hirtelen

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From hír (news) +‎ -telen (-less), referring to the fact that events may happen without prior notice or news.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhirtɛlɛn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hir‧te‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Adjective

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hirtelen (comparative hirtelenebb, superlative leghirtelenebb)

  1. sudden, abrupt, rapid
    Synonyms: váratlan, gyors
  2. (of a person or someone’s gesture) impulsive, impetuous
    Synonyms: lobbanékony, heves, indulatos

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative hirtelen hirtelenek
accusative hirtelent hirteleneket
dative hirtelennek hirteleneknek
instrumental hirtelennel hirtelenekkel
causal-final hirtelenért hirtelenekért
translative hirtelenné hirtelenekké
terminative hirtelenig hirtelenekig
essive-formal hirtelenként hirtelenekként
essive-modal hirtelenül
inessive hirtelenben hirtelenekben
superessive hirtelenen hirteleneken
adessive hirtelennél hirteleneknél
illative hirtelenbe hirtelenekbe
sublative hirtelenre hirtelenekre
allative hirtelenhez hirtelenekhez
elative hirtelenből hirtelenekből
delative hirtelenről hirtelenekről
ablative hirtelentől hirtelenektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
hirtelené hirteleneké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
hirtelenéi hirtelenekéi

Adverb

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hirtelen

  1. suddenly, all of a sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
    Synonyms: váratlanul, egyszer csak, egyszerre csak

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • hirtelen 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