háttér

hát +‎ tér

• IPA^(key): [ˈhaːtːeːr]
• Hyphenation: hát‧tér

háttér (countable and uncountable, plural hátterek)

1. background, backdrop

   háttérbe szorít ― to overshadow, eclipse someone or something, push into the background (literally, “to press/squeeze into [the] background”)

Though its constituting elements (as given in Etymology above) may not be obvious for native speakers due to lexicalization, it is considered as having two elements for the purposes of spelling. Thus if another (third) compound element is added and the resulting number of syllables (excluding any inflectional suffixes and the adjective-forming suffix -i) exceeds six, a hyphen is inserted between the two main elements (e.g. háttér-információ). Compounds with up to six syllables are spelled with no hyphen (e.g. háttérvilágítás); see also below. For more, see the syllable-counting rule in Wikipedia.

The essive-modal may also be hátterül and the superessive, hátteren.

• háttér 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