These are the most difficult Hungarian words for foreigners to pronounce

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Hungarian is often said to be one of the most difficult languages to learn and to pronounce. Sometimes even we Hungarians struggle with the pronunciation of some of our words and expressions. Let us introduce you to the Hungarian words that foreigners find the hardest to pronounce.

As Hungarian is considered one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn, it is completely understandable that beginners sometimes fail to pronounce certain words correctly.

Noizz reminds us of the situation when we are trying to teach a foreigner the word “egészségedre” (“cheers), but they can’t imitate the pronunciation even after the fifth hearing.

It is, of course, one of the most difficult words to pronounce. The list doesn’t seem that far-fetched: it is full of phrases with a lot of consonants or even a lot of sz-letters (“sz” is pronounced as “s”).

  • viszontlátásra (“goodbye”)
  • egészségedre (“cheers”/”bless you”)
  • magánnyugdíjpénztár (“private pension fund”)
  • bakancszokni (“boots socks”)
  • használtruha-kereskedés (“second-hand clothing shop”)
  • liszteszsák (“flour sack”)
  • mézeskalácssütés (“gingerbread baking”)
  • cukroszacskó (“sugar bag”)
  • rizsszem (“grain of rice”)
  • uzsiszsák (“lunch bag”, full “uzsonnászsák”)
  • csütörtök (“Thursday”)
  • tűzoltóság (“fire department”)

Bonus: Megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért – the longest Hungarian word with 44 letters. It approximately means “for your [plural] continued behaviour as if you could not be desecrated”.

What is the Hungarian word or expression that you struggle with the most? Let us know in the comments!

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