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-ként
-ként
Hungarian
Suffix
-ként
- (case suffix) as a, being a. Used to form the essive sense of the essive-formal case.
- turista (“tourist”) → turistaként (“as a tourist”)
- (case suffix) like a, similar to a. Used to form the formal sense of the essive-formal case.
- futótűz (“wildfire”) → futótűzként (“like wildfire”)
Usage notes
The same form is used with both back and front vowel words.
Case suffix list
| Case | Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú |
Front vowel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded e, é, i, í |
rounded ö, ő, ü, ű |
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| nominative | — | ||
| accusative | -t | ||
| -ot / -at | -et | -öt | |
| dative | -nak | -nek | |
| instrumental | -val | -vel | |
| causal-final | -ért | ||
| translative | -vá | -vé | |
| terminative | -ig | ||
| essive-formal | -ként | ||
| essive-modal | -ul | -ül | |
| inessive | -ban | -ben | |
| superessive | -n | ||
| -on | -en | -ön | |
| adessive | -nál | -nél | |
| illative | -ba | -be | |
| sublative | -ra | -re | |
| allative | -hoz | -hez | -höz |
| elative | -ból | -ből | |
| delative | -ról | -ről | |
| ablative | -tól | -től | |
| Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként. alma - almában, but almaként zene - zenében, but zeneként | |||
Derived terms
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See also
- Category:Hungarian noun forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes