-ög

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "og"

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From -ö- (linking vowel) +‎ -g (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ög

  1. (frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.
    köhög (“to cough”)
    pörög (“to spin”)

Usage notes

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  • (frequentative suffix) Variants:
    -g is added to words ending in a vowel
    -og is added to some back-vowel words
    -ag is added to other back-vowel words
    -eg is added to unrounded front-vowel words
    -ög is added to rounded front-vowel words

Derived terms

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Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ög

See also

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