Térd

Térd

Meaning:

knee

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Éjjel beütöttem a térdem az asztalba.

At night I hit my knee against the table.

[Night-at in-hit-I the knee-my the table-in.]

Mindig a térdénél lyukad ki a nadrágom.

My trousers always get their holes at the knees.

[Always the knee-of-at gets-a-whole out the trousers-my.]

Related terms:

térdel / térdepel – to kneel

könyök – elbow

Not to be confused with:

tér – square (in a city)

tárd – to open (imperative)

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