ismer

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • ösmer (dialectal)
  • ismér, esmer, esmér (archaic)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiʃmɛr]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: is‧mer

Verb

ismer

  1. (transitive) to know (be acquainted or familiar with)

Usage notes

  • Similarly to French, German, and Spanish etc., Hungarian distinguishes two senses of ’to know’, being aware or certain of some information (see tud) and being acquainted or familiar with someone or something (this verb). See also usage notes at the German verb kennen describing the same difference and translations of to know for related terms in other languages.

Conjugation

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