Mellett

Mellett is a Hungarian postposition that expresses spatial proximity, meaning beside or next to. It denotes a location where one object is situated in relation to another, and it is used to describe how things are placed side by side.

In use, melllet follows the noun it governs and forms a noun phrase that can function as an adverbial modifier of place. For example, in the sentence a park is described as being beside the house: a ház mellett van a park. Another common construction is az út mellett, meaning alongside the road. The phrase typically appears with definite articles when the noun is determinate, as is typical in Hungarian noun phrases.

Mellett generally describes static location rather than movement. For movement toward a position near something, Hungarian often uses a different postposition form, such as mellé, which indicates direction toward a nearby object. Related forms include mellé and mellékelés in various contexts, and possessive forms like mellettem (beside me) or mellettünk (beside us) to indicate a person or group’s proximity.

Etymologically, mellttet is of Hungarian origin and is a standard element of contemporary Hungarian grammar. It is widely used in everyday speech and writing to convey precise spatial relationships, from simple descriptions of where things are to more complex locational phrases.