idétlenkedik

Hungarian

Etymology

idétlen (foolish, silly, idiotic, stupid) + -kedik (to behave as, frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈideːtlɛŋkɛdik]
  • Hyphenation: idét‧len‧ke‧dik
  • Rhymes: -ɛdik

Verb

idétlenkedik

  1. (intransitive, derogatory) to play the fool, fool around (to behave in a foolish manner)
    • 1979, Tamás Bárány, Villa a Balatonnál:
      Hazajövök, hallom, a gyerek rádiózik, kornyikál, idétlenkedik.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elidétlenkedik

Further reading

  • idétlenkedik 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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