Meghatározunk

Meghatározunk is a verb form in Hungarian, representing the 1st person plural present tense of meghatározni, meaning to define, determine, or establish. In standard contemporary Hungarian, the common present tense form for “we define/ determine” is meghatározzuk. The form meghatározunk is less common and often considered nonstandard or dialectal; speakers who use it may be influenced by regularization or by phonetic analogies with other verbs, but it is not the preferred orthography in standard usage.

The infinitive meghatározni is built from the prefix me- and the stem határoz, which conveys the sense of determining or fixing boundaries, rules, or meanings. The present tense forms are transitive, requiring a direct object that specifies what is being defined or determined. As with other Hungarian verbs, the 1st person plural form changes with the suffixes attached to the stem, and the preferred standard spelling for “we define” is meghatározzuk, not meghatározunk.

Usage and style notes: meghatározzunk may occasionally appear in colloquial writing or informal speech, but it is generally advised to use meghatározzuk in formal, academic, or professional contexts. The noun form meghatározás (definition, determination) and the related adjective meghatározó (defining, determining) are closely linked etymologically and frequently used in discussions about rules, criteria, or interpretations.

See also: meghatározás, meghatározó, meghatározó határozat.