Szenvedtek

Szenvedtek is the third-person plural past tense form of the Hungarian verb szenvedni, meaning to suffer or to endure hardship. It is used when the subject of the clause is a plural third-person noun or pronoun, and the action took place in the past.

Morphology and form: The form is created by taking the stem szenved- and adding the past tense ending -tek, which yields szenvedtek. This form corresponds to “they suffered” in English. Hungarian verbs exhibit person- and number-specific endings in the past tense, and szenvedtek is the standard form for a plural group in the past.

Usage and meaning: Szenvedtek is used to describe experiences of suffering, pain, or hardship that affected multiple subjects. The sense can be physical, emotional, or existential, and it often appears in narratives, reports, or descriptive prose. It can describe both direct suffering and endured difficulties or misfortune encountered by a group.

Related forms: The base verb is szenvedni. Related past forms include szenvedett (he/she suffered) and szenvedtünk (we suffered). The broader noun szenvedés refers to suffering or hardship in general.

See also: szenved, szenvedni, szenvedés. Hungarian verbs and their past tense forms vary by person and number, with szenvedtek specifically marking a past action by a plural third-person subject.