Vidék
Vidék
Meaning:
countryside, land, region
in Hungary: Everything that’s not Budapest – an often pejorative description of the rest of the country used by Budapestians
Pronunciation:
Memory hook:
On the countryside they still use VIDEO Cassettes.
Example sentences:
Vidéken születtem, de Pesten élek miota elkezdtem egyetemre járni.
I was born on the countryside but I live in Pest (i.e. Budapest) since I started university.
[Countryside-on born-was-I, but Pest-on live-I since started university-on go-I.]
A Budapestieknek Pesten kívül az egész ország vidék
For Budapestians everything is a just a countryside, except for Budapest.
[Budapestians-for Pest-on except the whole country countryside.]
Related terms:
vidéki – a person from the countryside (for Budapestians: not from Budapest)
falu – village
kisváros – small-town
falusi – villager
paraszt – farmer / peasant (but also: swear word used for people who don’t know how to behave)
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