kukker
Hungarian
Etymology
From German Gucker, from Middle High German gücken, guggen (“to look inquisitively, peek, peer”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a specialised use of Middle High German gücken, gucken (“to cuckoo, call or cry like a cuckoo”), from Old High German guckōn, gukkōn (“to cuckoo”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkukːɛr]
- Hyphenation: kuk‧ker
- Rhymes: -ɛr
Noun
kukker (plural kukkerek)
- (folksy) binoculars, opera glass
- Synonyms: gukker, binokuláris, látcső
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kukker | kukkerek |
| accusative | kukkert | kukkereket |
| dative | kukkernek | kukkereknek |
| instrumental | kukkerrel | kukkerekkel |
| causal-final | kukkerért | kukkerekért |
| translative | kukkerré | kukkerekké |
| terminative | kukkerig | kukkerekig |
| essive-formal | kukkerként | kukkerekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kukkerben | kukkerekben |
| superessive | kukkeren | kukkereken |
| adessive | kukkernél | kukkereknél |
| illative | kukkerbe | kukkerekbe |
| sublative | kukkerre | kukkerekre |
| allative | kukkerhez | kukkerekhez |
| elative | kukkerből | kukkerekből |
| delative | kukkerről | kukkerekről |
| ablative | kukkertől | kukkerektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
kukkeré | kukkereké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
kukkeréi | kukkerekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | kukkerem | kukkereim |
| 2nd person sing. | kukkered | kukkereid |
| 3rd person sing. | kukkere | kukkerei |
| 1st person plural | kukkerünk | kukkereink |
| 2nd person plural | kukkeretek | kukkereitek |
| 3rd person plural | kukkerük | kukkereik |
Further reading
- kukker in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.