ütemét

Ütemét is the Hungarian inflected form of the noun ütem, typically meaning "its beat" or "its tempo" when used as a direct object. Morphologically it combines the noun stem ütem with the third-person singular possessive marker -e and the accusative suffix -t, producing ütemét. The base noun ütem denotes a beat, measure, tempo or pace and is used in musical, poetic, kinetic and figurative contexts.

In usage, ütemét appears in sentences that refer to the tempo or rhythmic pattern belonging to a person, ensemble, machine or process: for example, "Hallgasd a zenekar ütemét" ("Listen to the band's tempo") or "A gép ütemét pontosítani kell" ("The machine's pace must be adjusted"). It also occurs in idiomatic and descriptive phrases about speech rhythm, walking pace, heartbeats and metric structure in poetry.

Pronunciation follows Hungarian phonology, with ü representing a front rounded vowel, and stress typically on the first syllable of the base word. Related forms include the uninflected ütem, descriptive adjective ütemes ("rhythmic" or "paced"), and verbs such as ütemez (to schedule or time). As an inflected form, ütemét illustrates Hungarian agglutinative morphology and the language's system of possessive and case suffixes.