dönt

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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dől +‎ -t (causative suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdønt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ønt

Verb

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dönt

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to decide on or about something (-ban/-ben or -ról/-ről) (often used with úgy)
    Synonyms: eldönt, döntést hoz
    Middle-voice counterpart: dől
    Úgy döntött, hogy hazamegy.S/he decided to go home.
    Ebben a kérdésben nem tudok dönteni.I cannot decide on this matter.
    Mikor döntesz a lakásról?When will you decide about the flat?
  2. (transitive) to tip, overturn, turn over (to change an object's position from vertical to horizontal)
    Synonyms: eldönt, ledönt, kidönt
  3. (transitive) to lean, prop, rest (against something -nak/-nek or -hoz/-hez/-höz) (to find a stable position for an object next to a vertical surface)
    Synonym: támaszt
    A falnak döntötte a biciklit.S/he propped the bike against the wall.
  4. (transitive) to pour (a liquid or a granular solid matter) somewhere in great quantity
    Synonyms: önt, zúdít
  5. (transitive, construed as magába dönt) to chugalug (to swallow (a container of beer etc.) without pausing)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ dönt 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

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  • dönt 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
  • dönt 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).