Hungarian

Suffix

-tet

1. (causative suffix) Added to a verb (or extremely rarely to a noun) to form a verb with a meaning of let, make somebody do something.

   keres ‎(“to search”) → kerestet ‎(“to make someone search something/somebody”)

   bűn ‎(“sin”) → büntet ‎(“to punish”)

Conjugation

Usage notes

• (causative suffix) Variants:

  -at is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words

  vár ‎(“to wait”) → várat ‎(“to have someone wait”)

  -et is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words

  kér ‎(“to ask for”) → kéret ‎(“to have someone ask for”)

  -tat is added to back vowel words ending in a vowel + t

  tisztít ‎(“to clean”) → tisztíttat ‎(“to have someone clean”)

  -tet is added to front vowel words ending in a vowel + t

  keres ‎(“to look for”) → kerestet ‎(“to have someone look for”)

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes