hiszen

• hisz (slightly literary or folksy)
• iszen (folksy)

First attested in 1519. From hiszem (“I believe”), the first-person singular indicative present definite form of hisz (“to believe”). For the final m changing to n, compare talán.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈhisɛn]

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• Hyphenation: hi‧szen
• Rhymes: -ɛn

hiszen

1. as, because; said if something follows obviously for the speaker

   Itt vagyok, hiszen megígértem, hogy eljövök! ― I am here, of course, as I promised I would come.

2. hey, but, why; said when realizing something or wanting someone else to realize something

   Hiszen ez nem is nehéz! ― Hey, this isn’t even difficult!

   De hiszen ott voltam! ― But I was there for sure!

• hiszen 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