konzerv

Hungarian

Etymology

Internationalism via either English or French. Compare German Konserve, English conserve, French conserve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkonzɛrv]
• Hyphenation: kon‧zerv
• Rhymes: -ɛrv

Noun

konzerv (plural konzervek)

1. tin can, tin (UK) (an airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food)
2. can, canned food

   Vacsorára felbontottam egy konzervet. ― I opened a can for dinner.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	konzerv	konzervek
accusative	konzervet	konzerveket
dative	konzervnek	konzerveknek
instrumental	konzervvel	konzervekkel
causal-final	konzervért	konzervekért
translative	konzervvé	konzervekké
terminative	konzervig	konzervekig
essive-formal	konzervként	konzervekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	konzervben	konzervekben
superessive	konzerven	konzerveken
adessive	konzervnél	konzerveknél
illative	konzervbe	konzervekbe
sublative	konzervre	konzervekre
allative	konzervhez	konzervekhez
elative	konzervből	konzervekből
delative	konzervről	konzervekről
ablative	konzervtől	konzervektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	konzervé	konzerveké
non-attributive possessive – plural	konzervéi	konzervekéi

Possessive forms of konzerv

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	konzervem	konzerveim, konzervjeim
2nd person sing.	konzerved	konzerveid, konzervjeid
3rd person sing.	konzerve, konzervje	konzervei, konzervjei
1st person plural	konzervünk	konzerveink, konzervjeink
2nd person plural	konzervetek	konzerveitek, konzervjeitek
3rd person plural	konzervük, konzervjük	konzerveik, konzervjeik

Derived terms

(Compound words):

• húskonzerv
• konzervgyár
• konzervnyitó

Related terms

• konzervál

Further reading

• konzerv 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