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Érkezk is a term found in Hungarian-language speculative fiction that designates the phenomenon of arrival—whether of people, objects, or ideas—into a given space, time, or social order. Used primarily as a noun, érkezk conveys both the moment of arrival and its accompanying implications for the existing context.

The word appears to be a neologism formed from érkezik, meaning to arrive, with a plural-like suffix -ek, yielding a collective or process-oriented sense. In published texts, érkezk may be capitalized or treated as a common noun depending on authorial choice.

In fiction, érkezk is often employed to signal disruption, negotiation, and adaptation. Narratives may follow the reception of external groups, technologies, or ideas, focusing on how communities define boundaries, redefine identity, or integrate the unfamiliar. The term is sometimes used meta-textually to comment on the act of arrival itself, not merely the arriving agent.

Érkezk has appeared in a limited set of Hungarian short stories, zines, and online essays since the 2010s. It functions as a flexible trope rather than a fixed concept, with varying interpretations across authors. The term remains uncommon outside speculative fiction and academic discussions of migration and globalization in Hungarian discourse.

Related topics include Hungarian science fiction, neologisms, and migration in fiction.