zökken

See also: zokken

Hungarian

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin + -en (instantaneous suffix), related to the stem of zokog (“to sob”) by vowel harmony. zökken has a regional frequentative variant zökög.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈzøkːɛn]
Hyphenation: zök‧ken
Rhymes: -ɛn

Verb

zökken

(intransitive) to jolt, jerk, bump
Synonyms: döccen, rázkódik, rándul
Active-voice counterpart: zökkent
- 1866, János Arany, translation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet
  Kizökkent az idő; – ó, kárhozat! / Hogy én születtem helyre tolni azt.
  The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, / That ever I was born to set it right!

Conjugation

conjugation of zökken

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	zökkenek	zökkensz	zökken	zökkenünk	zökkentek	zökkennek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	zökkentem	zökkentél	zökkent	zökkentünk	zökkentetek	zökkentek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	zökkennék	zökkennél	zökkenne	zökkennénk	zökkennétek	zökkennének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	zökkenjek	zökkenj or zökkenjél	zökkenjen	zökkenjünk	zökkenjetek	zökkenjenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Infinitive	zökkenni		zökkennem	zökkenned	zökkennie	zökkennünk	zökkennetek	zökkenniük
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
Other nonfinite verb forms			zökkenés	zökkenő	zökkent	―	zökkenve	zökkenhet

Derived terms

zökkenő → zökkenőmentes
zökkent (along with its prefixed forms)

(With verbal prefixes):

átzökken
belezökken
helyrezökken
kizökken
lezökken
megzökken
visszazökken

References

zökken in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)