Büntetni

Büntetni is a Hungarian verb meaning to punish, i.e., to impose a penalty or sanction for a violation. It is used in legal, disciplinary, educational, and everyday contexts to describe applying punishment to a person, group, or entity.

As an infinitive, büntetni forms the basis for conjugation in all tenses and moods. It is a transitive verb and typically takes a direct object in the accusative, as in büntetni valakit (to punish someone) or büntetni valamit (to punish something). Common present-tense forms include büntetek, büntetsz, büntet, büntetünk, büntettek, büntetnek. The past tense forms are büntettem, büntettél, büntette, büntettünk, büntettetek, büntették. The past participle is büntetett.

Büntetés (punishment) is the related noun, referring to the penalty itself in legal, administrative, or social contexts. The adjective büntető (punitive) appears in compounds such as büntetőeljárás (criminal procedure) and büntetőjog (criminal law), illustrating how the verb relates to institutions and formal processes.

Etymology of büntetni is not entirely clear; it is a native Hungarian verb with its related noun büntetés and adjective büntető forming a cohesive semantic field around punishment and penalties. The term is standard in formal and informal Hungarian and is widely understood across registers.

See also: büntetés, büntető, büntetőjog, büntetőeljárás.