Tévednek

Tévednek is a Hungarian verb form. It is the present tense, third-person plural form of the verb tévedni, meaning to err or to be mistaken. In English, tévednek can be translated as “they err” or “they are mistaken.” The form is typically used when referring to multiple people or entities whose statements or beliefs are incorrect.

Morphology: tévedni is an -ni verb; tévednek is the present tense third-person plural ending attached to téved-. Related present-tense forms include tévedek (I err), tévedsz (you err), téved (he/she/it errs), tévedünk (we err). The noun tévedés means “a mistake” or “an error” and is used to refer to a specific misjudgment.

Usage: The form is common in everyday speech and in formal writing to attribute error to a plural subject. Example: A diákok tévednek, ha azt hiszik, hogy a Föld lapos. This means: “The students are mistaken if they think the Earth is flat.” Another example: Az eredmények azt sugallják, hogy a hipotézisek tévednek. This indicates that the results suggest the hypotheses are wrong.

Related terms: The noun tévedés is closely connected, meaning “a mistake” or “an error.” The verb tévedni and its forms are widely used to discuss incorrect beliefs, predictions, or statements in Hungarian discourse.