Tévedek

Tévedek is the first person singular present tense form of the Hungarian verb tévedni, meaning to err or to be mistaken. In everyday use it expresses that the speaker is mistaken about a fact, belief, or statement at the moment of speaking. The sense can cover mistaken judgments, faulty assumptions, or incorrect statements. The related noun tévedés denotes an error or mistake, and the adverbial form tévedésből means “by mistake.”

Etymology and related forms: tévedni is built on the verb stem téved- with the present-tense suffix -ek for the first person. The noun tévedés is derived from the same root, indicating the concept of an error. A closely related form with a spatial meaning is eltévedek, which means “I get lost” or “I go astray,” showing a prefixal distinction between error in belief and literal misdirection.

Usage notes: tévedek is used for personal mistakes rather than for others’ errors (you would say they are mistaken or that someone else errs, not tévedek about them). It is common in apologies and corrections, for example when you realize you were mistaken and seek to rectify. It can appear in both formal and informal registers.

Conjugation basics: tévedek takes typical -edek/-ek endings in the present for the 1st person, with tévedsz for you, téved for he/she, tévedünk for we, tévedtek for you (plural), and tévednek for they. Past tense forms include tévedtem, tévedtél, tévedett, tévedtünk, tévedtetek, tévedtek. The imperative forms are tévedj (singular) and tévedjetek (plural).