Hungarian dz
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Linguistics & Pronunciation
Dz is a digraph, the seventh letter of the Hungarian alphabet. It is pronounced (using English pronunciation with letter romanization) "dzay" in the alphabet, but just "dz" when spoken in a word. Using the IPA phoneme, it can be written as /dz/.Length
In several words, it is pronounced long, e.g.
- bodza, madzag, edz, pedz
- brindza, kamikadze, ódzkodik, dzadzíki, dzéta, Dzerzsinszkij
- csókolódzik, lopódzik, takaródzik
In some of these verbs, there is no free variation: birkózik, mérkőzik (only with z) but leledzik, nyáladzik (only with dz, pronounced long). In some other verbs, there is a difference in meaning: levelez(ik) (correspond with sb.) but leveledzik (to leaf [like a tree]).
It is only doubled in writing when an assimilated suffix is added to the stem: eddze, lopóddzon.
Usage
Usage of this letter is similar than in Polish and Slovak languages. One has to remember that in Hungarian, even if two characters are put together to make a different sound, they are considered one letter, and even acronyms keep the letter intact.Examples
- These examples are Hungarian words that use the letter dz, with the English pronunciation with letter romanization following.
- bodza = elderberry
- edzés = (physical) training
- edző = coach
- nyáladzik = salivate
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