

(adjective-forming suffix) Added to proper nouns, certain common nouns and postpositions to form adjectives:

Freud (“Freud”) + -i → freudi (“Freudian”)

names of people (anthroponyms, thus eponyms)

város (“city”) + -i → városi (“urban”)

kémia (“chemistry”) + -i → kémiai (“chemical”)

az ablak alatt (“under the window”) + -i → az ablak alatti szék (“the chair under the window”)

postpositions (as part of the phrase in which they occur)


-i

kapu (“gate”) → a kapui (“his/her/its gates”), az ő kapui (“his/her gates”)

érme (“coin”) → az érméi (“his/her/its coins”), az ő érméi (“his/her coins”)

possessive suffix for multiple possessions

(with no noun for possessor) his, her, its ……-s (third-person singular; the pronoun ő (“s/he”) being optional for emphasis)

kapu (“gate”) → a kapui (“your [formal] gates”), az ön kapui, a maga kapui (“your [formal] gates”)

(with no noun for possessor, formal) your ……-s (second-person singular, grammatically resembling the third person sg.)

az ember(nek a) kapui

a gyerek(nek az) érméi

az emberek(nek a) kapui

a gyerekek(nek az) érméi

az önök kapui, a maguk kapui

azok(nak a) kapui

ki(k)nek az érméi?

construed with a noun or certain pronouns as the possessor: ……’s ……-s, ……-s of …… (third-person sg. or pl., depending on the noun or pronoun)


-i

kér (“to request”) + -i → kéri (“he/she asks him/her or for that thing, he/she is asking him/her or for that thing”)

(personal suffix) Forms the definite third-person singular present tense of verbs (indicative mood).


-i

fagylalt → fagyi (“ice cream”)

(diminutive suffix) Added to nouns or their clipped form; mostly used by the younger generation or in informal conversations.


-i

se szeri, se száma

(dialectal, except for some set forms) Alternative form of -e (third-person singular single-possession possessive suffix)

-e

íziben a mindenit töviről hegyire jószerivel frissiben dögivel bőviben sebtiben felibe/fölibe köribe közibe ― (instead of standard ízében, a mindenét, tövéről hegyére, jószerével, frissében (uncommon), dögével (uncommon), bővében, sebtében, felébe/fölébe, körébe/köréje, közébe/közéje/közé)

(dialectal, except for some set forms) Alternative form of -é (combining form of the above)


-het

felejt (“to forget”) + -het → felejthet (“may forget, can forget”)

A hosszan magára hagyott kutya ugathat, nyüszíthet, bepisilhet vagy rombolhat.

A dog left alone for a long time may bark, whimper, wet itself, or destroy things.

(expressing possibility) may (having the potential to do or be something)

Ebbe a házba bemehet a kutya.

Ezt én nem írhatom alá helyetted.

I cannot (= am not allowed to) sign it instead of you.

(expressing permission) may, can, being permitted, allowed, or enabled to

Ennél a forrásnál ihatunk vizet és meguzsonnázhatunk.

At this spring we can drink water and have a snack.


-e

-e (nominative singular)
-ét (accusative singular)
-ének (dative singular)
-ével (instrumental singular)
-éért (causal-final singular)
-évé (singular translative)
-éig (singular terminative)
-eként (essive-formal singular)
-éül (essive-modal singular)
-ében (inessive singular)
-én (singular superessive)
-énél (adessive singular)
-ébe (illative singular)
-ére (singular sublative)
-éhez (allative singular)
-éből (elative singular)
-éről (delative singular)
-étől (ablative singular)
-éé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-ééi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)

ház → (a) háza, az ő háza (“his/her/its house”) élet → (az) élete, az ő élete (“his/her/its life”) barát → (a) barátja (“his/her/its friend”) kapu → (a) kapuja (“his/her/its gate”) palota → (a) palotája (“his/her/its palace”) kert → (a) kertje (“his/her/its garden”) betű → (a) betűje (“his/her/its letter”) vese → (a) veséje (“his/her/its kidney”)

(with no possessor or with the 3rd‑person pronoun as possessor, usually construed with the definite article) his, her, its …

Possessive (and genitive) suffix:
his, her, its …

Anna háza (“Anna’s house”), a felkelő nap háza (“the house of the rising sun”) Anna élete (“Anna’s life”), a város élete (“the life of the city”) a király palotája (“the king’s palace”) a ház kapuja (“the gate of the house”) Anna kertje (“Anna’s garden”), a tulipán kertje (“the garden of the tulip”)

(with a singular possessor) …-'s, of … (third-person singular, single possession)

a szüleim háza (“my parents’ house”), a trópusi növények háza (“[the] house of [the] tropical plants”, literally “the tropical plants’ house”) a szüleim élete (“my parents’ lives”, literally “my parents’ life”), a könyvek élete (“[the] lives of [the] books”, literally “the books’ life”) az uralkodók palotája (“the rulers’ palace”) a szüleim kertje (“my parents’ garden”), Az elágazó ösvények kertje (“The Garden of Forking Paths”)

(with a plural possessor) …-s’, of …-s (third-person plural, single possession)

Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje ment el.

