alomként

Álomként is a Hungarian adverbial noun formed by adding the suffix -ként to the noun álom (dream). It means “as a dream” and is used to indicate the role, status, or manner in which something is regarded, described, or experienced. The expression functions as an adverbial complement and typically follows verbs or other predicates.

Common uses include treating something as dreamlike, unreal, or aspirational. For example:

- A helyzetet álomként kezelte. (He treated the situation as a dream.)

- Az egész utazás álomként tűnt fel. (The whole trip seemed like a dream.)

- A táj álomként ragyogott a napfényben. (The landscape shone as if in a dream.)

Nuance and register:

Álomként often conveys a figurative or poetic sense, emphasizing dreamlike quality, idealization, or unreality. It is more common in literary, descriptive, or rhetorical prose and less frequent in everyday speech, where simpler expressions might be preferred.

Etymology and grammar:

The form is built from the noun álom (dream) plus the suffix -ként, which in Hungarian marks “as/like” a given role or function. It is not a fixed prepositional phrase; rather, it behaves as an adverbial noun that can modify verbs or clauses to express a comparison or mode of experience.

Related forms and notes:

Álomként should be distinguished from related expressions such as álomban (in a dream) or álomlátás/fantázia, which carry different semantic and syntactic loads. The usage of álomként is primarily literary or rhetorical, serving to intensify or stylize description by framing something as dreamlike or aspirational.