önhitt

Hungarian

Etymology

From ön- (“self”) +‎ hitt (“believed”), from hisz (“to believe”) +‎ -tt (past-participle suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Calque of German [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈønɦitː]
• Hyphenation: ön‧hitt
• Rhymes: -itː

Adjective

önhitt (comparative önhittebb, superlative legönhittebb)

1. (higher register, derogatory) smug, self-important (having, or behaving as if having, too high of an opinion of one's own importance)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	önhitt	önhittek
accusative	önhittet	önhitteket
dative	önhittnek	önhitteknek
instrumental	önhittel	önhittekkel
causal-final	önhittért	önhittekért
translative	önhitté	önhittekké
terminative	önhittig	önhittekig
essive-formal	önhittként	önhittekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	önhittben	önhittekben
superessive	önhitten	önhitteken
adessive	önhittnél	önhitteknél
illative	önhittbe	önhittekbe
sublative	önhittre	önhittekre
allative	önhitthez	önhittekhez
elative	önhittből	önhittekből
delative	önhittről	önhittekről
ablative	önhittől	önhittektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	önhitté	önhitteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	önhittéi	önhittekéi

Further reading

• önhitt 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