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Hungarian

/hʌŋˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/adjective, noun

Hungarian is spelled H-U-N-G-A-R-I-A-N: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Hungarian means “Of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary, the ethnic Hungarian people or the Hungarian language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in Hungarian?

Letters9: H-U-N-G-A-R-I-A-N
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is Hungarian?

Hungarian appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Hungarian?

  • /hʌŋˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/

Hungarian has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Hungarian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of Hungarian

  • Hungarians plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Hungarian mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary, the ethnic Hungarian people or the Hungarian language.

  2. 2

    Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.

  3. 3

    Of or relating to Hungarian notation.

noun

  1. 1

    A person from present-day Hungary or of ethnic Hungarian descent.

  2. 2

    datedA person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.

  3. 3

    The main language of Hungary.

  4. 4

    informalHungarian notation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Hungarian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchhongrois (of, from, or pertaining to Hungary), Hongrois, Hongroise (person from Hungary)
Germanungarisch (of, from, or pertaining to Hungary), Ungar, Ungarin (person from Hungary), Ungarisch (the language)
Portuguesehúngaro, magiar (of, from, or pertaining to Hungary), húngara (person from Hungary)
Spanishhúngaro (of, from, or pertaining to Hungary), húngara (person from Hungary)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does Hungarian come from?

From Hungary + -an.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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