kerget

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛrɡɛt]
• Hyphenation: ker‧get
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

kerget

1. (transitive) to chase, pursue
2. (transitive) to hunt (game)

Conjugation

conjugation of kerget

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.	kergetek	kergetsz	kerget	kergetünk	kergettek	kergetnek
		Def.	kergetem	kergeted	kergeti	kergetjük	kergetitek	kergetik
		2nd-p. o.	kergetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	kergettem	kergettél	kergetett	kergettünk	kergettetek	kergettek
		Def.	kergettem	kergetted	kergette	kergettük	kergettétek	kergették
		2nd-p. o.	kergettelek	―
	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. kergetni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	kergeték	kergetél	kergete	kergeténk	kergetétek	kergetének
		Def.	kergetém	kergetéd	kergeté	kergeténk	kergetétek	kergeték
		2nd-p. o.	kergetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. kerget vala, kergetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	kergetendek	kergetendesz	kergetend	kergetendünk	kergetendetek	kergetendenek
		Def.	kergetendem	kergetended	kergetendi	kergetendjük	kergetenditek	kergetendik
		2nd-p. o.	kergetendelek	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kergetnék	kergetnél	kergetne	kergetnénk	kergetnétek	kergetnének
		Def.	kergetném	kergetnéd	kergetné	kergetnénk (or kergetnők)	kergetnétek	kergetnék
		2nd-p. o.	kergetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kergetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kergessek	kergess or kergessél	kergessen	kergessünk	kergessetek	kergessenek
		Def.	kergessem	kergesd or kergessed	kergesse	kergessük	kergessétek	kergessék
		2nd-p. o.	kergesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kergetett légyen
Infinitive	kergetni		kergetnem	kergetned	kergetnie	kergetnünk	kergetnetek	kergetniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	kergetés		kergető	kergetett	kergetendő	kergetve (kergetvén)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of kerget

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.	kergethetek	kergethetsz	kergethet	kergethetünk	kergethettek	kergethetnek
		Def.	kergethetem	kergetheted	kergetheti	kergethetjük	kergethetitek	kergethetik
		2nd-p. o.	kergethetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	kergethettem	kergethettél	kergethetett	kergethettünk	kergethettetek	kergethettek
		Def.	kergethettem	kergethetted	kergethette	kergethettük	kergethettétek	kergethették
		2nd-p. o.	kergethettelek	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	kergetheték	kergethetél	kergethete	kergetheténk	kergethetétek	kergethetének
		Def.	kergethetém	kergethetéd	kergetheté	kergetheténk	kergethetétek	kergetheték
		2nd-p. o.	kergethetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. kergethet vala, kergethetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	kergethetendek or kergetandhatok	kergethetendesz or kergetandhatsz	kergethetend or kergetandhat	kergethetendünk or kergetandhatunk	kergethetendetek or kergetandhattok	kergethetendenek or kergetandhatnak
		Def.	kergethetendem or kergetandhatom	kergethetended or kergetandhatod	kergethetendi or kergetandhatja	kergethetendjük or kergetandhatjuk	kergethetenditek or kergetandhatjátok	kergethetendik or kergetandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	kergethetendelek or kergetandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kergethetnék	kergethetnél	kergethetne	kergethetnénk	kergethetnétek	kergethetnének
		Def.	kergethetném	kergethetnéd	kergethetné	kergethetnénk (or kergethetnők)	kergethetnétek	kergethetnék
		2nd-p. o.	kergethetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. kergethetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	kergethessek	kergethess or kergethessél	kergethessen	kergethessünk	kergethessetek	kergethessenek
		Def.	kergethessem	kergethesd or kergethessed	kergethesse	kergethessük	kergethessétek	kergethessék
		2nd-p. o.	kergethesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. kergethetett légyen
Inf.	(kergethetni)		(kergethetnem)	(kergethetned)	(kergethetnie)	(kergethetnünk)	(kergethetnetek)	(kergethetniük)
Positive adjective			kergethető	Neg. adj.	kergethetetlen	Adv. part.	(kergethetve / kergethetvén)

Derived terms

• kergetődzik
• kergetőzik

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• átkerget
• bekerget
• belekerget
• elkerget
• felkerget
• hátrakerget
• hazakerget
• kikerget
• körülkerget
• lekerget
• megkerget
• összekerget
• széjjelkerget
• szétkerget
• végigkerget
• visszakerget

Expressions

• az őrületbe kerget
• délibábot kerget

 

Further reading

• kerget 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