krampusz

Hungarian

krampusz

Etymology

From German Krampus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrɒmpus]
• Hyphenation: kram‧pusz
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

krampusz (plural krampuszok)

1. Krampus, bogeyman (a horned, anthropomorphic figure of devil who visits children on December 6 with Saint Nicholas; children who have misbehaved receive punishment from Krampus with birch rods while Saint Nicholas rewards the well-behaved children with candy and chocolate)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	krampusz	krampuszok
accusative	krampuszt	krampuszokat
dative	krampusznak	krampuszoknak
instrumental	krampusszal	krampuszokkal
causal-final	krampuszért	krampuszokért
translative	krampusszá	krampuszokká
terminative	krampuszig	krampuszokig
essive-formal	krampuszként	krampuszokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	krampuszban	krampuszokban
superessive	krampuszon	krampuszokon
adessive	krampusznál	krampuszoknál
illative	krampuszba	krampuszokba
sublative	krampuszra	krampuszokra
allative	krampuszhoz	krampuszokhoz
elative	krampuszból	krampuszokból
delative	krampuszról	krampuszokról
ablative	krampusztól	krampuszoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	krampuszé	krampuszoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	krampuszéi	krampuszokéi

Possessive forms of krampusz
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	krampuszom	krampuszaim
2nd person sing.	krampuszod	krampuszaid
3rd person sing.	krampusza	krampuszai
1st person plural	krampuszunk	krampuszaink
2nd person plural	krampuszotok	krampuszaitok
3rd person plural	krampuszuk	krampuszaik

Further reading

• krampusz 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