közismertté

Közismertté is a form used in Hungarian to express a change of state into being widely known. It functions as a predicative complement and appears in constructions with verbs of becoming, most commonly válni (to become) or tenni (to make). In usage, it denotes that something has reached the state of being common knowledge or broadly acknowledged.

Etymology and morphology: the term is derived from the adjective közismert, meaning widely known. The suffix -té forms a state or result noun from an adjective, yielding a meaning like “the state of being widely known.” When used with verbs, közismertté conveys the outcome of a process—either something becoming widely known or someone making it so (közismertté tenni).

Usage and examples: typical phrases include közismertté válni and közismertté tenni. Examples: “A hír rögtön közismertté vált.” (The news immediately became widely known.) “A kampány célja az volt, hogy a problémát közismertté tegyék.” (The campaign aimed to make the problem widely known.) Another sample: “Kutatásuk eredménye közismertté tételére irányult.” (Their study’s result aimed at making it publicly known.)

Style and register: közismertté is more common in formal, journalistic, or academic contexts and in written Hungarian. In everyday speech, speakers may use simpler wording such as “közismert lett” or “nyilvánosságra került.”

See also: közismert, nyilvánosság, válni, tenni.