Lexicalization ofaz(“that, it”) +‎-ért(causal-final case suffix).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒzeːrt]

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• Hyphenation:azért
• Rhymes:-eːrt

azért

1. causal-finalsingular ofaz

   Hálás vagyokazért, amit mondtál nekem. ―I am gratefulfor what you told me. (literally, “…for that which…”)

azért

1. causal-finalsingular ofaz

   Nem vagyok felelősazért az emberért. ―I am not responsiblefor that man.

azért (notcomparable)

2. (with focus, construed withmert(“because”))for thatreason, the reason (for/why…) is (that)…,because(before a clause of cause)

   Synonyms:amiatt,azonoknálfogva

   Azért jöttem, mert meghívtál. ―I have come because you invited me (literally, “The reason why I cameis that you invited me.”)

4. (with focus, construed withhogy(“that”))so as to…,in order to…,so that…,in order that…(before a clause of purpose)

   Synonym:abbólacélból

   Azért suttogtam, hogy ne ébredjenek fel. ―I whisperedso that they shouldn’t wake up.

6. (without focus, oftenconstrued withde(“but”))even so,anyway,regardless,all the same,though(at the end of a sentence),nonetheless,notwithstanding,in any case,at any rate(usually after an explicit or implicit concessive clause)

   Synonyms:attól még,attól,ennek ellenére,ezzel együtt,ettől függetlenül,mindamellett,mindemellett,mindazonáltal,mégis,mégiscsak

   Tudom, hogy nincs születésnapja, deazért vihetnél neki virágot.

   I know it’s not her birthday but you could (still) bring her a flowerall the same.

   Eztazért nem kellett volna mondanod. ―Nevertheless, you shouldn’t have said that. [i.e. “I know you are angry, but…”, an implicit concessive clause)

   Azért köszönöm, hogy megpróbáltad. ―Thanks for trying,though. [i.e. “Even if you didn't succeed, but…”, an implicit concessive clause)

• As shown in the first example, sometimes there is no direct equivalent toazért in English, especially if it expresses the cause, so only the subsequentmert can be translated, or the reason can be emphasized in English.
• Ifazért is not in the syntactic focus position in the sentence (that is, if it does not directly precede the predicate), its meaning is entirely different, as given above in the third sense. It is also pronounced with a different intonation (starting from low pitch, then slightly raising, as opposed to the other two meanings, expressing cause or purpose, which start from a high pitch and then fall).

• azért 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.
• azért in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024).

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