Tekercsben

Tekercsben is a Hungarian phrase meaning “in a coil” or “on a spool.” It describes the physical form of a material that has been wound into a circular or spiral shape. The term is formed from tekercs, meaning coil or reel, with the locative suffix -ben indicating location or state, roughly translating to “in the coil.”

In Hungarian, tekercsben is used mainly in technical, manufacturing, and logistics contexts to specify how objects are stored, transported, or produced. It functions as a postpositional adverbial phrase that accompanies a noun, rather than as a stand-alone noun. Examples include huzal tekercsben (the wire in a coil) and film tekercsben (the film on a reel).

Common contexts involve materials that are typically wound, such as copper wire, cables, tapes, films, or textiles when they are wrapped around a core or stored on a spool. The phrase can appear in product specifications, manuals, or inventory descriptions to convey the current form of the material.

Relation and related terms include tekercselés (the act of winding or winding process) and tekercs (coil or reel), which share the same root and describe different aspects of the same concept. Tekercsben thus functions as a descriptive state marker within Hungarian technical vocabulary.