Összetételben

Összetételben is the locative singular form of the Hungarian noun összetétel, meaning “in a compound” or “within compounding.” In Hungarian linguistics, összetétel refers to a word formed by joining two or more stems or lexical units into a single word, known as an összetett szó. The form összetételben is used when describing the position, role, or occurrence of elements inside a compound, for example in discussions about how meaning arises from combining components.

In the analysis of Hungarian word formation, összetétel distinguishes a word’s structure as a combination of components that function as independent lexical units. This framework helps describe how a compound’s meaning and syntactic properties emerge from its parts. The term öszszetételben may appear in explanations of where a morpheme fits within a compound, or in statements about the behavior of compounds in different grammatical contexts.

Common topics connected to összetételben include the typology of compounds (such as closed versus hyphenated forms), the semantic relationships between components (for example, determining which member specifies or broadens the meaning), and orthographic conventions for writing compounds in Hungarian. Notable examples of compounds discussed in this area include autóút (car road) and almafa (apple tree), which illustrate typical word-formation patterns within compounding.

Etymology: összetétel + -ben (locative suffix). The term is used primarily in linguistic descriptions of Hungarian morphology to refer to elements occurring inside or as part of a compound word. See also összetétel in linguistics.