köszön

== Hungarian == === Etymology === Probably from a Turkic language, related to Turkmen küýsemek. See other related words at Proto-Turkic *kǖse-. The Hungarian meaning may derive from the narrowing of the sense “to wish” into “to wish sy. well or blessings”, i.e. on occasion of greeting them or saying them goodbye. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkøsøn] Hyphenation: kö‧szön Rhymes: -øn === Verb === köszön (intransitive) to greet (someone: -nak/-nek), to say hello Köszönök nektek. ― I greet you. (transitive) to thank (someone: -nak/-nek, for something: -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt) Köszönök nektek mindent! ― [I] Thank you all for everything! ==== Usage notes ==== As shown in the examples, the only grammatical clue to decide the meaning of the verb in a given sentence (aside from context) is to check whether it has an object (the thing being thanked for, indirect object in English), even if it is indefinite (köszönök mindent (“thank you for everything”)) or implicit (köszönöm, definite conjugation [“for it”]). If there is no reference to the thing thanked for, the phrase köszönetet mond (literally “to say thanks, to tell someone thanks”) needs to be used. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== (With verbal prefixes): === References === === Further reading === köszön 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.