követték

Követték is a Hungarian verb form meaning “they followed.” It is the simple past (past tense) form used with the third-person plural subject ők, corresponding to the English “they followed.” It comes from the verb követni, “to follow.”

Formation and related forms: In Hungarian, past tense is built by adding suffixes to the verb stem. For the verb követni, the third-person plural past form is követték. Other persons in the same past tense include követtünk (we followed) and követtétek (you all followed). The form követték contains the stem követt- plus the plural past ending -ék. Spelling and pronunciation reflect Hungarian phonology, with a double t in követték.

Usage: Követték is used in narrative and report to describe actions completed in the past by a group. Examples: “Ők követték a vezetőt a belvároson át” (They followed the leader through the downtown). “A nyomokat követve követték be a hibát” is a construction that can appear in more complex sentences, often with additional context or object phrases.

Notes: The word is strictly a verb form; its meaning is determined by követni, and it is typically used with a plural subject. It functions in sentences where the past action of following by a group is reported or described. Like other Hungarian past forms, követték integrates with surrounding sentence structure to express tense, aspect, and agreement.

See also: Hungarian verb conjugation, following constructions, past tense in Hungarian.