Kigondoltak

Kigondoltak is the third-person plural past tense form of the Hungarian verb kigondol, which means to think up, devise, or come up with. As a finite verb form it is used to describe that a group of subjects has produced a plan, idea, or solution in the past. Grammatically, it is used with plural subjects such as “ők” or plural noun phrases like “a csoport tagjai.”

In usage, kigondoltak typically appears when a collective effort or collaborative thinking resulted in an idea or solution. For example, “Ők kigondoltak egy megoldást” or “A csapat tagjai kigondoltak egy új ötletet.” The sense is that the group completed the act of thinking up something, rather than merely considering options. In everyday language, speakers may prefer the more common verb kitaláltak (they figured out/they devised) for many contexts, but kigondol often emphasizes the cognitive act of conceiving something.

Orthography and variants: in standard Hungarian orthography, the corresponding form is kigondolták, with the diacritic on the a. In contexts where diacritics are omitted, it can appear as kigondoltak. The meaning remains the same, simply a past-tense statement about a group’s creative act. Related terms include kitaláltak, which is more commonly used for “invented/figured out” in everyday speech, and kidolgoztak, which emphasizes development or elaboration of a plan or solution.

See also: kigondol, kitalál, kidolgoz.