érkezett

érkezett is a Hungarian verb form meaning arrived. It is the simple past tense, third-person singular form of the verb érkezik, which means to arrive. In usage, érkezett denotes that a person or thing arrived at a place at a specified time and is commonly found in narrative and reporting contexts.

In addition to érkezett, the verb érkezik is conjugated across persons and numbers in the past tense as érkeztem (I arrived), érkeztél (you arrived), érkeztünk (we arrived), érkeztetek (you all arrived), and érkeztek (they arrived). The root form for the past tense is typically the stem érkez-, with the customary Hungarian past-tense endings attached. The related compound form megérkezett emphasizes completion or coming to a destination, similar to the English “has arrived.”

The word can describe arrivals of people, vehicles, messages, or other entities, and is commonly paired with time expressions such as hajnali 6-kor (at 6 a.m.) or tegnap (yesterday). In many contexts érkezett contrasts with jött (came) by focusing on the act of reaching a destination rather than merely coming into view. The noun érkezés denotes the act of arriving, while érkező serves as a present participle meaning arriving or incoming, used as an adjective in phrases like érkező vonat (incoming train). Overall, érkezett is a standard, neutral form widely used in both everyday and formal Hungarian.