nézd

Nézd is the second-person singular imperative form of the Hungarian verb nézni, meaning to look or to see. It is used to instruct someone informal to look at or pay attention to something, functioning as a direct command such as “look!” or “take a look.”

Grammatically, nézd comes from the verb stem néz- with the te-form imperative suffix -d, yielding nézd. The corresponding formal singular imperative is nézze, the plural is nézzétek, and the formal plural is nézzenek. The negative imperative is Ne nézd, meaning “don’t look.” In usage, nézd is often combined with particles or objects to specify what should be looked at, for example nézd meg (take a look at), nézd csak (just look), or nézd ezt (look at this).

In everyday language, nézd appears in conversations, instructional contexts, and media. It can convey emphasis or immediacy and is more informal than its formal equivalents. The form is productive in many phrases and common enough to be encountered across written and spoken Hungarian.

Examples:

- Nézd ezt a képet. Look at this picture.

- Nézd meg, ki érkezett. Take a look who arrived.

- Nézd csak! Just look!

- Ne nézd! Don’t look!

Related terms include nézni (to look), nézés (looking), and néző (viewer). Nézd is a fundamental, widely used word form within the Hungarian imperative system, reflecting the language’s approach to direct address and action-oriented verbs.