, e.g. egy évszázaddal, két évvel ezelőtt

(with instantaneous time expressions) … ago (referring to a preceding point in time considered as an instant)

Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje várunk rád.

(with durative time expressions) for … (referring to some duration that precedes the point of time in question)

jó (jav-) (“the greater/better part”) → a java még hátravan (“the best/bulk is yet to come”, literally “its best/bulk is…”)

legnagyobbik (“the biggest one”) → a bikák legnagyobbika (“the biggest [one] of the bulls”, synonymous with a legnagyobb bika)

(mostly with quantities, often following -ik) of …, out of … (partitive sense)

Possessive (and genitive) suffix:
of …, out of … (partitive sense)

tud (“to know”) → tudta (“he/she knew it”)

tud → tudja (“he/she knows it (indicative mood)”)

tud → tudja (“he/she should know it (subjunctive mood)”)

kér (“to request, ask for sth”) → kérte (“he/she requested it”)

kér → kérje (“he/she should request it (subjunctive mood)”)

Third-person singular personal suffix in back-vowel verbs. Today it can be found in the third-person singular definite forms (indicative past and imperative conjugations) as part of the suffix -ja/-je, -ta/-te.

tanulni (“to study”) → tanulnia kell (“he/she must study”, literally “it is necessary for him/her to study”)

kérni (“to request, ask for”) → kérnie kell (“he/she must request [it]”, literally “it is necessary for him/her to request”)

-ról (“about”) → róla (“about him/her/it”)

-től (“from”) → tőle (“from him/her/it”)

után (“after”) → utána (“after him/her/it”)

fölött (“above”) → fölötte (“above him/her/it”)

Third-person singular personal suffix in back-vowel conjugated infinitives and in the declined and postposition forms of the third-person personal pronoun ő (“he/she/it”).


-e

(personal suffix, archaic) Used to form the third-person singular indicative past indefinite, for front-vowel verbs. The back-vowel version is -a. The suffix currently used in this place is -t, -tt, -ett or -ött. For the full paradigm, see the usage template.


-e

(obsolete participle suffix) Synonym of -ő (present-participle suffix) The back-vowel version is -a. Sometimes it also occurs as -é or -i.


-let

From -l (verb-forming suffix) + -et (noun-forming suffix), created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. The neologists popularized it based on verbs ending in -l and further derived with -at/-et.

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rész (“part”) + -let → részlet (“detail”)

keres (“to search”) + -let → kereslet (“demand (in economics)”)

egy (“one”) + -let → egylet (“society, association, club”)

(noun-forming suffix) Added to different parts of speech to form a noun.


-et

néz (“to look”) + -et → nézet (“to have something (like a body part) looked at (by a doctor) or (less commonly) to make someone look at something”)

ég (“to burn”) (intransitive) + -et → éget (“to make something burn or (less commonly) to have someone burn something”)

mér (“to measure”) + -et → méret (“to make someone measure something or to have something measured”)

(causative suffix) Added to a verb (or extremely rarely to a noun) to form a verb with a meaning of letting, making somebody do something or having something done to someone or something.


-et

Added to a verb to form a noun, expressing the result of the action or sometimes a more abstract relation (compare -ás/-és).


-et

From -e- (linking vowel) + -t (accusative suffix).

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kert (“garden”) + -et → kertet (“garden”)

Láttam egy gyönyörű kertet.

Unrounded front-vowel variant of -t. See details there.


-et

From -etik (passive-forming suffix), removing the ending.

küldetik (“to be sent”) → küldetés (“mission”).

Combining form of -etik (passive-forming suffix) before all inflectional and derivational suffixes, except the dictionary form itself, the indefinite third-person singular present indicative


-z

From Proto-Uralic *-ta-. The preceding vowel, if any, is from the original stem of the root word.

só (“salt”) + -z → sóz (“to salt”)

(verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form a verb.

(obsolete noun-forming suffix) Found in igaz, száraz. See the main variant -sz.


-ig

Az állomásig busszal mentünk, de onnan hazáig már gyalog.

We traveled by bus to the station but from there to home we walked.

Ötig dolgozom.

A levél olyan hosszú volt, hogy tíz percig olvastam.

The letter was so long that I was reading it for 10 minutes.


-st

From -s (adjective-forming suffix) + -t (locative suffix) in the Old Hungarian period. The adverbial sense of the locative suffix -t can be shown only in this -st morpheme.

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(adverb-forming suffix) Forms an adverb of manner.


-tta

ró (“to carve”) + -tta → rótta (“he/she (has/had) carved”)

(past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person singular past tense of verbs (definite conjugation).

szí (“to suck”) + -tta → [nap]szítta [haj] (“[hair] bleached by [the sun]”, literally “sun-sucked hair”)

(verbal-participle suffix) Forms the verbal participle of certain verbs, always following the agent noun.


