Távolságon

Távolságon is the locative singular form of the Hungarian noun távolság, meaning distance. In Hungarian grammar, nouns take case endings to indicate syntactic function; the locative suffix -on/-en/-ön marks position at or along a surface or line associated with the noun. For távolság, the form távolságon signals a reference to a distance as a spatial frame.

The locative suffix follows standard vowel harmony rules; with távolság the appropriate form is távolságon. This form is used when distance serves as a reference point for location, typically in descriptive or technical prose, rather than to express a precise measurement.

In everyday language, speakers more often convey distance with other constructions such as adjectives, numerals, or different cases depending on the exact meaning. Távolságon tends to appear in formal writing, geographical descriptions, meteorology, or discussions of spatial relations where distance is the organizing frame.

See also: távolság (distance) and Hungarian grammar.