Került

Került is a Hungarian verb form, the past tense of kerül. It is widely used in several core senses: to cost or require a price, to end up in a place or in a certain state, and to take place or occur. The form került functions as the finite past tense for third-person singular subjects, and it is also seen in various fixed expressions.

In its primary sense, került often accompanies a price or value with the suffix -ba/-be to indicate the amount of money involved. For example, Ez a könyv öt ezer forintba került means “This book cost five thousand forints.” In a spatial or figurative sense, került can describe something ending up somewhere or falling into a state, as in A könyv a polcra került or A jegy a földre került, meaning “The book ended up on the shelf” or “The ticket ended up on the floor.” Another common usage is in the expression került sor, meaning “took place” or “occurred.” Example: A megbeszélésre végül sor került, “The meeting finally took place.” It can also express time or effort required, as in Ez a feladat három hétbe került, “This task took three weeks.”

Negation and related phrases are common: nem került sor, meaning “it did not take place.” The form került is versatile and often appears in everyday Hungarian, sometimes with subtle nuances depending on the object and the prepositional phrase used with it.

Etymology: került is a native Hungarian verb form derived from kerül, with its exact historical roots not always specified in concise references. It remains a frequent and productive part of Hungarian morphology and syntax.

See also: kerül, sor került.