néni
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈneːni]
- Hyphenation: né‧ni
- Rhymes: -ni
Noun
néni (plural nénik)
- aunt, Mrs. (a form of address for an older woman, especially by children or in case of great age difference)
- Coordinate term: bácsi
- Olga néni ― Aunt Olga
- Kovács néni ― Mrs. Kovács
- doktor néni ― (lady) doctor
- (childish) aunt (any adult woman)
- (dated) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) synonym of nagynéni (“aunt”, the sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent)
- (dated) (chiefly with a possessive suffix) synonym of néne (“elder sister”)
Usage notes
It may sound patronizing when used by adults (e.g. by a doctor to address his/her patient), whether with or without a name element.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | néni | nénik |
| accusative | nénit | néniket |
| dative | néninek | néniknek |
| instrumental | nénivel | nénikkel |
| causal-final | néniért | nénikért |
| translative | nénivé | nénikké |
| terminative | néniig | nénikig |
| essive-formal | néniként | nénikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | néniben | nénikben |
| superessive | nénin | néniken |
| adessive | néninél | néniknél |
| illative | nénibe | nénikbe |
| sublative | nénire | nénikre |
| allative | nénihez | nénikhez |
| elative | néniből | nénikből |
| delative | néniről | nénikről |
| ablative | nénitől | néniktől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
nénié | néniké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
néniéi | nénikéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | nénim | nénijeim (or néniim) |
| 2nd person sing. | nénid | nénijeid (or néniid) |
| 3rd person sing. | nénije | nénijei (or nénii) |
| 1st person plural | nénink | nénijeink (or néniink) |
| 2nd person plural | nénitek | nénijeitek (or néniitek) |
| 3rd person plural | nénijük | nénijeik (or néniik) |
Derived terms
- nénike
Compound words
Further reading
- néni 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.