Gyermekkori

Gyermekkori is a Hungarian attributive adjective meaning related to childhood or occurring during the period of childhood. It is widely used in medical, psychological, educational, and sociological contexts to describe phenomena, conditions, or experiences that originate in or affect childhood. Common collocations include gyermekkori fejlődés (child development), gyermekkori trauma (childhood trauma), gyermekkori betegségek (childhood diseases), and gyermekkori élmények (childhood experiences).

The form is derived from the noun gyermek, meaning child, combined with the suffix -kori, which yields an adjective indicating belonging to or characteristic of a time period. The resulting word is gyermekkori, with the standard orthographic doubling of the consonant. In less formal speech, a variant such as gyerekkori is also used, but gyermekkori is typical in formal or written Hungarian.

Grammatically, gyermekkori functions as an adjective that must agree with the noun it modifies, and it appears only before the noun it describes. It is part of compound terms rather than a standalone noun, and it appears across disciplines to form precise descriptors of phenomena tied to childhood.

In translation, gyermekkori is often rendered as childhood or pediatric in context. When describing conditions or events that originate in childhood, it is appropriate to translate it as childhood-related or early-life, depending on the nuance and the target language conventions. The term helps distinguish between issues linked to early development and those arising later in life.