-nk

See also: NK, nK, nk., and nk

Hungarian

Etymology

• See -unk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ŋk]

Suffix

-nk

2. (possessive suffix) our …… (first person plural, single possession)

   autó (“car”) → az autónk (“our car”)

   kutya (“dog”) → a kutyánk (“our dog”)

   érme (“coin”) → az érménk (“our coin”)

3. (personal-pronoun suffix) …… of us (appended to a numeral or a pronoun)

   kettő (“two”) → kettőnk (“the two of us”)

Usage notes

• (possessive suffix) Variants:

  -nk is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -unk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ünk is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant

    Possessive suffixes

Person		Single possession	Plural possession
én	1st person singular	-m/-om/-am/-em/-öm	-im/-aim/-eim/-jaim/-jeim
te	2nd person singular	-d/-od/-ad/-ed/-öd	-id/-aid/-eid/-jaid/-jeid
ő maga ön	3rd person singular	-a/-e/-ja/-je	-i/-ai/-ei/-jai/-jei
mi	1st person plural	-nk/-unk/-ünk	-ink/-aink/-eink/-jaink/-jeink
ti	2nd person plural	-tok/-tek/-tök/-otok/-atok/-etek/-ötök	-itok/-itek/-aitok/-eitek/-jaitok/-jeitek
ők maguk önök	3rd person plural	-uk/-ük/-juk/-jük	-ik/-aik/-eik/-jaik/-jeik

• (personal-pronoun suffix) Variants:

  -nk is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -unk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ünk is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ónk a variant of -unk

  -őnk a variant of -ünk

    Personal-pronoun suffixes

Person		Suffixes
én	1st person singular	–
te	2nd person singular	–
ő maga ön	3rd person singular	-a/-e/-ja/-je
mi	1st person plural	-nk/-unk/-ünk/-ónk/-őnk
ti	2nd person plural	-tok/-tek/-tök/-otok/-atok/-etek/-ötök/-ótok/-őtök
ők maguk önök	3rd person plural	-uk/-ük/-juk/-jük/-ójuk/-őjük

See also

• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes