Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈneːnɛ]
  • Hyphenation: né‧ne
  • Rhymes: -nɛ

Noun edit

néne (plural nénék)

  1. (archaic) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) older sister
    Synonym: (contemporary) nővér
    Coordinate term: (older brother) báty
  2. (dated, dialectal) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) aunt
    Synonyms: nagynéni, nagynénike, nagynéne, nénike
  3. (archaic, religion) sister (female member of a religious community)
    Synonyms: apáca, nővér

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative néne nénék
accusative nénét nénéket
dative nénének nénéknek
instrumental nénével nénékkel
causal-final nénéért nénékért
translative nénévé nénékké
terminative nénéig nénékig
essive-formal néneként nénékként
essive-modal
inessive nénében nénékben
superessive nénén nénéken
adessive nénénél nénéknél
illative nénébe nénékbe
sublative nénére nénékre
allative nénéhez nénékhez
elative nénéből nénékből
delative nénéről nénékről
ablative nénétől nénéktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
nénéé nénéké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
nénééi nénékéi
Possessive forms of néne
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. néném nénjeim, nénéim
2nd person sing. nénéd nénjeid, nénéid
3rd person sing. nénje nénjei, nénéi
1st person plural nénénk nénjeink, nénéink
2nd person plural nénétek nénjeitek, nénéitek
3rd person plural nénjük nénjeik, nénéik

Derived terms edit

Compound words

Further reading edit

  • néne 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