elmereng

Hungarian

Etymology

el- +‎ mereng

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlmɛrɛŋɡ]
• Hyphenation: el‧me‧reng
• Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ

Verb

elmereng

1. (intransitive, formal, literary) to ponder, to muse, to mull over
   • 1924, Gyula Juhász, Öreg színész,^[1] stanza 3:

     Az öltözőben sokszor elmereng, / Hogy hova tűnt a régi regement?

Conjugation

conjugation of elmereng

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	elmerengek	elmerengsz	elmereng	elmerengünk	elmerengtek	elmerengnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	elmerengtem	elmerengtél	elmerengett	elmerengtünk	elmerengtetek	elmerengtek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. el fog merengni.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	elmerengék	elmerengél	elmerenge	elmerengénk	elmerengétek	elmerengének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elmereng vala, elmerengett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	elmerengendek	elmerengendesz	elmerengend	elmerengendünk	elmerengendetek	elmerengendenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	elmerengnék	elmerengnél	elmerengne	elmerengnénk	elmerengnétek	elmerengnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elmerengett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	elmerengjek	elmerengj or elmerengjél	elmerengjen	elmerengjünk	elmerengjetek	elmerengjenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elmerengett légyen
Infinitive	elmerengni		elmerengnem	elmerengned	elmerengnie	elmerengnünk	elmerengnetek	elmerengniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	elmerengés		elmerengő	elmerengett	―	elmerengve (elmerengvén)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem mereng el or el is mereng.

potential conjugation of elmereng

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	elmerenghetek	elmerenghetsz	elmerenghet	elmerenghetünk	elmerenghettek	elmerenghetnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	elmerenghettem	elmerenghettél	elmerenghetett	elmerenghettünk	elmerenghettetek	elmerenghettek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	elmerengheték	elmerenghetél	elmerenghete	elmerengheténk	elmerenghetétek	elmerenghetének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. elmerenghet vala, elmerenghetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	elmerenghetendek or elmerengandhatok	elmerenghetendesz or elmerengandhatsz	elmerenghetend or elmerengandhat	elmerenghetendünk or elmerengandhatunk	elmerenghetendetek or elmerengandhattok	elmerenghetendenek or elmerengandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	elmerenghetnék	elmerenghetnél	elmerenghetne	elmerenghetnénk	elmerenghetnétek	elmerenghetnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elmerenghetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	elmerenghessek	elmerenghess or elmerenghessél	elmerenghessen	elmerenghessünk	elmerenghessetek	elmerenghessenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elmerenghetett légyen
Inf.	(elmerenghetni)		(elmerenghetnem)	(elmerenghetned)	(elmerenghetnie)	(elmerenghetnünk)	(elmerenghetnetek)	(elmerenghetniük)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(elmerenghetve / elmerenghetvén)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem merenghet el or el is merenghet.

Further reading

• elmereng 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
• elmereng listed as an example at section II. 6b. of el in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)