vették

Vették is a Hungarian verb form corresponding to the third-person plural past tense of venni, the verb meaning to take, to buy, or to obtain. In English, it can translate as they took or they bought, depending on the context.

The form is used when the subject is őök (they). It appears in narratives, reports, and everyday speech to describe completed actions in the past. Examples include sentences like "Ők vették a könyvet" (They took/bought the book) or "Ők vették meg a házat" (They bought the house). The precise sense—taking physically or purchasing—depends on the surrounding words and the broader sense of venni in the sentence.

Morphology and related forms: vették is derived from the verb venni. It represents the third-person plural past, with the base vétt- plus the plural past ending. The corresponding singular past tense form is vett (he/she took). The form vették is common in both spoken and written Hungarian and appears in a wide range of registers, including news reports and literature.

See also venni, the infinitive form of the verb, and other conjugated past forms such as vett (he took) and vettek (they took, with a slightly different nuance in definite-object contexts).