-sol

-solok (first-person indicative object-indefinite present singular)
-solsz (indicative informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
-sol (formal indicative object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-sol (indicative object-indefinite present singular third-person)
-solunk (first-person indicative object-indefinite plural present)
-soltok (indicative informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
-solnak (formal indicative object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
-solnak (indicative object-indefinite plural present third-person)
-solom (first-person indicative object-definite present singular)
-solod (indicative informal object-definite present second-person singular)
-solja (formal indicative object-definite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solja (indicative object-definite present singular third-person)
-soljuk (first-person indicative object-definite plural present)
-soljátok (indicative informal object-definite plural present second-person)
-solják (formal indicative object-definite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
-solják (indicative object-definite plural present third-person)
-sollak (first-person indicative object-second-person present singular)
-soltam (first-person indicative object-indefinite past singular)
-soltál (indicative informal object-indefinite past second-person singular)
-solt (formal indicative object-indefinite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solt (indicative object-indefinite past singular third-person)
-soltunk (first-person indicative object-indefinite past plural)
-soltatok (indicative informal object-indefinite past plural second-person)
-soltak (formal indicative object-indefinite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-soltak (indicative object-indefinite past plural third-person)
-soltam (first-person indicative object-definite past singular)
-soltad (indicative informal object-definite past second-person singular)
-solta (formal indicative object-definite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solta (indicative object-definite past singular third-person)
-soltuk (first-person indicative object-definite past plural)
-soltátok (indicative informal object-definite past plural second-person)
-solták (formal indicative object-definite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solták (indicative object-definite past plural third-person)
-soltalak (first-person indicative object-second-person past singular)
or a time adverb (first-person future indicative third-person)
or a time adverb (formal future indicative second-person-semantically third-person)
or a time adverb (future indicative informal second-person)
e.g. -solni fog. (first-person future indicative third-person)
e.g. -solni fog. (formal future indicative second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -solni fog. (future indicative informal second-person)
-solék (first-person object-indefinite singular)
-solál (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
-sola (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-sola (object-indefinite singular third-person)
-solánk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
-solátok (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
-solának (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solának (object-indefinite plural third-person)
-solám (first-person object-definite singular)
-solád (informal object-definite second-person singular)
-solá (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solá (object-definite singular third-person)
-solánk (first-person object-definite plural)
-solátok (informal object-definite plural second-person)
-solák (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solák (object-definite plural third-person)
-solálak (first-person object-second-person singular)
e.g. -sol vala (first-person third-person)
e.g. -sol vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -sol vala (informal second-person)
-solt vala (first-person third-person)
-solt vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
-solt vala (informal second-person)
volt. (first-person third-person)
volt. (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
volt. (informal second-person)
-solandok (first-person object-indefinite singular)
-solandasz (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
-soland (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-soland (object-indefinite singular third-person)
-solandunk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
-solandotok (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
-solandanak (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solandanak (object-indefinite plural third-person)
-solandom (first-person object-definite singular)
-solandod (informal object-definite second-person singular)
-solandja (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solandja (object-definite singular third-person)
-solandjuk (first-person object-definite plural)
-solandjátok (informal object-definite plural second-person)
-solandják (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solandják (object-definite plural third-person)
-solandalak (first-person object-second-person singular)
-solnék (conditional first-person object-indefinite present singular)
-solnál (conditional informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
-solna (conditional formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solna (conditional object-indefinite present singular third-person)
-solnánk (conditional first-person object-indefinite plural present)
-solnátok (conditional informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
-solnának (conditional formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
-solnának (conditional object-indefinite plural present third-person)
-solnám (conditional first-person object-definite present singular)
-solnád (conditional informal object-definite present second-person singular)
-solná (conditional formal object-definite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solná (conditional object-definite present singular third-person)
-solnánk (conditional first-person object-definite plural present)
or -solnók (conditional first-person object-definite plural present)
-solnátok (conditional informal object-definite plural present second-person)
-solnák (conditional formal object-definite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
-solnák (conditional object-definite plural present third-person)
-solnálak (conditional first-person object-second-person present singular)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional informal past second-person)
e.g. -solt volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
e.g. -solt volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -solt volna (conditional informal past second-person)
-soljak (first-person object-indefinite present singular subjunctive)
-solj or (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
-soljál (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
-soljon (formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
-soljon (object-indefinite present singular subjunctive third-person)
-soljunk (first-person object-indefinite plural present subjunctive)
-soljatok (informal object-indefinite plural present second-person subjunctive)
-soljanak (formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
-soljanak (object-indefinite plural present subjunctive third-person)
-soljam (first-person object-definite present singular subjunctive)
-sold or (informal object-definite present second-person singular subjunctive)
-soljad (informal object-definite present second-person singular subjunctive)
-solja (formal object-definite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
-solja (object-definite present singular subjunctive third-person)
-soljuk (first-person object-definite plural present subjunctive)
-soljátok (informal object-definite plural present second-person subjunctive)
-solják (formal object-definite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
-solják (object-definite plural present subjunctive third-person)
-soljalak (first-person object-second-person present singular subjunctive)
e.g. -solt légyen (first-person third-person)
e.g. -solt légyen (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -solt légyen (informal second-person)
-solni (infinitive)
-solnom (first-person infinitive singular)
-solnod (infinitive informal second-person singular)
-solnia (formal infinitive second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solnia (infinitive singular third-person)
-solnunk (first-person infinitive plural)
-solnotok (infinitive informal plural second-person)
-solniuk (formal infinitive plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solniuk (infinitive plural third-person)
-solás (noun-from-verb)
-soló
-solt
-solandó (future participle)
-solva (-solván)
-solhatok (first-person indicative object-indefinite present singular)
-solhatsz (indicative informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
-solhat (formal indicative object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solhat (indicative object-indefinite present singular third-person)
-solhatunk (first-person indicative object-indefinite plural present)
-solhattok (indicative informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
-solhatnak (formal indicative object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhatnak (indicative object-indefinite plural present third-person)
-solhatom (first-person indicative object-definite present singular)
