szünetet

Szünet is a Hungarian noun meaning a pause, break, or recess. The form szünetet is the definite accusative singular, used when the break is the direct object of the verb. For example: A tanár rövid szünetet tart. The plural form is szünetek and the indefinite singular is szünet.

The term appears in several common contexts. In education, it designates school holidays such as őszi szünet (autumn break), téli szünet (winter break), tavaszi szünet (spring break), and nyári szünet (summer break). In everyday speech, szünetet tartani means to take a break from an activity, as in a pause during work or study.

In music, szünet denotes a rest or silence in a performance. It is used to name rests of various durations, for example egész szünet (a whole rest) and neyd szünet (a quarter rest), reflecting the pause in sound rather than an active note.

Etymology and usage notes: szünet is a native Hungarian word with a long-standing presence in the language, used across formal and informal registers. It participates in many compound phrases and is commonly inflected for case and number in sentences, as illustrated by szünetet and szünetek.

Related terms include szünet (the base form) and szünetek (the plural). The concept is versatile, covering both timed intervals in calendars and pauses within activities and performances.