nehézségét

Nehézség is a Hungarian noun that covers both a physical and a figurative sense. In its physical meaning, it refers to heaviness or weight. In a more common figurative sense, it denotes difficulty, hardship, or burden—as in situations, tasks, or conditions that require significant effort to overcome. The word appears frequently in everyday language as well as in formal or literary contexts, where it often conveys a sense of obstacle or challenge.

The word is formed from the adjective nehéz (hard, heavy) with the suffix -ség, which creates an abstract noun denoting a state or quality. Plural form is nehézségek, used for multiple difficulties or burdens. In Hungarian grammar, nehézségét is the definite, third-person possessive accusative form, indicating “its/their/your/this difficulty” as a definite direct object of a verb. The base accusative form without possession is nehézséget, used when the object is not definite or is not linked to a specific possessor. There are related possessive forms such as nehézsége (his/her/its difficulty) and other inflected variants depending on case and definiteness.

Usage and nuance: nehézség is commonly used to describe challenges in work, study, life situations, or social conditions. It can convey both a measurable obstacle (such as a difficult task) and a more subjective burden (emotional or logistical strain). In translation, it is often rendered as “difficulty,” “burden,” or “hardship,” with the exact meaning guided by context.

Etymology: nehézség derives from nehéz (hard, heavy) + suffix -ség, a productive Hungarian nominalizer for forming abstract nouns.

See also: nehéz, nehézsége, nehézségek, súly, terhek.