érdekelték

érdekelték is a Hungarian verb form used in the past tense. It is the third-person plural preterite (múlt idő) of the verb érdeklelni/érdekelni, and it translates roughly as “they were interested” or “they found it interesting.” The form is typically used when a thing or event aroused interest among a group of people.

Grammatically, érdekelték occurs when a subject (something that provokes interest) acts on or affects a group of people as the object of interest. A common structure is [something] érdekelték [people], for example: A hírek érdekelték az olvasókat. — The news interested the readers. The ending -ék marks the past tense for a third-person plural subject. The construction is transitive, so the thing that causes interest is often placed before the verb, and the people who become interested appear as the object.

Usage and style: érdekelték is found in formal writing, journalism, and narrative prose where past events or findings are described as having generated interest. In everyday speech, speakers are more likely to use present tense érdekli/érdekli őket or the expression felkeltette az érdeklődésüket (it sparked their interest). The past form nyers, objective sense of “the thing interested them,” can be clarified with context or substituting phrases such as felkeltette az érdeklődésüket.

Notes: érdekelték is not a noun; it is a finite verb form. For referring to “an interested party” as a group, Hungarian typically uses érdekelt fél or érdekelt résztvevők, rather than the verb form érdekelték in isolation.