tekereg

Hungarian

Etymology

teker +‎ -eg (frequentative verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛkɛrɛɡ]
• Hyphenation: te‧ke‧reg
• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

tekereg

1. (intransitive, derogatory, of a person) to hang about, loiter, loaf around (to wander about aimlessly, outside of one's home, avoiding work, doing nothing in particular)

   Synonyms: csavarog, kószál, kujtorog, kóvályog, csatangol

2. (intransitive) to squirm, wriggle, wind, twist (to twist one's body with snakelike motions)

   Synonyms: tekerőzik, kígyózik

   Egy kígyó tekergett a vízben. ― A snake was wriggling in the water.

Conjugation

conjugation of tekereg

Click for archaic forms			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.	tekergek	tekeregsz	tekereg	tekergünk	tekeregtek	tekeregnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	tekeregtem	tekeregtél	tekergett	tekeregtünk	tekeregtetek	tekeregtek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. tekeregni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	tekergék	tekergél	tekerge	tekergénk	tekergétek	tekergének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. tekereg vala, tekergett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	tekergendek	tekergendesz	tekergend	tekergendünk	tekergendetek	tekergendenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	tekeregnék	tekeregnél	tekeregne	tekeregnénk	tekeregnétek	tekeregnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tekergett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	tekeregjek	tekeregj or tekeregjél	tekeregjen	tekeregjünk	tekeregjetek	tekeregjenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tekergett légyen
Infinitive	tekeregni		tekeregnem	tekeregned	tekeregnie	tekeregnünk	tekeregnetek	tekeregniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	tekergés		tekergő	tekergett	―	tekeregve (tekeregvén)

potential conjugation of tekereg

Click for archaic forms			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.	tekereghetek	tekereghetsz	tekereghet	tekereghetünk	tekereghettek	tekereghetnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	tekereghettem	tekereghettél	tekereghetett	tekereghettünk	tekereghettetek	tekereghettek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	tekeregheték	tekereghetél	tekereghete	tekeregheténk	tekereghetétek	tekereghetének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. tekereghet vala, tekereghetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	tekereghetendek or tekergandhatok	tekereghetendesz or tekergandhatsz	tekereghetend or tekergandhat	tekereghetendünk or tekergandhatunk	tekereghetendetek or tekergandhattok	tekereghetendenek or tekergandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	tekereghetnék	tekereghetnél	tekereghetne	tekereghetnénk	tekereghetnétek	tekereghetnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tekereghetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	tekereghessek	tekereghess or tekereghessél	tekereghessen	tekereghessünk	tekereghessetek	tekereghessenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tekereghetett légyen
Inf.	(tekereghetni)		(tekereghetnem)	(tekereghetned)	(tekereghetnie)	(tekereghetnünk)	(tekereghetnetek)	(tekereghetniük)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(tekereghetve / tekereghetvén)

Derived terms

• tekergés

(With verbal prefixes):

• eltekereg

Further reading

• tekereg 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