gondolkodásában

Gondolkodásában is a Hungarian inflected form of the noun gondolkodás, meaning thinking or thought process. The expression functions as an inessive construction that locates something within someone’s thinking and also marks ownership by the third-person singular possessive. In practical terms, gondolkodásában translates roughly to “in his/her thinking” or “in his/her mind.” It is formed by taking gondolkodás, adding the third-person singular possessive suffix, and then the inessive suffix -ban/-ben, yielding gondolkodásában.

The form is common in both formal and literary Hungarian, where it can introduce observations about a person’s beliefs, reasoning, or internal deliberations. It emphasizes cognitive or ideological aspects rather than external actions. For example, a sentence such as “Gondolkodásában mindig van hely a kompromisszumra” expresses that there is always room for compromise within that person’s thinking. Another usage might describe how plans or opinions are shaped by someone’s internal reasoning, e.g., “A tervei a gondolkodásában formálódtak.”

Etymology and morphology: gondolkodás derives from gondolkodni (to think) with the nominalizing suffix -ás, giving “thinking.” The possessive suffix for the third person singular attaches to gondolkodás to form gondolkodása, and the inessive suffix -ban/-ben is added to indicate “in/within.” The result is gondolkodásában, a compact way to reference internal thought in relation to a specific person.

See also: Hungarian noun inflection, inessive case, possessive suffixes, compound noun phrases.