kiemelkedik

Hungarian

Etymology

kiemel (to lift out, pull out, take out) + -kedik (frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkijɛmɛlkɛdik]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧emel‧ke‧dik
  • Rhymes: -ɛdik

Verb

kiemelkedik

  1. (intransitive) to rise, emerge (from something: -ból/-ből)
    A tengeralattjáró kiemelkedett az óceánból.The submarine emerged from the ocean.
  2. (intransitive) to rise, stand out (to be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to one's surroundings)
  3. (intransitive) to excel, stand out (from something: -ból/-ből) (to be extraordinary and different or to have features and qualities which make someone or something special)
    A fiatal úszók csapata kiemelkedett a mezőnyből.The team of young swimmers stood out from the field.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kiemelkedés

Further reading

  • kiemelkedik 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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