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ismer

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Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from a bound stem + -r (obsolete frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈiʃmɛr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: is‧mer
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

Verb

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ismer

  1. (transitive) to know (be acquainted or familiar with)

Usage notes

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Similarly to French, German, and Spanish etc., Hungarian distinguishes two senses of “to know”, being aware or certain of some information (see tud) and being acquainted or familiar with someone or something (this verb). See also usage notes at the German verb kennen describing the same difference and translations of to know for related terms in other languages.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Expressions

References

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  1. ^ ismer in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • ismer 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