-solhatod (indicative informal object-definite present second-person singular)
-solhatja (formal indicative object-definite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solhatja (indicative object-definite present singular third-person)
-solhatjuk (first-person indicative object-definite plural present)
-solhatjátok (indicative informal object-definite plural present second-person)
-solhatják (formal indicative object-definite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhatják (indicative object-definite plural present third-person)
-solhatlak (first-person indicative object-second-person present singular)
-solhattam (first-person indicative object-indefinite past singular)
-solhattál (indicative informal object-indefinite past second-person singular)
-solhatott (formal indicative object-indefinite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solhatott (indicative object-indefinite past singular third-person)
-solhattunk (first-person indicative object-indefinite past plural)
-solhattatok (indicative informal object-indefinite past plural second-person)
-solhattak (formal indicative object-indefinite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhattak (indicative object-indefinite past plural third-person)
-solhattam (first-person indicative object-definite past singular)
-solhattad (indicative informal object-definite past second-person singular)
-solhatta (formal indicative object-definite past second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solhatta (indicative object-definite past singular third-person)
-solhattuk (first-person indicative object-definite past plural)
-solhattátok (indicative informal object-definite past plural second-person)
-solhatták (formal indicative object-definite past plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhatták (indicative object-definite past plural third-person)
-solhattalak (first-person indicative object-second-person past singular)
-solhaték (first-person object-indefinite singular)
-solhatál (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
-solhata (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solhata (object-indefinite singular third-person)
-solhatánk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
-solhatátok (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
-solhatának (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhatának (object-indefinite plural third-person)
-solhatám (first-person object-definite singular)
-solhatád (informal object-definite second-person singular)
-solhatá (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solhatá (object-definite singular third-person)
-solhatánk (first-person object-definite plural)
-solhatátok (informal object-definite plural second-person)
-solhaták (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhaták (object-definite plural third-person)
-solhatálak (first-person object-second-person singular)
e.g. -solhat vala (first-person third-person)
e.g. -solhat vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -solhat vala (informal second-person)
-solhatott vala (first-person third-person)
-solhatott vala (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhatott vala (informal second-person)
volt. (first-person third-person)
volt. (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
volt. (informal second-person)
-solhatandok (first-person object-indefinite singular)
or -solandhatok (first-person object-indefinite singular)
-solhatandasz (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
or -solandhatsz (informal object-indefinite second-person singular)
-solhatand (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solhatand (object-indefinite singular third-person)
or -solandhat (formal object-indefinite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
or -solandhat (object-indefinite singular third-person)
-solhatandunk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
or -solandhatunk (first-person object-indefinite plural)
-solhatandotok (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
or -solandhattok (informal object-indefinite plural second-person)
-solhatandanak (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhatandanak (object-indefinite plural third-person)
or -solandhatnak (formal object-indefinite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
or -solandhatnak (object-indefinite plural third-person)
-solhatandom (first-person object-definite singular)
or -solandhatom (first-person object-definite singular)
-solhatandod (informal object-definite second-person singular)
or -solandhatod (informal object-definite second-person singular)
-solhatandja (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solhatandja (object-definite singular third-person)
or -solandhatja (formal object-definite second-person-semantically singular third-person)
or -solandhatja (object-definite singular third-person)
-solhatandjuk (first-person object-definite plural)
or -solandhatjuk (first-person object-definite plural)
-solhatandjátok (informal object-definite plural second-person)
or -solandhatjátok (informal object-definite plural second-person)
-solhatandják (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhatandják (object-definite plural third-person)
or -solandhatják (formal object-definite plural second-person-semantically third-person)
or -solandhatják (object-definite plural third-person)
-solhatandalak (first-person object-second-person singular)
or -solandhatlak (first-person object-second-person singular)
-solhatnék (conditional first-person object-indefinite present singular)
-solhatnál (conditional informal object-indefinite present second-person singular)
-solhatna (conditional formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solhatna (conditional object-indefinite present singular third-person)
-solhatnánk (conditional first-person object-indefinite plural present)
-solhatnátok (conditional informal object-indefinite plural present second-person)
-solhatnának (conditional formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhatnának (conditional object-indefinite plural present third-person)
-solhatnám (conditional first-person object-definite present singular)
-solhatnád (conditional informal object-definite present second-person singular)
-solhatná (conditional formal object-definite present second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solhatná (conditional object-definite present singular third-person)
-solhatnánk (conditional first-person object-definite plural present)
or -solhatnók (conditional first-person object-definite plural present)
-solhatnátok (conditional informal object-definite plural present second-person)
-solhatnák (conditional formal object-definite plural present second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhatnák (conditional object-definite plural present third-person)
-solhatnálak (conditional first-person object-second-person present singular)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
Indicative past forms followed by volna (conditional informal past second-person)
e.g. -solhatott volna (conditional first-person past third-person)
e.g. -solhatott volna (conditional formal past second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -solhatott volna (conditional informal past second-person)
-solhassak (first-person object-indefinite present singular subjunctive)
-solhass or (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
-solhassál (informal object-indefinite present second-person singular subjunctive)
-solhasson (formal object-indefinite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
-solhasson (object-indefinite present singular subjunctive third-person)
-solhassunk (first-person object-indefinite plural present subjunctive)
-solhassatok (informal object-indefinite plural present second-person subjunctive)
-solhassanak (formal object-indefinite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
-solhassanak (object-indefinite plural present subjunctive third-person)
-solhassam (first-person object-definite present singular subjunctive)
-solhasd or (informal object-definite present second-person singular subjunctive)
-solhassad (informal object-definite present second-person singular subjunctive)
-solhassa (formal object-definite present second-person-semantically singular subjunctive third-person)
-solhassa (object-definite present singular subjunctive third-person)
-solhassuk (first-person object-definite plural present subjunctive)
-solhassátok (informal object-definite plural present second-person subjunctive)
-solhassák (formal object-definite plural present second-person-semantically subjunctive third-person)
-solhassák (object-definite plural present subjunctive third-person)
-solhassalak (first-person object-second-person present singular subjunctive)
e.g. -solhatott légyen (first-person third-person)
e.g. -solhatott légyen (formal second-person-semantically third-person)
e.g. -solhatott légyen (informal second-person)
-solhatni
-solhatnom (first-person singular)
-solhatnod (informal second-person singular)
-solhatnia (formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solhatnia (singular third-person)
-solhatnunk (first-person plural)
-solhatnotok (informal plural second-person)
-solhatniuk (formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhatniuk (plural third-person)
-solható (first-person singular)
-solhatatlan (formal second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-solhatatlan (singular third-person)
-solhatva / -solhatván (formal plural second-person-semantically third-person)
-solhatva / -solhatván (informal plural second-person)
-solhatva / -solhatván (plural third-person)

