Bemeneten

Bemeneten is a term that does not have a stable, widely recognized meaning in standard reference works. It is not attested as a productive word in major languages, and when it appears in texts it is usually a misspelling, a nonce formation, or a contextualized, language-specific coinage.

Linguistic discussion sometimes treats bemeneten as related to the Hungarian root bemen- meaning “to enter” or “entry.” In Hungarian, bemenet is the noun meaning “entry” or “input,” and bemenés is the verbal noun meaning “entering.” The form bemeneten does not belong to ordinary Hungarian morphology and is not listed in standard dictionaries. If encountered, it is typically the result of mistaken combination of bemenet/bemenés with a suffix or an attempt to produce a gerund-like form; or it may be used as a fictional or illustrative term in language-learning materials. Outside Hungarian, the string could occur as a coincidental concatenation of morphemes in languages that allow similar letters, but without established meaning.

Usage and interpretation therefore depend on the context in which it appears. In formal writing about Hungarian, recommended terms for “entry” and “input” are bemenet; for “entering” or “the act of entering” bemenés. When discussing data entry in computing in English, use input or data entry clearly.

See also: bemenet, bemenés, bemenni, entry, input.