-öttek

-ött (past tense suffix) +‎ -ek (third-person plural suffix)

• IPA^(key): [øtːɛk]

-öttek

1. (past tense suffix) Used to form the third-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugations).

   köszönt (“to greet”) → köszöntöttek (“they (have/had) greeted”)

   süt (“to bake”) → sütöttek (“they (have/had) baked”)

• (past tense suffix) Variants:

  -tak is added to most back vowel verbs

  -tek is added to most front vowel verbs

  -ttak is added to back vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)

  -ttek is added to front vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nyű, sző)

  -ottak is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)

  -ettek is added to unrounded front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)

  -öttek is added to rounded front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes