jelentettek

Jelentettek is a Hungarian verb form, the third-person plural past tense of jelenteni, meaning to report or to announce. It denotes that multiple subjects reported or stated something in the past. The form is used in journalism, formal reporting, and everyday speech when describing information that was conveyed. In Hungarian, past tense forms vary by person and number; jelentettek marks a plural subject and can introduce reported content, often in clauses with hogy.

Etymology: The verb jelenteni comes from jelent, meaning to report, signify, or mean. The related noun jelentés means report or meaning, and jelentős relates to significance. The semantic core centers on conveying information.

Grammatical notes: As a finite past tense form, jelentettek agrees with a plural subject. It can take a direct object or appear with a subordinate clause introduced by hogy to quote or summarize what was reported. For publicly declaring something, a different verb such as bejelenteni is typically used, with the past tense bejelentettek.

Usage examples:

- A résztvevők jelentettek egy problémát a workshop során.

See also:

- jelentés

- bejelenteni

- közölni