-ték

See also: tek, Tek, and -tek

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [teːk]

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ték

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

   mér (“to measure”) → mérték (“measure”)

   ér (“to be worth”) → érték (“value”)

   lép (“to step”) → lépték (“scale”)

Usage notes

• (noun-forming suffix) No longer productive. Harmonic variants:

  -ték is added to front vowel words

  -aték is added to back vowel words

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ték

See also

• -dék
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ték

1. (past tense suffix) Used to form the third-person plural past tense of verbs (definite conjugations).

   keres (“to search”) → keresték (“they (have/had) searched”)

Usage notes

• (past tense suffix) Variants:

  -ták is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -ték is added to most front-vowel verbs

  -tták is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)

  -tték is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nyű, sző)

  -ották is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)

  -ették is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)

  -ötték is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes