szerint
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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From szer + -int (adverb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Postposition[edit]
szerint
- according to one's thought, belief, or guess
- Szerintem a másik út rövidebb. ― I think the other way is shorter.
- Szerintem menjünk haza. ― I think we should go home.
- by, following, in compliance with, according to, in obedience to, consistent with (e.g. a rule, a statement)
- Synonyms: (with -nak/nek) megfelelően, alapján
- A törvény szerint öt évet is kaphat. ― By law, he may get 5 years (in prison).
Usage notes[edit]
The two senses are similar but there is an important difference.
- In the first sense: Péter szerint: after this one will say what one really believes that Peter really thinks. But it often also expresses doubt in the information's correctness.
- If there is a case when we think that Peter knows the truth but he lies, we have to say Péter állítása szerint. This uses the second sense: “by Peter's statement”.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of szerint
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Further reading[edit]
- szerint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN