-ög

See also: Appendix:Variations of "og"

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [øɡ]

Suffix

-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

  • (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

Hungarian verbs suffixed with -ög
csörög
dörög
füstölög
göcög
görög
hörög
hüppög
köhög
könyörög
pörög
röhög
zümmög

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
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