egyes

egy (“one”) +‎ -es

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛɟːɛʃ]

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• Hyphenation: egyes

egyes (not comparable)

1. individual, single

   Az egyes kérdéseket külön kell megvizsgálni. ― The individual questions have to be examined one by one.

2. number one

   Találkozunk az egyes kapunál! ― See you at gate number one!

3. (linguistics) singular (referring to only one thing or person)

   egyes szám első személy ― first-person singular

4. (with plural nouns only) certain, some

   Synonyms: némely, néhány

   Egyes lakásokban még nincs villany. ― There is no electricity yet in certain flats.

The following adjectives, which derive from numerals (coined with the suffix -s/-os/-as/-es/-ös), refer to items designated with a specific number, such as No. 1, No. 2 etc. (as opposed to 1st, 2nd etc.), cf. their German equivalents. These words can refer to coins and banknotes of the given denomination, public transport lines, highways (e.g. Route 66), gates or rooms of a building, cubicles or other numbered compartments, grades received in school (between 1 and 5), (round tens) a decade in a century or the approximate age of a person (“in his/her twenties” etc.), (between 0 and 59) a train, coach, or flight that departs or arrives at some time, attached to the number of minutes, (round numbers) orders of magnitude, (mostly single-digit numbers) the pronounced name or symbol of numbers, (small numbers, up to 4 or 5) groups of people being together, packages or units with a given number of pieces, numeral systems, etc. (Note: egyes, tizenegyes etc. are pronounced with a long [ggy], while tízes and húszas are pronounced with a short [i] and [u].)

• nullás (0-s), egyes (1-es), kettes (2-es), hármas (3-as), négyes (4-es), ötös (5-ös), hatos (6-os), hetes (7-es), nyolcas (8-as), kilences (9-es), tízes (10-es)
• tizenegyes (11-es), tizenkettes (12-es), …, húszas (20-as), huszonegyes (21-es), huszonkettes (22-es), …
• harmincas (30-as), negyvenes (40-es), ötvenes (50-es), hatvanas (60-as), hetvenes (70-es), nyolcvanas (80-as), kilencvenes (90-es), százas (100-as)
• similarly: 1940-es, 1950-es, 1960-as, 1970-es, 1980-as, 1990-es, 2000-es, 2010-es, 2020-as, 2030-as (… évek ’years’)
• kétszázas (200-as), …, ötszázas (500-as), …, ezres (1000-es), kétezres (2000-es), …, ötezres (5000-es), …, tízezres (10 000-es), húszezres (20 000-es) …
• százezres, milliós, tízmilliós, százmilliós, milliárdos, tízmilliárdos, százmilliárdos, billiós, …

egyes (plural egyesek)

1. one (digit or figure)
   1. (transport) the one, the number one (a given bus, tram etc. line)
   2. (automotive) first (first gear)
   3. (education) (grade) F (the lowest, i.e. failing grade in a class or course)
   4. (mathematics) unit (the place value, as opposed to tens or hundreds)
   5. (sports) singles
2. (plural only) some people

   Egyesek szerint jó író volt. ― Some people think he was a good writer.

• egyesség
• egyesül