berreg

Hungarian

Etymology

Am onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛrːɛɡ]
• Hyphenation: ber‧reg
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

berreg

1. (intransitive, of a device, machine) to buzz, drone, whirr, ring (to produce a low-pitched hum or buzz)

   Berregtek a motorok. ― The engines droned.

   A telefon berregni kezdett. ― The phone began to ring.

Conjugation

conjugation of berreg

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.	berregek	berregsz	berreg	berregünk	berregtek	berregnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	berregtem	berregtél	berregett	berregtünk	berregtetek	berregtek
		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. berregni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	berregék	berregél	berrege	berregénk	berregétek	berregének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. berreg vala, berregett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	berregendek	berregendesz	berregend	berregendünk	berregendetek	berregendenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	berregnék	berregnél	berregne	berregnénk	berregnétek	berregnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. berregett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	berregjek	berregj or berregjél	berregjen	berregjünk	berregjetek	berregjenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. berregett légyen
Infinitive	berregni		berregnem	berregned	berregnie	berregnünk	berregnetek	berregniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	berregés		berregő	berregett	―	berregve (berregvén)		berregtet

potential conjugation of berreg

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.	berreghetek	berreghetsz	berreghet	berreghetünk	berreghettek	berreghetnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	berreghettem	berreghettél	berreghetett	berreghettünk	berreghettetek	berreghettek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	berregheték	berreghetél	berreghete	berregheténk	berreghetétek	berreghetének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. berreghet vala, berreghetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	berreghetendek or berregandhatok	berreghetendesz or berregandhatsz	berreghetend or berregandhat	berreghetendünk or berregandhatunk	berreghetendetek or berregandhattok	berreghetendenek or berregandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	berreghetnék	berreghetnél	berreghetne	berreghetnénk	berreghetnétek	berreghetnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. berreghetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	berreghessek	berreghess or berreghessél	berreghessen	berreghessünk	berreghessetek	berreghessenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. berreghetett légyen
Inf.	(berreghetni)		(berreghetnem)	(berreghetned)	(berreghetnie)	(berreghetnünk)	(berreghetnetek)	(berreghetniük)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(berreghetve / berreghetvén)

Derived terms

• berregés
• berregtet

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• átberreg
• felberreg
• fölberreg

Further reading

• berreg 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
• berreg in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).