védeni

védeni is a Hungarian verb meaning to defend or to protect. It denotes the act of guarding someone or something against harm, attack, or loss. As an infinitive, védeni serves as the base form used to form other tenses and moods through standard Hungarian conjugation. The verb’s stem is véd-, and the infinitive ends with -ni. It is typically used transitively with a direct object, for example védeni a jogokat means to defend the rights. It can also appear with phrases like védeni magát (to defend oneself) or védeni valakit vagy valamit against danger. In everyday language, védeni covers a range of protective actions—from legal defense to physical protection—and it appears in legal, political, sport, and security contexts. In sports, it commonly means to guard or defend a goal or a player.

Morphology and related forms: védeni conjugates like other -ni verbs, with present, past, and future tenses formed by standard suffixes and auxiliary constructions. The past participle is védett, meaning defended or protected, used in perfect constructions. The noun védelem means defense or protection, and related words include védő, meaning protector or defender, and védekezni, meaning to defend oneself or to defend against something, with védekezés as the noun for defense or defensive action.

See also: védelem, védő, védekezni, védekezés.