legelterjedtebb

Legelterjedtebb is a Hungarian superlative adjective meaning “the most widespread” or “widest distributed.” It is formed from elterjedt, meaning widespread, with the comparative suffix -tebb and the superlative prefix leg-, resulting in legelterjedtebb. The word is used to indicate that something has the greatest geographic distribution, prevalence, or frequency among a set of options.

Etymology and formation: The base elterjedt conveys spread or prevalence. To express the highest degree among several items, Hungarian adds the comparative suffix -tebb to create elterjedtebb (more widespread) and then prefixes leg- to form legelterjedtebb (the most widespread). This construction is typical for describing categories, phenomena, or ideas in formal or descriptive contexts.

Usage: The term is commonly employed in academic writing, statistical reports, journalism, and analytical discourse. It modifies a noun directly, as in a legelterjedtebb jelenség (the most widespread phenomenon) or a legelterjedtebb nyelv (the most widespread language). It can also appear predicatively in a sentence such as Ez a jelenség a legelterjedtebb a vizsgált időszakban (This phenomenon was the most widespread in the studied period).

Examples of use are often found in discussions of languages, technologies, diseases, or cultural traits where several candidates are compared by their reach or prevalence. While it emphasizes the maximum extent of spread, it is typically reserved for formal or written contexts; in everyday speech, leggyakoribb (most common) is more common.

See also: elterjedt, leggyakoribb.