-ötte

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [øtːɛ]

Suffix

-ötte

2. (past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person singular past tense of verbs (definite conjugation).

   ‎köszönt (“to greet”) + ‎-ötte → ‎köszöntötte (“he/she (has/had) greeted”)

   ‎süt (“to bake”) + ‎-ötte → ‎sütötte (“he/she (has/had) baked”)

4. (verbal-participle suffix) Used to form the verbal participle of verbs, always following the agent noun.

   süt (“to bake”) → [anyám] sütötte [kenyér] (“[bread] baked by [my mother]”, literally “my-mother-baked bread”)

Usage notes

• (past-tense and verbal-participle suffix) Variants:

  -ta is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -te is added to most front-vowel verbs

  -tta is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú)

  -tte is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nő, sző; nyű)

  -otta is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)

  -ette is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)

  -ötte is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)

• (noun-forming suffix) Variants:

  -ta is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -te is added to most front-vowel verbs

  -tte is added to front-vowel verbs that originally ended in a vowel (like jön, originally jő)

  -ata is added to back-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like hall)

  -ete is added to front-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like kell)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes