végén

Végén is a Hungarian adverbial form derived from the noun vég, meaning “end,” with the locative suffix -én. It is used to indicate a location at the end of something or a point in time associated with the end of a period, event, or sequence.

The primary usage is to express “at the end of” a definite noun phrase. Examples include a könyv végén (at the end of the book), a film végén (at the end of the film), or a sorozat végén (at the end of the series). It can also appear in temporal contexts, such as a megbeszélés végén (at the conclusion of the meeting) or az esemény végén (at the end of the event).

Végén is distinct from végül, which more commonly means “finally” or “in the end” in a narrative or argumentative sense. While végén acknowledges a concrete endpoint relative to another object, végül signals a culmination or conclusion in a sequence of events rather than a spatial location.

Etymologically, végén reflects a combination of vé g with the locative suffix -én, a productive formation in Hungarian for expressing “at/inside/on” a specific end or extremity. In everyday usage, vé gén is frequent in written and spoken Hungarian when specifying the position relative to an ending.

See also: vég, végső, vége, végrehajtás.