From -s (frequentative suffix) + -o- (linking vowel) + -l (frequentative suffix).

af

tapsol (“to clap”)

(frequentative suffix, rare) Added to a stem to form a verb expressing a repetitive action. No longer productive.


-ez

From -e- (linking vowel) + -z (verb-forming suffix).

hely (“place”) + -ez → helyez (“to place”)


-ista

From Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

tao (“tao”) + -ista → taoista (“Taoist”)

Note, these are related to -izmus, e.g. taoizmus (“Taoism”).

One who follows a principle or system of belief.

komponista (“composer, one who creates music”)

A member of a profession or one interested in something.

zongora (“piano”) + -ista → zongorista (“pianist”)

(noun-forming suffix) -ist
A person who uses something.

rasszista (“racist”)

A person who holds certain views or values.

klasszicista (“classicistic”)


-ol

olvas (“to read”) + -ol → olvasol (“you read, you are reading”)

Mit olvasol?

(personal suffix) Forms the second-person singular present tense of verbs (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).

titok (“secret”) + -ol → titkol (“to keep [something] a secret”)

(verb-forming suffix) Forms a verb from a noun.


-ene

From -e- (linking vowel) + -ne (conditional suffix).

affix

segít (“to help”) + -ene → segítene (“he/she would help”)

(conditional suffix) Forms the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).


-ana

From -a- (linking vowel) + -na (conditional suffix).

tanít (“to teach”) + -ana → tanítana (“he/she would teach”)


-ei

-e (possessive suffix) + -i (possessive plural)

terv (“plan”) → a tervei (“his/her/its plans”), az ő tervei (“his/her plans”)

szék (“chair”) → a székei (“his/her/its chairs”), az ő székei (“his/her chairs”)

possessive suffix for multiple possessions:

(with no noun for possessor) his, her, its ……-s (third-person singular; the pronoun ő (“s/he”) being optional for emphasis)

terv (“plan”) → a tervei (“your [formal] plans”), az ön tervei, a maga tervei (“your [formal] plans”)

(with no noun for possessor, formal) your ……-s (second-person singular, grammatically resembling the third person sg.)

az ember(nek a) tervei

a gyerek(nek a) székei

az emberek(nek a) tervei

a gyerekek(nek a) székei

az önök tervei, a maguk tervei

azok(nak a) tervei

ki(k)nek a székei?

construed with a noun or certain pronouns as the possessor: ……’s ……-s, ……-s of …… (third-person sg. or pl., depending on the noun or pronoun)


-ant

From -a- (linking vowel) + -n (instantaneous suffix) + -t (causative suffix).

af

pillant (“to glance”)

(instantaneous suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing an instantaneous action.


-om

-om (nominative singular)
-omat (accusative singular)
-omnak (dative singular)
-ommal (instrumental singular)
-omért (causal-final singular)
-ommá (singular translative)
-omig (singular terminative)
-omként (essive-formal singular)
-omul (essive-modal singular)
-omban (inessive singular)
-omon (singular superessive)
-omnál (adessive singular)
-omba (illative singular)
-omra (singular sublative)
-omhoz (allative singular)
-omból (elative singular)
-omról (delative singular)
-omtól (ablative singular)
-omé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-oméi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)

From -o- (linking vowel) + -m (personal suffix).

affix

alszik (“to sleep”) + -om → alszom (“I sleep, I am sleeping”)

(personal suffix, indefinite conjugation) Forms the indefinite first-person singular present indicative of -ik verbs.

lát (“to see”) + -om → látom (“I see [him/her/it/them]”)

(personal suffix, definite conjugation) Forms the definite first-person singular present indicative of verbs.

kor (“age”) + -om → korom (“my age”)

(possessive suffix) my (first-person singular, single possession)


-am

-am (nominative singular)
-amat (accusative singular)
-amnak (dative singular)
-ammal (instrumental singular)
-amért (causal-final singular)
-ammá (singular translative)
-amig (singular terminative)
-amként (essive-formal singular)
-amul (essive-modal singular)
-amban (inessive singular)
-amon (singular superessive)
-amnál (adessive singular)
-amba (illative singular)
-amra (singular sublative)
-amhoz (allative singular)
-amból (elative singular)
-amról (delative singular)
-amtól (ablative singular)
-amé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-améi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)

ház (“house”) → a házam (“my house”)


-am

-am (nominative singular)
-amok (nominative plural)
-amot (accusative singular)
-amokat (accusative plural)
-amnak (dative singular)
-amoknak (dative plural)
-ammal (instrumental singular)
-amokkal (instrumental plural)
-amért (causal-final singular)
-amokért (causal-final plural)
-ammá (singular translative)
-amokká (plural translative)
-amig (singular terminative)
-amokig (plural terminative)
-amként (essive-formal singular)
-amokként (essive-formal plural)
-amul (essive-modal singular)
-amokul (essive-modal plural)
-amban (inessive singular)
-amokban (inessive plural)
-amon (singular superessive)
-amokon (plural superessive)
-amnál (adessive singular)
-amoknál (adessive plural)
-amba (illative singular)
-amokba (illative plural)
-amra (singular sublative)
-amokra (plural sublative)
-amhoz (allative singular)
-amokhoz (allative plural)
-amból (elative singular)
-amokból (elative plural)
-amról (delative singular)
-amokról (delative plural)
-amtól (ablative singular)
-amoktól (ablative plural)
-amé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-amoké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
-améi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-amokéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
-amom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
-amaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
-amod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
-amaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
-ama (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
-amai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
-amunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
-amaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
-amotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
-amaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
-amuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
-amaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

áll (“to stand”) + -am → állam (“state”)

dal (“song”) + -am → dallam (“tune”)

hoz (“to bring”) + -am → hozam (“yield”)

tart (“to hold”) + -am → tartam (“span as in lifespan”)

(noun-forming suffix) Added to a noun or a verb to form a noun. A final single -l may become long -ll-.


-es

kert (“garden”) + -es → kertes (“something with a garden, having a garden”)

(adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having something, a quality"; sometimes referred to as ornative.

perec (“pretzel”) + -es → pereces (“someone who sells pretzels”)

meggy (“morello, sour cherry”) + -es → meggyes (“cherry orchard”)

(noun-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an occupation or a collective noun.

egy (“one”) + -es → egyes (“the digit or figure 1”)

(number-forming suffix) Added to a cardinal number to form a digit or figure, cf. the relevant template.


-el

keres (“to seek”) + -el → keresel (“you seek, you are seeking”)

(personal suffix) Forms the second-person singular present tense of verbs ending in s, sz, z, dz (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).

ebéd (“lunch”) + -el → ebédel (“to eat lunch”)

(verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form a verb.

lep (“to cover”) + -el → lepel (“wrap”)

(noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun. No longer productive in this role.


-féle

-félék (plural)
-féle (nominative singular)
-félék (nominative plural)
-félét (accusative singular)
-féléket (accusative plural)
-félének (dative singular)
-féléknek (dative plural)
-félével (instrumental singular)
-félékkel (instrumental plural)
-féléért (causal-final singular)
-félékért (causal-final plural)
-félévé (singular translative)
-félékké (plural translative)
-féléig (singular terminative)
-félékig (plural terminative)
-féleként (essive-formal singular)
-félékként (essive-formal plural)
-félében (inessive singular)
-félékben (inessive plural)
-félén (singular superessive)
-féléken (plural superessive)
-félénél (adessive singular)
-féléknél (adessive plural)
-félébe (illative singular)
-félékbe (illative plural)
-félére (singular sublative)
-félékre (plural sublative)
-féléhez (allative singular)
-félékhez (allative plural)
-féléből (elative singular)
-félékből (elative plural)
-féléről (delative singular)
-félékről (delative plural)
-félétől (ablative singular)
-féléktől (ablative plural)
-féléé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-féléké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
-félééi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-félékéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
-félém (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
-féléim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
-féléd (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
-féléid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
-féléje (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
-féléi (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
-félénk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
-féléink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
-félétek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
-féléitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
-féléjük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
-féléik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From the noun fél (“party, participant, member”) + -e (lative case suffix, shortened from the original -é).

-alakú

refers to the name of an order of animals

-alkatú

refers to the name of a suborder, infraorder, or superfamily of animals

ruha (“clothing”) + -féle → ruhaféle (“clothes-like; (converted into a noun) clothing article”)

-like (of the specified sort or type of item)

három (“three”) + -féle → háromféle (“three types of”)

(adjective-forming suffix) types of (of as many types as is specified by the preceding number)

sólyom (“falcon”) + -féle → sólyomféle (“falconid, a member of the falcon family (Falconidae)”)

(taxonomy, noun-forming suffix) -id (ending of family names)

Young-féle modulus

Descartes-féle koordináták

(adjective-forming suffix) related to someone, created by someone (attached to proper nouns with a hyphen)


-mal

szám (“number”) + -mal → számmal (“with [a] number”)

(case suffix) assimilated harmonic variant of -val/-vel (“with”)


-ent

From -e- (linking vowel) + -n (instantaneous suffix) + -t (causative suffix).

tüsszent (“to sneeze”)


-ai

-a (possessive suffix) + -i (possessive plural)

affix

ház (“house”) → a házai (“his/her/its houses”), az ő házai (“his/her houses”)

játék (“toy”) → a játékai (“his/her/its toys”), az ő játékai (“his/her toys”)

possessive suffix for multiple possessions:

(with no noun for possessor) his, her, its ……-s (third-person singular; the pronoun ő (“s/he”) being optional for emphasis)

ház (“house”) → a házai (“your [formal] houses”), az ön házai, a maga házai (“your [formal] houses”)

(with no noun for possessor, formal) your ……-s (second-person singular, grammatically resembling the third person sg.)

az ember(nek a) házai

a gyerek(nek a) játékai

az emberek(nek a) házai

a gyerekek(nek a) játékai

az önök házai, a maguk házai

azok(nak a) házai

ki(k)nek a játékai?

construed with a noun or certain pronouns as the possessor: ……’s ……-s, ……-s of …… (third-person sg. or pl., depending on the noun or pronoun)


-ag

From -a- (linking vowel) + -g (frequentative and nominal-forming suffix).

kacag (“to laugh”)

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

oszt (“to deal out”) + -ag → osztag (“squad”)

ló (“horse”) + -ag → lovag (“knight”)

hallgat (“to remain silent”) + -ag → hallgatag (“taciturn, reserved”)

(nominal-forming suffix) Added to a verb or a noun to form a noun or an adjective.


-te

érkezik (“to arrive”) + -te → érkezte (“his/her/its arrival”)

(noun-forming suffix) Forms nouns from certain verbs (cf. -és), incorporating the third-person singular possessive suffix (-e), which can be replaced by other personal possessive suffixes.


-je

-je (nominative singular)
-jét (accusative singular)
-jének (dative singular)
-jével (instrumental singular)
-jéért (causal-final singular)
-jévé (singular translative)
-jéig (singular terminative)
-jeként (essive-formal singular)
-jéül (essive-modal singular)
-jében (inessive singular)
-jén (singular superessive)
-jénél (adessive singular)
-jébe (illative singular)
-jére (singular sublative)
-jéhez (allative singular)
-jéből (elative singular)
-jéről (delative singular)
-jétől (ablative singular)
-jéé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-jééi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)

ház → (a) háza, az ő háza (“his/her/its house”) élet → (az) élete, az ő élete (“his/her/its life”) barát → (a) barátja (“his/her/its friend”) kapu → (a) kapuja (“his/her/its gate”) palota → (a) palotája (“his/her/its palace”) kert → (a) kertje (“his/her/its garden”) betű → (a) betűje (“his/her/its letter”) vese → (a) veséje (“his/her/its kidney”)

