töri a fejét

Hungarian

Etymology

tör (“to break”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ fej (“head”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “to break one's head”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtøri ɒ ˈfɛjeːt]

Verb

töri a fejét

1. (idiomatic) to rack one's brain

   Synonyms: tanakodik, gondolkodik

Conjugation

• For the verb, see the definite forms of tör.
• The noun fej takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: fejemet, fejedet, fejét, fejünket, fejeteket, fejüket.

Derived terms

• rosszban töri a fejét