érdekel

== Hungarian == === Etymology === ér (“to touch”) +‎ -dekel (frequentative suffix), originally "to keep touching, poking, or pressing (an enemy)". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈeːrdɛkɛl] Hyphenation: ér‧de‧kel Rhymes: -ɛl === Verb === érdekel (transitive) to concern, interest, be interested in something Nem érdekel. (az “it” and engem “me” are omitted) ― I don't care. (literally, “[It] doesn't interest [me].”) Nem érdekel az iskola? (téged “you” is omitted) ― You're not interested in school? (literally, “Doesn't the school interest you?”) Csak a pénz érdekli őt. ― All s/he is interested in is money. (literally, “Only the money interests him/her.”) ==== Usage notes ==== The subject of certain verbs is not someone who acts but a stimulus that prompts sensory or emotional feelings, like when things interest someone, matter to someone, please someone or appeal to someone. In these cases, the experiencer can take the accusative (e.g. interest) or the dative (e.g. appeal). The experiencer is expressed with the dative in the case of hiányzik (“to be missing or missed by someone”), ízlik (“to taste good”), kell (“to be needed, necessary, or required”), tetszik (“to be appealing”), and van/megvan (“to be had, to be owned by someone”).If the experiencer is expressed with the accusative, third-person objects (him, her, it, or them) are considered definite, while first- and second-person objects (me, us, and you), indefinite. For example, the verb érdekel can take the definite form érdekli őt (“he/she is interested”, literally “it interests him/her”) or the indefinite form érdekel engem/​téged/​minket (“I am, you are, we are interested”, literally “it interests me, you, us”). The form érdekellek means “you are interested in me” (literally, “I interest you”). — Similar verbs include zavar (“to be bothered by”) and izgat (“to be intrigued by”). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === érdekel 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. érdekel in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).