Aktusaként

Aktusaként is a Hungarian grammatical construction used to express “in the capacity of” or “as” in relation to an act, a document, or a file. It is formed from the noun aktus, which in Hungarian can mean a document, a file within an archive, or an act or action in a procedural sense, and the instrumental suffix -ként, which marks a role or capacity. The combination is typically found in formal, bureaucratic, or archival prose, where the author wants to specify that a person, office, or item functions in a particular capacity connected with a specific act or document.

Etymology and sense

The word aktus derives from Latin actus (an act, deed) and entered Hungarian through historical legal and administrative usage. The suffix -ként is a productive Hungarian ending that creates an adverbial noun indicating role or function, roughly equivalent to “in the capacity of” in English. As a result, aktusaként broadens the base noun’s meaning to emphasize the role or identity assumed in relation to the act or document.

Usage and context

Aktusaként is largely restricted to formal written language. It appears in legal, archival, or historical texts where the author seeks to describe the position, responsibility, or function of a person or thing in connection with a particular act or file. It is less common in everyday speech, where more straightforward phrases such as “szerepében,” “ként,” or other role-denoting forms are typically used.

See also

Aktus, magyar nyelvtan, -ként képző, jogi terminológia.