krampusz
Hungarian
krampusz
Etymology
From German Krampus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkrɒmpus]
- Hyphenation: kram‧pusz
- Rhymes: -us
Noun
krampusz (plural krampuszok)
- Krampus, bogeyman (a horned, anthropomorphic figure of devil who visits children on December 6 with Saint Nicholas; children who have misbehaved receive punishment from Krampus with birch rods while Saint Nicholas rewards the well-behaved children with candy and chocolate)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | krampusz | krampuszok |
| accusative | krampuszt | krampuszokat |
| dative | krampusznak | krampuszoknak |
| instrumental | krampusszal | krampuszokkal |
| causal-final | krampuszért | krampuszokért |
| translative | krampusszá | krampuszokká |
| terminative | krampuszig | krampuszokig |
| essive-formal | krampuszként | krampuszokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | krampuszban | krampuszokban |
| superessive | krampuszon | krampuszokon |
| adessive | krampusznál | krampuszoknál |
| illative | krampuszba | krampuszokba |
| sublative | krampuszra | krampuszokra |
| allative | krampuszhoz | krampuszokhoz |
| elative | krampuszból | krampuszokból |
| delative | krampuszról | krampuszokról |
| ablative | krampusztól | krampuszoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | krampuszé | krampuszoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | krampuszéi | krampuszokéi |
| Possessive forms of krampusz | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | krampuszom | krampuszaim |
| 2nd person sing. | krampuszod | krampuszaid |
| 3rd person sing. | krampusza | krampuszai |
| 1st person plural | krampuszunk | krampuszaink |
| 2nd person plural | krampuszotok | krampuszaitok |
| 3rd person plural | krampuszuk | krampuszaik |
Further reading
- krampusz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN