-enként
See also: énként
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛŋkeːnt]
- Rhymes: -eːnt
Suffix
-enként
- (distributive suffix) Added to a noun.
- Expressing the manner when something happens to each member of a set one by one.
- fej (“head”) + -enként → fejenként (“per head”)
- eset (“case”) + -enként → esetenként (“in some case”)
- Expressing the frequency in time.
- Expressing the manner when something happens to each member of a set one by one.
Usage notes
- (distributive suffix) Variants:
- -nként is added to nouns ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -anként is added to some back-vowel nouns ending in a consonant
- -onként is added to most back-vowel nouns ending in a consonant
- asztal (“table”) + -onként → asztalonként (“per table”)
- -enként is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel nouns ending in a consonant
- fej (“head”) + -enként → fejenként (“per head”)
- könyv (“book”) + -enként → könyvenként (“per book”)
- -önként is added to most rounded front-vowel nouns ending in a consonant
- bőrönd (“suitcase”) + -önként → bőröndönként (“per suitcase”)
- It can be supplemented with the suffix -i to form adjectives specifying the frequency of an event, e.g. hetenkénti rendszerességgel (“every week”, literally, “with the regularity of a week”), synonymous with heti rendszerességgel or simply hetenként, hetente. It can also form adjectives expressing application for every piece, e.g. a csomagonkénti díj (“the fee for individual items of baggage”).
Derived terms
Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -enként
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
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