bakfis

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Backfisch (“teenage girl”, literally “fried fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒkfiʃ]
• Hyphenation: bak‧fis
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Noun

bakfis (plural bakfisok)

1. backfisch (a teenage or late-adolescent girl)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bakfis	bakfisok
accusative	bakfist	bakfisokat
dative	bakfisnak	bakfisoknak
instrumental	bakfissal	bakfisokkal
causal-final	bakfisért	bakfisokért
translative	bakfissá	bakfisokká
terminative	bakfisig	bakfisokig
essive-formal	bakfisként	bakfisokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bakfisban	bakfisokban
superessive	bakfison	bakfisokon
adessive	bakfisnál	bakfisoknál
illative	bakfisba	bakfisokba
sublative	bakfisra	bakfisokra
allative	bakfishoz	bakfisokhoz
elative	bakfisból	bakfisokból
delative	bakfisról	bakfisokról
ablative	bakfistól	bakfisoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	bakfisé	bakfisoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	bakfiséi	bakfisokéi

Possessive forms of bakfis

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bakfisom	bakfisaim
2nd person sing.	bakfisod	bakfisaid
3rd person sing.	bakfisa	bakfisai
1st person plural	bakfisunk	bakfisaink
2nd person plural	bakfisotok	bakfisaitok
3rd person plural	bakfisuk	bakfisaik

Further reading

• bakfis in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• bakfis in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).