Stagnálni

Stagnálni is a Hungarian verb meaning to stagnate, i.e., to remain the same or to fail to progress over time. It is used to describe processes or conditions in which growth, movement, or development is limited or halted, such as economic, demographic, organizational, or natural phenomena.

The word is a loan from Latin stagnare and has entered Hungarian alongside related terms such as stagnálás and stagnáció. It carries a sense of stillness or lack of change and is commonly used in scientific, economic, and everyday language to describe slow or absent progress.

Stagnálni can describe both literal and figurative situations. In economics, politics, or business, one might say a market or economy stagnál, meaning it is not expanding. In demographics or technology, stagnálás is used to refer to stagnation in growth or innovation. The term can also be applied to natural processes or careers when activity or movement slows or stops.

It is a regular -álni verb. In the present tense the forms follow standard conjugation patterns: én stagnálok, te stagnálsz, ő stagnál, mi stagnálunk, ti stagnáltok, ők stagnálnak. The related noun stagnálás denotes the state or act of stagnating.

Examples include: "A gazdaság stagnál," "Az árak stagnálnak," or "A vállalat stagnál a tavalyi évhez képest." The word is widely understood in Hungarian for describing lack of progress or change.