csökkentéshez

Csökkentéshez is a Hungarian grammatical form that links the noun csökkentés (reduction) to a direction, goal, or purpose. It functions as an allative case form, equivalent to “for reduction” or “toward reduction” in English, and is used to indicate that an action or policy is aimed at achieving a reduction.

In Hungarian, the allative suffix appears as -hoz, -hez, or -höz, chosen to harmonize with the stem’s sounds. With the noun csökkentés, the standard allative form is csökkentéshez, which is commonly found in written and formal Hungarian. The construction is typically part of larger phrases describing aims, measures, or conditions related to reducing something, such as costs, emissions, or volumes.

Usage examples illustrate its role as a complement of purpose or direction. Examples include: költségcsökkentéshez szükséges intézkedések (measures required for cost reduction), a kiadások csökkentéséhez vezető lépések (steps leading to a reduction of expenses), and a program célja a környezeti hatások csökkentéséhez (the program aims at reducing environmental impacts). In such contexts, csökkentéshez modifies or accompanies nouns and verbs to specify the objective of the action.

Relation to other forms: csökkentéshez derives from csökkentés, which in turn comes from csökkenteni (to reduce). It is part of a broader set of allative phrases used in Hungarian to express goals, directions, or purposes in policy, economics, science, and everyday language.