Hungarian Translator
Translate Any Text to Hungarian
DeepL handles Hungarian's agglutinative grammar — stacking suffixes, vowel harmony, and focus-driven word order — better than phrase-based translators.
See the difference
Natural-sounding Hungarian translations — not word-by-word output.
Translation tips
Suffixes instead of prepositions
Hungarian uses suffixes where English uses prepositions: 'house' = 'ház', 'in the house' = 'házban', 'to the house' = 'házhoz', 'from the house' = 'házból'. There are 18+ case suffixes, and they stack: 'házaitokban' (in your houses). DeepL applies them correctly.
Vowel harmony controls suffix form
Suffixes change form based on the vowels in the root word. Back-vowel words take back-vowel suffixes: 'ház-ban' (in house). Front-vowel words take front-vowel suffixes: 'kert-ben' (in garden). There's also a rounded/unrounded distinction. DeepL follows vowel harmony rules.
Word order signals focus, not grammar
Hungarian word order is free but not random — the most important information goes directly before the verb. 'PÉTER látta Marit' (it was Peter who saw Mari) vs 'Péter MARIT látta' (it was Mari whom Peter saw). DeepL preserves natural Hungarian focus patterns.
No grammatical gender at all
Hungarian has no grammatical gender — not even in pronouns. 'Ő' means both 'he' and 'she'. This simplifies translation INTO Hungarian but can create ambiguity when translating FROM Hungarian to gendered languages.
Did you know? Hungarian is unrelated to any of its neighbors' languages. It belongs to the Uralic family — its closest relatives are Finnish and Estonian, but they diverged over 4,000 years ago and are not mutually intelligible.
How to use it
Paste your text above — source language is auto-detected.
Target is pre-set to Hungarian. Click Translate.
Copy the result — suffixes and vowel harmony are correct.
Frequently asked questions
Does it handle Hungarian suffixes correctly?
Yes. DeepL correctly applies case suffixes, possessive suffixes, and verbal prefixes. It follows vowel harmony rules (back/front vowel matching) throughout.
How does it handle Hungarian word order?
DeepL produces natural Hungarian word order with correct focus placement. The most important element appears before the verb, following standard Hungarian pragmatic rules.
Can it translate long compound words?
Yes. Hungarian creates very long compound words: 'megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért' (for your repeated pretending to be undesecratable). DeepL handles standard-length compounds used in everyday and business text.
Are the special characters ö, ü, ő, ű produced correctly?
Yes. Hungarian has 14 vowels including long and short pairs. The double acute accent (ő, ű) is correctly distinguished from the umlaut (ö, ü) — mixing them up is a spelling error.
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