Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

retten +‎ -et

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛtːɛnɛt]
  • Hyphenation: ret‧te‧net
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun edit

rettenet (usually uncountable, plural rettenetek)

  1. terror, horror, fright
    Synonym: rémület

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative rettenet rettenetek
accusative rettenetet retteneteket
dative rettenetnek retteneteknek
instrumental rettenettel rettenetekkel
causal-final rettenetért rettenetekért
translative rettenetté rettenetekké
terminative rettenetig rettenetekig
essive-formal rettenetként rettenetekként
essive-modal
inessive rettenetben rettenetekben
superessive retteneten retteneteken
adessive rettenetnél retteneteknél
illative rettenetbe rettenetekbe
sublative rettenetre rettenetekre
allative rettenethez rettenetekhez
elative rettenetből rettenetekből
delative rettenetről rettenetekről
ablative rettenettől rettenetektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
retteneté retteneteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
rettenetéi rettenetekéi
Possessive forms of rettenet
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rettenetem retteneteim
2nd person sing. retteneted retteneteid
3rd person sing. rettenete rettenetei
1st person plural rettenetünk retteneteink
2nd person plural rettenetetek retteneteitek
3rd person plural rettenetük retteneteik

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • rettenet 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