hiszen

Hungarian

Alternative forms
  • hisz (slightly literary or folksy)
  • iszen (folksy)

Etymology

First attested in 1519. From hiszem (“I believe”), the first-person singular indicative present definite form of hisz (“to believe”). For the final m changing to n, compare talán.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhisɛn]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: hi‧szen
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Conjunction

hiszen

  1. as, because; said if something follows obviously for the speaker
    Itt vagyok, hiszen megígértem, hogy eljövök! ― I am here, of course, as I promised I would come.
  2. hey, but, why; said when realizing something or wanting someone else to realize something
    Hiszen ez nem is nehéz! ― Hey, this isn’t even difficult!
    De hiszen ott voltam! ― But I was there for sure!

References
  1. hiszen 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
  • hiszen 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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