-höz
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-höz
- (case suffix) to. Used to form the allative case.
- A fa a kertünkhöz tartozik. - The tree belongs to our garden.
Usage notes
Hungarian case suffixes
Case | Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú |
Front vowel | |
---|---|---|---|
unrounded e, é, i, í |
rounded ö, ő, ü, ű | ||
nominative | — | ||
accusative | -t | ||
-ot / -at | -et | -öt | |
dative | -nak | -nek | |
instrumental | -val | -vel | |
causal-final | -ért | ||
translative | -vá | -vé | |
terminative | -ig | ||
essive-formal | -ként | ||
essive-modal | -ul | -ül | |
inessive | -ban | -ben | |
superessive | -n | ||
-on | -en | -ön | |
adessive | -nál | -nél | |
illative | -ba | -be | |
sublative | -ra | -re | |
allative | -hoz | -hez | -höz |
elative | -ból | -ből | |
delative | -ról | -ről | |
ablative | -tól | -től | |
Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként. alma — almában, but almaként zene ― zenében, but zeneként |
- (case suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -hoz is added to back vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
- fa (“tree”) → Odamentek a fához. - They went to the tree.
- -hez is added to unrounded front vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
- zene (“music”) → Szöveget írtunk a zenéhez. - We wrote lyrics to the music.
- -höz is added to rounded front vowel words
- szótő (“stem”) → A rag a szótőhöz járul. - The suffix is added to the stem.
- -hoz is added to back vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.