bakter

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bakˈtɛɹ/

Noun

bakter m (plural baktere, definite bakteri, definite plural bakteret)

1. bacterium

Declension

Declension of bakter

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bakter	bakteri	baktere	bakteret
accusative		bakterin
dative	bakteri	bakterit	baktereve	baktereve
ablative			bakteresh

Derived terms

• bakteriolog
• bakteriologji
• bakteriologjik
• bakterial
• bakteror

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “bakter”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wächter (“watchman”), via dialectal forms. First attested in 1638.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒktɛr]
• Hyphenation: bak‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

bakter (plural bakterek)

1. (archaic) night watchman, town watchman

   Synonyms: éjjeliőr, őr

2. (archaic) railway guard

   Synonym: pályaőr

Declension

See other forms at E‑Szókincs

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

	singular	plural
nominative	bakter	bakterek
accusative	baktert	baktereket
dative	bakternek	baktereknek
instrumental	bakterrel	bakterekkel
causal-final	bakterért	bakterekért
translative	bakterré	bakterekké
terminative	bakterig	bakterekig
essive-formal	bakterként	bakterekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bakterben	bakterekben
superessive	bakteren	baktereken
adessive	bakternél	baktereknél
illative	bakterbe	bakterekbe
sublative	bakterre	bakterekre
allative	bakterhez	bakterekhez
elative	bakterből	bakterekből
delative	bakterről	bakterekről
ablative	baktertől	bakterektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	bakteré	baktereké
non-attributive possessive – plural	bakteréi	bakterekéi

Possessive forms of bakter

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bakterem	baktereim
2nd person sing.	baktered	baktereid
3rd person sing.	baktere	bakterei
1st person plural	bakterünk	baktereink
2nd person plural	bakteretek	baktereitek
3rd person plural	bakterük	baktereik

Descendants

• → Romanian: boacter

Further reading

• bakter 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.
• bakter 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 2024).

Volapük

Noun

bakter (nominative plural bakters)

1. bacterium

Declension

Declension of bakter

	singular	plural
nominative	bakter	bakters
genitive	baktera	bakteras
dative	baktere	bakteres
accusative	bakteri	bakteris
vocative 1	o bakter!	o bakters!
predicative 2	bakteru	bakterus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only