albérlet
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒlbeːrlɛt]
- Hyphenation: al‧bér‧let
Noun
albérlet (plural albérletek)
Usage notes
Strictly speaking, this term reflects the practice when the council rented out a flat to people and people were able to rent it over to others. However, these days many more people own a flat so if they rent it out, it is not a sublease but a lease. Nevertheless, the term is still widely used in everyday speech, but in real estate terminology (including lease contracts) lakásbérlés or lakásbérlet can be used instead.
Similarly, albérlő (“lodger”, literally “subtenant”) is strictly speaking incorrect in most cases and bérlő should be used for the lessee instead. In the same vein, főbérlő (“tenant”, literally “main tenant”) does not make sense any more in the original meaning and bérbeadó is the right term instead for the owner or lessor. Hence, albérlő can only be used rightfully today if the lodger wishes to offer his or her rented accommodation to an acquaintance for a while (whether living there simultaneously or being away from the flat), which may be permitted under certain conditions or prohibited by the actual owner in their lease contract.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | albérlet | albérletek |
| accusative | albérletet | albérleteket |
| dative | albérletnek | albérleteknek |
| instrumental | albérlettel | albérletekkel |
| causal-final | albérletért | albérletekért |
| translative | albérletté | albérletekké |
| terminative | albérletig | albérletekig |
| essive-formal | albérletként | albérletekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | albérletben | albérletekben |
| superessive | albérleten | albérleteken |
| adessive | albérletnél | albérleteknél |
| illative | albérletbe | albérletekbe |
| sublative | albérletre | albérletekre |
| allative | albérlethez | albérletekhez |
| elative | albérletből | albérletekből |
| delative | albérletről | albérletekről |
| ablative | albérlettől | albérletektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
albérleté | albérleteké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
albérletéi | albérletekéi |
| Possessive forms of albérlet | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | albérletem | albérleteim |
| 2nd person sing. | albérleted | albérleteid |
| 3rd person sing. | albérlete | albérletei |
| 1st person plural | albérletünk | albérleteink |
| 2nd person plural | albérletetek | albérleteitek |
| 3rd person plural | albérletük | albérleteik |
Related terms
- albérlő
Further reading
- albérlet 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
- albérlet in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)