Megkövetelte

Megkövetelte is a Hungarian verb form derived from megkövetel, meaning to demand or require. It denotes that someone (the subject) demanded something from someone else or that a situation required a certain action. Megkövetelte is the third-person singular past tense, used in both active statements and impersonal constructions.

In usage, megkövetelte appears in formal, legal, administrative, and narrative contexts. It conveys a firm or authoritative demand or a necessary requirement. Examples include: “A klub megkövetelte a tagdíjat” (The club demanded the membership fee) and “A helyzet megkövetelte a gyors döntést” (The situation demanded a quick decision). The form can describe obligations imposed by others or by circumstances.

Etymologically, the word combines the prefix meg- with the verb követel (to demand, to require). The meg- prefix marks a perfective aspect, indicating a completed act of demanding, and -elte marks the past tense in this form. The meaning encompasses both explicit demands and situations that necessitate action.

Related terms include követelés (a demand or claim), követelmény (a requirement), and megkövetelés (the act of demanding). The root verb is megkövetelni, the infinitive form, from which megkövetelte is derived.

In English, translations depend on context and can be “demanded,” “required,” or “necessitated.” Megkövetelte is used primarily in formal or literary Hungarian to describe a past act of demanding or a situation that imposed a requirement.