krumpli

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Grundbirne (literally “ground pear”), more specifically from Bavarian grumper, krumbeer, krumpir. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrumpli]
• Hyphenation: krump‧li
• Rhymes: -li

Noun

krumpli (countable and uncountable, plural krumplik)

1. (informal) potato

   Synonym: (formal) burgonya

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	krumpli	krumplik
accusative	krumplit	krumplikat
dative	krumplinak	krumpliknak
instrumental	krumplival	krumplikkal
causal-final	krumpliért	krumplikért
translative	krumplivá	krumplikká
terminative	krumpliig	krumplikig
essive-formal	krumpliként	krumplikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	krumpliban	krumplikban
superessive	krumplin	krumplikon
adessive	krumplinál	krumpliknál
illative	krumpliba	krumplikba
sublative	krumplira	krumplikra
allative	krumplihoz	krumplikhoz
elative	krumpliból	krumplikból
delative	krumpliról	krumplikról
ablative	krumplitól	krumpliktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	krumplié	krumpliké
non-attributive possessive - plural	krumpliéi	krumplikéi

Possessive forms of krumpli
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	krumplim	krumplijaim
2nd person sing.	krumplid	krumplijaid
3rd person sing.	krumplija	krumplijai
1st person plural	krumplink	krumplijaink
2nd person plural	krumplitok	krumplijaitok
3rd person plural	krumplijuk	krumplijaik

Derived terms

• krumplis

 

Compound words

• krumplibogár
• krumplicukor

 

Further reading

• krumpli 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