Etymology

From adós (“in debt”) +‎ -ság (“-ness”, noun-forming suffix)Category:Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ság#ADOSSAG.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒdoːʃːaːɡ]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#ADOSSAG
• Rhymes: -aːɡCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/aːɡ#ADOSSAGCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/aːɡ/3 syllables#ADOSSAG
• Hyphenation: adós‧ság
• Syllabification: a‧dós‧ság

Noun

adósság (plural adósságok)Category:Hungarian lemmas#ADOSSAGCategory:Hungarian nouns#ADOSSAGCategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#ADOSSAGCategory:Pages with entries#ADÓSSÁGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ADÓSSÁG

1. (financeCategory:hu:Finance#ADOSSAG) debt (money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another)

   Synonym: tartozás

2. (in the singular) debt (state or condition of owing something to another)

   adósságba keveredik ― to get into debtCategory:Hungarian terms with collocations#ADOSSAG

3. debt (moral obligation, gratitude; an action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another)

Further reading

• adósság 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.
• adósság 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 2024).