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# hungarian

«hungarian» in Mova's school dictionary: **from or connected with Hungary, a country in central Europe** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Hungarian); noun (a Hungarian, Hungarians; Hungarian — the language, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hungarian means from or connected with Hungary, a country in central Europe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungarian/#m1)

2) (noun) A Hungarian is a person from Hungary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungarian/#m2)

3) (noun) Hungarian is the language spoken in Hungary, also called Magyar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungarian/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and language lessons, Hungarian is famous for being very different from its neighbours' languages: it is not Slavic or Germanic but belongs to the Uralic family, related distantly to Finnish. Hungarian foods like goulash and inventions such as the Rubik's Cube are well known. Common phrases: «Hungarian goulash», «speak Hungarian», «Hungarian music».

### examples

- Budapest is the Hungarian capital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungarian/#x1)
- Our new classmate is Hungarian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungarian/#x2)
- The Rubik's Cube was invented by a Hungarian, Ernő Rubik. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungarian/#x3)
- Hungarian is a hard language for English speakers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungarian/#x4)
- We ate Hungarian goulash for tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungarian/#x5)
- «Szia» means hi in Hungarian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungarian/#x6)
- Many Hungarians love paprika. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungarian/#x7)
- The story related that a Hungarian knight, who had been taken prisoner by a Turkish pasha, was most cruelly treated by him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungarian/#x8)

### note

Always a capital H: Hungarian. Do not mix up «Hungary» (the country) and «hungry» (wanting food). The people call their language «magyar».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hungarian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungarian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.