kocsit

Kocsit is the accusative singular form of the Hungarian noun kocsi. The word kocsi has two main senses. In historical or regional usage it denotes a horse-drawn cart or coach. In contemporary, everyday language it is a common informal term for a car. The form kocsit is used when the vehicle is the direct object of a sentence, as in Megvettem a kocsit (“I bought the car”).

Historically, kocsi is linked to the tradition of horse-drawn carriages associated with the town of Kocs, known for early coachmaking. In Hungarian, this historical sense persists in some phrases and rural speech, while the modern, informal sense of car is widespread in urban usage. For formal or neutral writing, autó or személygépkocsi is preferred.

Usage notes and examples: In everyday Hungarian, kocsi is understood as “car” and kocsit marks the direct object. It is more informal than autó. The plural is kocsik, and the derived forms follow standard Hungarian noun inflection. Common sentences include: Megvettem a kocsit. (I bought the car.) A kocsi motorja túl zajos. (The car’s engine is too loud.) In formal contexts, one would typically say autó or személygépkocsi instead of kocsi/kocsit to avoid colloquial tone.