retteg

Hungarian

Etymology

From a sound-imitative root + -eg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛtːɛɡ]
• Hyphenation: ret‧teg
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

retteg

1. (intransitive) to dread (to fear greatly)
2. (transitive, poetic) to be afraid of

   Nem rettegi a halált. ― He is not afraid of death.

Conjugation

Conjugation of retteg

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	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	rettegek	rettegsz	retteg	rettegünk	rettegtek	rettegnek
			def.	rettegem	retteged	rettegi	rettegjük	rettegitek	rettegik
			2nd obj	retteglek
		past	indef.	rettegtem	rettegtél	rettegett	rettegtünk	rettegtetek	rettegtek
			def.	rettegtem	rettegted	rettegte	rettegtük	rettegtétek	rettegték
			2nd obj	rettegtelek
		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. rettegni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	rettegék	rettegél	rettege	rettegénk	rettegétek	rettegének
		def.	rettegém	rettegéd	rettegé	rettegénk	rettegétek	rettegék
		2nd obj	rettegélek
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. retteg vala, rettegett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	rettegendek	rettegendesz	rettegend	rettegendünk	rettegendetek	rettegendenek
	def.	rettegendem	rettegended	rettegendi	rettegendjük	rettegenditek	rettegendik
	2nd obj	rettegendelek
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	rettegnék	rettegnél	rettegne	rettegnénk	rettegnétek	rettegnének
		def.	rettegném	rettegnéd	rettegné	rettegnénk (or rettegnők)	rettegnétek	rettegnék
		2nd obj	rettegnélek
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rettegett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	rettegjek	rettegj or rettegjél	rettegjen	rettegjünk	rettegjetek	rettegjenek
			def.	rettegjem	rettegd or rettegjed	rettegje	rettegjük	rettegjétek	rettegjék
			2nd obj	rettegjelek
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rettegett légyen
infinitive	rettegni		rettegnem	rettegned	rettegnie	rettegnünk	rettegnetek	rettegniük
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	rettegés		rettegő	rettegett	rettegendő	rettegve (rettegvén)		rettegtet
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 retteg

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	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	retteghetek	retteghetsz	retteghet	retteghetünk	retteghettek	retteghetnek
			def.	retteghetem	rettegheted	rettegheti	retteghetjük	retteghetitek	retteghetik
			2nd obj	retteghetlek
		past	indef.	retteghettem	retteghettél	retteghetett	retteghettünk	retteghettetek	retteghettek
			def.	retteghettem	retteghetted	retteghette	retteghettük	retteghettétek	retteghették
			2nd obj	retteghettelek
archaic preterite		indef.	rettegheték	retteghetél	retteghete	rettegheténk	retteghetétek	retteghetének
		def.	retteghetém	retteghetéd	rettegheté	rettegheténk	retteghetétek	rettegheték
		2nd obj	retteghetélek
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. retteghet vala, retteghetett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	retteghetendek or rettegandhatok	retteghetendesz or rettegandhatsz	retteghetend or rettegandhat	retteghetendünk or rettegandhatunk	retteghetendetek or rettegandhattok	retteghetendenek or rettegandhatnak
	def.	retteghetendem or rettegandhatom	retteghetended or rettegandhatod	retteghetendi or rettegandhatja	retteghetendjük or rettegandhatjuk	retteghetenditek or rettegandhatjátok	retteghetendik or rettegandhatják
	2nd obj	retteghetendelek or rettegandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	retteghetnék	retteghetnél	retteghetne	retteghetnénk	retteghetnétek	retteghetnének
		def.	retteghetném	retteghetnéd	retteghetné	retteghetnénk (or retteghetnők)	retteghetnétek	retteghetnék
		2nd obj	retteghetnélek
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. retteghetett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	retteghessek	retteghess or retteghessél	retteghessen	retteghessünk	retteghessetek	retteghessenek
			def.	retteghessem	retteghesd or retteghessed	retteghesse	retteghessük	retteghessétek	retteghessék
			2nd obj	retteghesselek
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. retteghetett légyen
infinitive	(retteghetni)		(retteghetnem)	(retteghetned)	(retteghetnie)	(retteghetnünk)	(retteghetnetek)	(retteghetniük)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	retteghető			retteghetetlen		(retteghetve / retteghetvén)

Derived terms

• rettegés

Related terms

• retten → megretten etc.

Further reading

• retteg in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.