háttér

See also: hatter and Hatter

Hungarian

Etymology

hát +‎ tér

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈhaːtːeːr]
Hyphenation: hát‧tér

Noun

háttér (countable and uncountable, plural hátterek)

background, backdrop
háttérbe szorít ― to overshadow, eclipse someone or something, push into the background (literally, “to press/squeeze into [the] background”)

Usage notes

Though its constituting elements (as given in Etymology above) may not be obvious for native speakers due to lexicalization, it is considered as having two elements for the purposes of spelling. Thus if another (third) compound element is added and the resulting number of syllables (excluding any inflectional suffixes and the adjective-forming suffix -i) exceeds six, a hyphen is inserted between the two main elements (e.g. háttér-információ). Compounds with up to six syllables are spelled with no hyphen (e.g. háttérvilágítás); see also below. For more, see the syllable-counting rule in Wikipedia.

Declension

The essive-modal may also be hátterül and the superessive, hátteren.

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	háttér	hátterek
accusative	hátteret	háttereket
dative	háttérnek	háttereknek
instrumental	háttérrel	hátterekkel
causal-final	háttérért	hátterekért
translative	háttérré	hátterekké
terminative	háttérig	hátterekig
essive-formal	háttérként	hátterekként
essive-modal	háttérül	—
inessive	háttérben	hátterekben
superessive	háttéren	háttereken
adessive	háttérnél	háttereknél
illative	háttérbe	hátterekbe
sublative	háttérre	hátterekre
allative	háttérhez	hátterekhez
elative	háttérből	hátterekből
delative	háttérről	hátterekről
ablative	háttértől	hátterektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	háttéré	háttereké
non-attributive possessive - plural	háttéréi	hátterekéi

Possessive forms of háttér
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hátterem	háttereim
2nd person sing.	háttered	háttereid
3rd person sing.	háttere	hátterei
1st person plural	hátterünk	háttereink
2nd person plural	hátteretek	háttereitek
3rd person plural	hátterük	háttereik

Derived terms

hátterű

Compound words with this term at the beginning

Compound words with this term at the end