(with no possessor or with the 3rd‑person pronoun as possessor, usually construed with the definite article) his, her, its …

Possessive (and genitive) suffix:
his, her, its …

Anna háza (“Anna’s house”), a felkelő nap háza (“the house of the rising sun”) Anna élete (“Anna’s life”), a város élete (“the life of the city”) a király palotája (“the king’s palace”) a ház kapuja (“the gate of the house”) Anna kertje (“Anna’s garden”), a tulipán kertje (“the garden of the tulip”)

(with a singular possessor) …-'s, of … (third-person singular, single possession)

a szüleim háza (“my parents’ house”), a trópusi növények háza (“[the] house of [the] tropical plants”, literally “the tropical plants’ house”) a szüleim élete (“my parents’ lives”, literally “my parents’ life”), a könyvek élete (“[the] lives of [the] books”, literally “the books’ life”) az uralkodók palotája (“the rulers’ palace”) a szüleim kertje (“my parents’ garden”), Az elágazó ösvények kertje (“The Garden of Forking Paths”)

(with a plural possessor) …-s’, of …-s (third-person plural, single possession)

Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje ment el.

S/he left one century / two years / one hour / a long time ago.

, e.g. egy évszázaddal, két évvel ezelőtt

(with instantaneous time expressions) … ago (referring to a preceding point in time considered as an instant)

Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje várunk rád.

We have been waiting for you for a century / two years / an hour / a long time.

(with durative time expressions) for … (referring to some duration that precedes the point of time in question)

jó (jav-) (“the greater/better part”) → a java még hátravan (“the best/bulk is yet to come”, literally “its best/bulk is…”)

legnagyobbik (“the biggest one”) → a bikák legnagyobbika (“the biggest [one] of the bulls”, synonymous with a legnagyobb bika)

(mostly with quantities, often following -ik) of …, out of … (partitive sense)

Possessive (and genitive) suffix:
of …, out of … (partitive sense)


-je

(personal suffix) Used to form the definite third-person singular present tense of front-vowel verbs (in subjunctive mood).


-tte

sző (“to weave”) + -tte → szőtte (“he/she wove, he/she has/had woven it”)

(past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person singular past tense of verbs (definite conjugation).

jön (“to come”) + -tte → jötte (“his/her/its coming”)


-ió

-ió (nominative singular)
-iók (nominative plural)
-iót (accusative singular)
-iókat (accusative plural)
-iónak (dative singular)
-ióknak (dative plural)
-ióval (instrumental singular)
-iókkal (instrumental plural)
-ióért (causal-final singular)
-iókért (causal-final plural)
-ióvá (singular translative)
-iókká (plural translative)
-ióig (singular terminative)
-iókig (plural terminative)
-ióként (essive-formal singular)
-iókként (essive-formal plural)
-ióul (essive-modal singular)
-ióban (inessive singular)
-iókban (inessive plural)
-ión (singular superessive)
-iókon (plural superessive)
-iónál (adessive singular)
-ióknál (adessive plural)
-ióba (illative singular)
-iókba (illative plural)
-ióra (singular sublative)
-iókra (plural sublative)
-ióhoz (allative singular)
-iókhoz (allative plural)
-ióból (elative singular)
-iókból (elative plural)
-ióról (delative singular)
-iókról (delative plural)
-iótól (ablative singular)
-ióktól (ablative plural)
-ióé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-ióké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
-ióéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-iókéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
-ióm (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
-ióim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
-iód (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
-ióid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
-iója (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
-iói (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
-iónk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
-ióink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
-iótok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
-ióitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
-iójuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
-ióik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

agresszió (“aggression”)

A distinguishable foreign word ending in nouns. It is not considerable as an independent Hungarian suffix.


-va

úszik (“to swim”) →

Úszva jött ide.

adverbial participle
adverbial participle

(adverbial-participle suffix) Added to a verb to form the adverbial participle.

Expressing an action done simultaneously by the subject of the main clause, like the English -ing form functioning as a participle (rather than a noun).

zár (“to close”) → zárva (van) (“(it is/has been) closed”, with the implication that it is currently inaccessible)

construed with van (“to be”), sometimes omitted: Expressing the result of a preceding action suffered or experienced (that is, with a passive sense), comparable to the past participle -ed.


-ó

olvas (“to read”) + -ó → olvasó (“reading”)

Hol van az olvasószemüvegem?

present participle
present participle#English

(present-participle suffix) -ing (added to a verb to form the present participle)


-ó

Katalin (“Catherine”) → Kató (“Cathy”)

(diminutive suffix) Added to a shortened form of a noun to derive a diminutive noun.


-dad

First attested in 1283. From the repeated -d (diminutive suffix). Originally, it was a diminutive suffix (cf. kisded). Today it is used to express similarity just like the suffixes -féle and -szerű.

tojás (“egg”) + -dad → tojásdad (“egg-shaped”)

(adjective-forming suffix) similar to, sort of, -like, resembling, in the nature of. Added to a word to form an adjective.