-nök

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nok"

Hungarian

Etymology

See -nok.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nøk]
  • Rhymes: -øk

Suffix

-nök

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Front-vowel variant of -nok: Added to a word to form the name of an occupation.
    ‎mér (“to measure”) + ‎-nök → ‎mérnök (“engineer”)
    ‎ügy (“matter”) + ‎-nök → ‎ügynök (“agent”)

Usage notes

  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -nok is added to back-vowel words
    ‎dal (“song”) + ‎-nok → ‎dalnok (“singer”)
    -nek is added to unrounded front-vowel words
    eretnek (“heretic”)
    -nök is added to rounded and some unrounded front-vowel words
    ‎ügy (“matter”) + ‎-nök → ‎ügynök (“agent”)
    ‎mér (“to measure”) + ‎-nök → ‎mérnök (“engineer”)

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -nök
fegyvernök
főnök
helynök
hírnök
mérnök
ügynök
védnök

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
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