relevánsnak

Relevánsnak is a predicative form of the Hungarian adjective releváns, meaning “relevant.” The word is a loan from English and is widely used in contemporary Hungarian to describe something that has relevance to a matter or context. The form relevánsnak appears when the adjective functions as a predicative complement after a linking verb, such as tűnik (to seem), látszik (to appear), or bizonyul (to prove to be). It marks the predicate role rather than attributive modification of a noun.

Examples include: “A téma relevánsnak tűnik.” (The topic seems relevant.), “A megoldás relevánsnak látszik.” (The solution appears relevant.), and “Ez relevánsnak bizonyulhat.” (This may prove to be relevant.) In attributive position, the base form releváns is used before a noun, as in “releváns téma” or “releváns adatok.”

The predicative form adheres to Hungarian vowel harmony, hence the ending -nak after back vowels. Releváns is common in academic, media, and policy discourse, where discussions often hinge on whether something is pertinent to a given context. Semantically, releváns focuses on pertinence to a specific issue, whereas synonyms like fontos or jelentős may convey broader importance. Nonetheless, releváns is a precise term for contextual relevance within an argument or analysis.