keretnek

Keretnek is the dative singular form of the Hungarian noun keret, which means frame in a literal sense (such as a picture frame or window frame) and can also refer to a broader sense of a framework or budget. As a grammatical form, keretnek is used to mark the indirect object or beneficiary of an action in sentences that employ the dative case.

In Hungarian, the dative case is typically formed by adding the suffix -nak or -nek to the noun stem. For keret (a word ending in a consonant), the correct dative form is keretnek. The use of keretnek signals that the frame is the recipient, beneficiary, or target of the action described by the verb or predication. This structure is common with verbs that convey giving, offering, lending, or allocating, among others, and it can also appear in phrases indicating purpose or allocation where the frame is the relevant recipient or context.

The sense of keretnek can be literal or figurative. Literally, it can appear in contexts involving physical frames and their handling or modification. Figuratively, it can refer to a figurative framework or budgetary context, where something is described as “for/to the framework” or “for the budget” depending on the surrounding construction.

Keretnek is primarily a grammatical inflection rather than a separate lexical entry. It appears in standard Hungarian prose, especially in formal, instructional, or descriptive texts that require explicit marking of indirect objects.

See also: Hungarian grammar, noun cases, dative construction, keret.