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Meaning of -tet | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1
[tɛt]

Definitions

  1. Added to a verb (or extremely rarely to a noun) to form a verb with a meaning of let, make somebody do something.
    causative, morpheme, suffix
  2. combining form of -tetik (passive-forming suffix) before all inflectional and derivational suffixes, except the dictionary form itself, the indefinite third-person singular present indicative
    form-of, in-compounds, morpheme

Examples

“keres (“to search”) + -tet → kerestet (“to make someone search something/somebody”)”
“bűn (“sin”) + -tet → büntet (“to punish”)”
“neveltetik (“to be brought up”) → neveltetés (“upbringing”).”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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