fokozni

Fokozni is a Hungarian verb meaning to increase, intensify, escalate, or amplify something—the level, degree, or intensity of a quality or situation. It is typically transitive, used with a direct object such as a noun phrase: for example, fokozni a nyomást (to increase the pressure) or fokozni az érdeklődést (to heighten interest). Intransitively, the related form fokozódik means to intensify or escalate on its own, as in a feszültség fokozódik (the tension intensifies).

Etymology: The verb is derived from the noun fok, meaning degree or level, with the derivational element -oz- and the infinitive suffix -ni. The sense is roughly “to cause to reach a higher degree.”

Usage: Fokozni is common in journalism, science, politics, and everyday speech when describing actions that raise a quantity, intensity, or seriousness. Typical collocations include fokozni a kockázatot (to increase the risk), fokozni a hatást (to amplify the effect), or fokozni a retorikát (to escalate rhetoric).

Conjugation: Fokozni is a regular -ni verb. In the present tense the forms are fokozom, fokozol, fokozik, fokozunk, fokoztok, fokoznak. Past tense forms follow standard -ni-verb patterns (fokoztam, fokoztál, fokozott, fokoztunk, fokoztatok, fokoztak). Like many Hungarian verbs, exact forms vary with mood and voice.

Related terms: fokozat (degree, level), fokozatos (gradual), fokozó (an intensifier or device that raises level).