töpreng
Hungarian
Etymology
From the töpör- stem of töpörödik (“to shrivel, wizen”) + -eng (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtøprɛŋɡ]
- Hyphenation: töp‧reng
- Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ
Verb
töpreng
- (intransitive) to wonder, ponder, reflect, ruminate, brood (on/over something -n/-on/-en/-ön) (to think deeply and at length)
- Synonyms: elgondolkodik, tűnődik, elmélkedik, tépelődik
- 1930, Dezső Kosztolányi, Öngyilkos:
- Azon töprengett, fájdalmas-e a halál, s meddig tart az, míg a lélek eltávozik a test kapuján?
- He wondered whether death was painful and how long it took for the soul to leave the gate of the body?
- Azon töprengtem, hogy mihez kezdjek az életemmel.
- I was ruminating over what I should do with my life.
Conjugation
conjugation of töpreng
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 | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | töprengek | töprengesz | töpreng | töprengünk | töprengetek or töprengtek |
töprengenek |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | töprengtem | töprengtél | töprengett | töprengtünk | töprengtetek | töprengtek | |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | töprengenék | töprengenél | töprengene | töprengenénk | töprengenétek | töprengenének |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | töprengjek | töprengj or töprengjél |
töprengjen | töprengjünk | töprengjetek | töprengjenek |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | töprengeni | töprengenem | töprengened | töprengenie | töprengenünk | töprengenetek | töprengeniük | |
Other nonfinite verb forms |
Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
töprengés | töprengő | töprengett | ― | töprengve | töprenghet |
or
conjugation of töpreng
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 mood |
Present | Indef. | töprengek | töprengsz | töpreng | töprengünk | töprengtek | töprengnek |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | töprengtem | töprengtél | töprengett | töprengtünk | töprengtetek | töprengtek | |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | töprengnék | töprengnél | töprengne | töprengnénk | töprengnétek | töprengnének |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | töprengjek | töprengj or töprengjél |
töprengjen | töprengjünk | töprengjetek | töprengjenek |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | töprengni | töprengnem | töprengned | töprengnie | töprengnünk | töprengnetek | töprengniük | |
Other nonfinite verb forms |
Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
töprengés | töprengő | töprengett | ― | töprengve | töprenghet |
Derived terms
- töprengés
(With verbal prefixes):
- eltöpreng
- végigtöpreng
References
- töpreng 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.)
- Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
- töpreng in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- töpreng 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
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