háttér

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See also: hatter and Hatter

Hungarian

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Etymology

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hát +‎ tér

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhaːtːeːr]
  • Hyphenation: hát‧tér

Noun

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háttér (countable and uncountable, plural hátterek)

  1. background, backdrop
    háttérbe szorítto overshadow, eclipse someone or something, push into the background (literally, “to press/squeeze into [the] background”)

Usage notes

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Though its constituting elements (as given in Etymology above) may not be obvious for native speakers due to lexicalization, it is considered as having two elements for the purposes of spelling. Thus if another (third) compound element is added and the resulting number of syllables (excluding any inflectional suffixes and the adjective-forming suffix -i) exceeds six, a hyphen is inserted between the two main elements (e.g. háttér-információ). Compounds with up to six syllables are spelled with no hyphen (e.g. háttérvilágítás); see also below. For more, see the syllable-counting rule in Wikipedia.

Declension

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The essive-modal may also be hátterül and the superessive, hátteren.

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative háttér hátterek
accusative hátteret háttereket
dative háttérnek háttereknek
instrumental háttérrel hátterekkel
causal-final háttérért hátterekért
translative háttérré hátterekké
terminative háttérig hátterekig
essive-formal háttérként hátterekként
essive-modal háttérül
inessive háttérben hátterekben
superessive háttéren háttereken
adessive háttérnél háttereknél
illative háttérbe hátterekbe
sublative háttérre hátterekre
allative háttérhez hátterekhez
elative háttérből hátterekből
delative háttérről hátterekről
ablative háttértől hátterektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
háttéré háttereké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
háttéréi hátterekéi
Possessive forms of háttér
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hátterem háttereim
2nd person sing. háttered háttereid
3rd person sing. háttere hátterei
1st person plural hátterünk háttereink
2nd person plural hátteretek háttereitek
3rd person plural hátterük háttereik

Derived terms

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Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end

Further reading

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  • háttér in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN