-tték

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tːeːk]

Suffix

-tték

1. (past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person plural past tense of verbs (definite conjugation).

   ‎sző (“to weave”) + ‎-tték → ‎szőtték (“they wove, they have/had woven”)

Usage notes

• (past tense suffix) Variants:

  -ták is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -ték is added to most front-vowel verbs

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

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

  -ották 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)

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

  -ötték 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)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes