Editing Vowel harmony (section)

=====Behaviour of neutral vowels=====
''Unrounded front vowels'' (or ''Intermediate'' or ''neutral'' vowels) can occur together with either ''back vowels'' (e.g. {{lang|hu|r'''é'''p'''a'''}} carrot, {{lang|hu|k'''o'''cs'''i'''}} car) or ''rounded front vowels'' (e.g. {{lang|hu|tető}}, {{lang|hu|tündér}}), but ''rounded front vowels'' and ''back vowels'' can occur together only in words of foreign origins (e.g. {{lang|hu|sofőr}} = chauffeur, French word for driver). The basic rule is that words including at least one back vowel take back vowel suffixes (e.g. {{lang|hu|répában}} in a carrot, {{lang|hu|kocsiban}} in a car), while words excluding back vowels usually take front vowel suffixes (except for words including only the vowels {{lang|hu|i}}, {{lang|hu|í}}, and {{lang|hu|é}}, for which there is no general rule, e.g. {{lang|hu|lisztet}} against {{lang|hu|hidat}}, or {{lang|hu|céloz}} against {{lang|hu|rémes}}).

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!scope="col" colspan="2"|
!scope="col"| open
!scope="col"| middle
!scope="col"| closed
|-
!colspan="2" scope="row"| Back {{nobold|("low")}}
| a á || o ó || u ú
|-
!rowspan="2" scope="row"| Front {{nobold|("high")}}
! unrounded {{nobold|(neutral)}}
| &nbsp; || e é || i í
|-
! rounded
| &nbsp; || ö ő || ü ű
|-
|}

Some other rules and guidelines to consider:
* Compound words get suffix according to the last word, e.g.: {{lang|hu|ártér}} (floodplain) compound of {{lang|hu|ár}} + {{lang|hu|tér}} front vowel suffix just as the word {{lang|hu|tér}} when stands alone ({{lang|hu|téren}}, {{lang|hu|ártéren}})
* In case of words of obvious foreign origins: only the last vowel counts (if it is not {{lang|hu|i}} or {{lang|hu|í}}): {{lang|hu|sof'''ő'''rh'''ö'''z}}, {{lang|hu|nü'''a'''nszsz'''a'''l}}, {{lang|hu|gener'''á'''l'''á'''s}}, {{lang|hu|októb'''e'''rb'''e'''n}}, {{lang|hu|parlam'''e'''ntb'''e'''n}}, {{lang|hu|szoftv'''e'''rr'''e'''l}}
** If the last vowel of the foreign word is {{lang|hu|i}} or {{lang|hu|í}}, then the last but one vowel will be taken into consideration, e.g. {{lang|hu|p'''a'''pírh'''o'''z}}, {{lang|hu|R'''a'''shidd'''a'''l}}. If the foreign word includes only the vowels {{lang|hu|i}} or {{lang|hu|í}} then it gets front vowel suffix, e.g.: {{lang|hu|Mitch-nek}} ( = "for Mitch")
** There are some non-Hungarian geographical names that have no vowels at all (e.g. the Croatian island of {{lang|hu|Krk}}), in which case as the word does not include back vowel, it gets front vowel suffix (e.g. {{lang|hu|Krk-re}} = to Krk)
* For acronyms: the last vowel counts (just as in case of foreign words), e.g.: {{lang|hu|HR}} (pronounced: {{lang|hu|há-er}}) gets front vowel suffix as the last pronounced vowel is front vowel ({{lang|hu|HR-rel}} = with HR)
* Some 1-syllable Hungarian words with '''i''', '''í''' or '''é''' are strictly using front suffixes ({{lang|hu|g'''é'''pr'''e'''}}, {{lang|hu|m'''é'''lyr'''ő'''l}}, {{lang|hu|v'''í'''z}} > {{lang|hu|v'''i'''z'''e'''t}}, {{lang|hu|h'''í'''r'''e'''k}}), while some others can take back suffixes only ({{lang|hu|h'''é'''j'''a'''k, sz'''í'''jr'''ó'''l}}, {{lang|hu|ny'''í'''l}} > {{lang|hu|ny'''i'''l'''a'''t}}, {{lang|hu|zs'''í'''rb'''a'''n}}, {{lang|hu|'''í'''r'''á'''s}})
* Some foreign words that have fit to the Hungarian language and start with back vowel and end with front vowel can take either front or back suffixes (so can be optionally considered foreign word or Hungarian word): {{lang|hu|f'''a'''rmerb'''a'''n}} or {{lang|hu|farm'''e'''rb'''e'''n}}
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