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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