ágens

See also: agens and Agens

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Agent, from French agent, from Latin agens (“agent”). With Latinate -ens ending.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːɡɛnʃ]
• Hyphenation: ágens
• Rhymes: -ɛnʃ

Noun

ágens (plural ágensek)

1. (archaic) agent (one who acts in place of another)

   Synonym: ügynök

2. agent (an active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect)
3. (grammar) agent

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ágens	ágensek
accusative	ágenst	ágenseket
dative	ágensnek	ágenseknek
instrumental	ágenssel	ágensekkel
causal-final	ágensért	ágensekért
translative	ágenssé	ágensekké
terminative	ágensig	ágensekig
essive-formal	ágensként	ágensekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ágensben	ágensekben
superessive	ágensen	ágenseken
adessive	ágensnél	ágenseknél
illative	ágensbe	ágensekbe
sublative	ágensre	ágensekre
allative	ágenshez	ágensekhez
elative	ágensből	ágensekből
delative	ágensről	ágensekről
ablative	ágenstől	ágensektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	ágensé	ágenseké
non-attributive possessive – plural	ágenséi	ágensekéi

Possessive forms of ágens

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ágensem	ágenseim
2nd person sing.	ágensed	ágenseid
3rd person sing.	ágense	ágensei
1st person plural	ágensünk	ágenseink
2nd person plural	ágensetek	ágenseitek
3rd person plural	ágensük	ágenseik

Further reading

• ágens in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• ágens in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).