Hungarian

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Etymology

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Split from the obsolete verb vonsz (to pull) by the final sz becoming voiced z.[1] Doublet of vonszol.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vonz

  1. (transitive) to attract
  2. (transitive, grammar) to take, govern (to require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; to have to be used with [a certain grammatical form, etc.])

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ vonz in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • vonz 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