igen

See also: -igen

Danish

Alternative forms

Adverb

igen

  1. again

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably a lexicalization of the i- stem variant of the demonstrative pronoun e ~ ez.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈiɡɛn]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: igen

Adverb

igen (not comparable)

  1. (literary) quite, very, rather
    • 1974, Leo Tolstoy (author), László Németh (translator), Anna Karenina [Anna Karenina], Bucharest: Kriterion Könyvkiadó (1989), →ISBN, volume 1, part 1, chapter 1, page 7:
      Az történt vele ebben a pillanatban, ami az emberrel történni szokott, ha váratlanul igen szégyenletes dolgon érik. Arcát nem tudta a helyzethez szabni, amelybe bűne felfedésével a felesége előtt került.
      There happened to him at that instant what does happen to people when they are unexpectedly caught in something very disgraceful. He did not succeed in adapting his face to the position in which he was placed towards his wife by the discovery of his fault.
    • 1975, Imre Kertész, Sorstalanság, Budapest: Magvető Könyvkiadó (2016), →ISBN, page 25:
      Utolsónak mostohaanyám legidősebb bátyja, Lajos bácsi érkezett. Ő valami igen fontos tisztséget tölt be a családunkban, bár egész pontosan meghatározni nem tudnám, milyet.
      The last person to arrive was my stepmother’s oldest brother, Uncle Lajos. He fulfills some terribly important function in our family, though I’d be hard put to define exactly what that was.

Derived terms

Interjection

igen

  1. yes
    Synonyms: aha (informal), ja (colloquial or slang)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Noun

igen (plural igenek)

  1. yes

Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative igen igenek
accusative igent igeneket
dative igennek igeneknek
instrumental igennel igenekkel
causal-final igenért igenekért
translative igenné igenekké
terminative igenig igenekig
essive-formal igenként igenekként
essive-modal — —
inessive igenben igenekben
superessive igenen igeneken
adessive igennél igeneknél
illative igenbe igenekbe
sublative igenre igenekre
allative igenhez igenekhez
elative igenből igenekből
delative igenről igenekről
ablative igentől igenektől
Possessive forms of igen
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. igenem igenjeim
2nd person sing. igened igenjeid
3rd person sing. igenje igenjei
1st person plural igenünk igenjeink
2nd person plural igenetek igenjeitek
3rd person plural igenjük igenjeik

References
  1. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

igen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いげん

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *igen.

Noun

igen

  1. gums

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse í gegn (“against”), from í (“in, on”) and gegn (“straight, direct”).

Adverb

igen (not comparable)

  1. again

Synonyms
  • ånyo (archaic or formal)
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