történik
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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Stem of unknown origin[1][2] + -ik.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
történik
- (intransitive, in the third person) to happen (to occur)
- Synonyms: megtörténik, előfordul, megesik
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of történik
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | only 3rd-person forms | történik | only 3rd-person forms | történnek | |||
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | ― | történt | ― | történtek | ||||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. történni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | ― | történe or történék |
― | történének | ||||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. történik vala, történt vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | ― | történend (or történendik) |
― | történendenek | ||||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | ― | történne (or történnék) |
― | történnének | |||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. történt volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | ― | történjen or történjék |
― | történjenek | |||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. történt légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | történni | ― | történnie | ― | történniük | ||||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| történés | történő | történt | ― | történve (történvén) | |||||
potential conjugation of történik
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | only 3rd-person forms | történhet (or történhetik) |
only 3rd-person forms | történhetnek | |||
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | ― | történhetett | ― | történhettek | ||||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | ― | történhete or történheték |
― | történhetének | ||||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. történhet vala, történhetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | ― | történhetend or történandhat (or történhetendik or történandhatik) |
― | történhetendenek or történandhatnak | ||||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | ― | történhetne (or történhetnék) |
― | történhetnének | |||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. történhetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | ― | történhessen (or történhessék) |
― | történhessenek | |||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. történhetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (történhetni) | ― | (történhetnie) | ― | (történhetniük) | ||||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (történhetve / történhetvén) | ||||
Derived terms[edit]
(With verbal prefixes):
References[edit]
- ^ történik in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
- ^ történik in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading[edit]
- történik 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