kémkedik

Hungarian

Etymology

kém (spy) + -kedik (frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkeːmkɛdik]
  • Hyphenation: kém‧ke‧dik
  • Rhymes: -ɛdik

Verb

kémkedik

  1. (intransitive, derogatory) to spy (to act as a spy)
  2. (intransitive, derogatory) to snoop (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kémkedik in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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