| Slovak and Slavic Words in Hungarian Language |
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| Hungarian | Meaning | Slovak | Meaning | Etymology & presence in other Slavic languages |
| abroncs | hoop | obruč | hoop | akin to Czech, Russian, Serbian obruč |
| asztal | table | stôl | table | akin to Czech stůl, Russian stol |
| bárány | ram (male sheep) | baran | ram | akin to Czech beran, Russian baran |
| barát | friend | brat | brother | akin to Russian brat, Ukrainian brat, Czech bratr, Bulgarian brat |
| cseresznye | cherry | čerešne | cherries | plural of čerešňa (cherry), akin to Czech třešně (cherry), Slovene črešnja (cherry) |
| csütörtök | Thursday | štvrtok | Thursday | derived from štyri (four), 4th day of the week (in most European countries), related to Czech čtyři (four), Russian četyre (four) |
| deszka | board | doska | board | akin to Czech deska |
| drága | expensive, dear | drahý | expensive, dear | Czech drahý, akin to Russian daragoj, West Slavic languages used G instead of H in the Middle Ages |
| ebéd | lunch | obed | lunch | akin to Czech oběd, Russian obed |
| ecet | vinegar | ocot | vinegar | akin to Czech ocet |
| kabát | coat | kabát | coat | akin to Czech kabát, originally Persian |
| könyv | book | kniha | book | akin to Czech kniha, Russian kniga |
| ko(r)csma | pub | krčma | pub | akin to Polish karczma, Ukrainian korčma, Croatian krčma |
| kosár | basket | kôš | basket | akin to Czech koš |
| kovács | smith | kováč | smith | akin to Czech kovář |
| kulcs | key | kľúč | key | akin to Czech klíč, Polish klucz, Croatian ključ |
| lapocka | scapula (shoulder blade) | lopatka | scapula | Czech lopatka |
| munka | work | muka | torture, pain | originally meaning hard work, akin to Ukrainian muka, Croatian muka |
| német | German | Nemec | German | derived from nemý (mute), akin to Czech Němec, Russian nemec |
| pálinka | brandy | pálenka | brandy | derived from páliť (to burn), according to the way how it is produced |
| pásztor | shepherd | pastier | shepherd | akin to Czech pastýř |
| péntek | Friday | piatok | Friday | from pät (five), 5th day of the week (in most European countries), Czech pátek (Friday), Czech pět (five) |
| pénz | money | peniaze | money | plural of peniaz, akin to Czech peníz, Slovene penez |
| puska | rifle | puška | rifle | akin to Czech puška, Russian puška |
| szalma | straw | slama | straw | akin to Czech sláma, Russian salóma |
| szerda | Wednesday | streda | Wednesday | derived from stred (middle), middle of the week, related to Czech střed (middle), Russian sreda (Wednesday) |
| szilva | plum | slivka | plum | akin to Russian sliva, Czech slíva |
| utca | street | ulica | street | akin to Czech ulice, Russian ulica |
| vacsora | supper | večera | supper | akin to Czech večeře |
| vihar | storm | víchor | storm | also víchrica, akin to Czech vichřice, Slovene vihar, Croatian vihar |
| Hungarian | Meaning | Slovak | Meaning | Etymology & presence in other Slavic languages |
Russian words are in Slovak transcription, Latin characters with diacritics instead of Cyrilic.
| Brief comparative orthography guide for Hungarian and Slovak | |||
| Hungarian | Slovak | English | German |
| CS | Č | ch, tch : check, match | tsch : tschechisch, Gletscher |
| S | Š | sh : shine, fresh | s (initial st-/sp-), sch : Stein, Schuh |
| SZ | S | s (only certain positions), ss : star, list, mess | s (only certain positions), ss, ß : ist, wissen, groß |
| NY | Ň | see Slovak alphabet | see Slovak alphabet |
| Hungarian | Slovak | English | German |
During last more than 1000 years (after the arrival of Magyars to Europe) the Hungarian language borrowed thousands of common words from Slovak and other Slavic languages (Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, etc). Many of them are quite essential for the Hungarian language. If you know more words that can be listed here, please let us know. Thank you. slavism@slavism.com
There are also several words of Hungarian origin in Slovak. Maybe ten or twenty. They are not very important for the Slovak language. There are often more frequently used synonyms of Slavic origin. To be objective and precise, we will list them here too:
| Slovak | Meaning | Hungarian | Meaning | Comment |
| čižma | boot | csizsma | boot | the Czech language does not have a word with this meaning |
| egres | gooseberry | egres | gooseberry | from Italian agresto |
| gazda | master of the house, land owner, farmer | gazda | master of the house, land owner, farmer | this word comes Croatian/Slovene gospod/gospodar, related to Slovak hospodár/hospodin, Czech hospoda, Russian gaspadin |
| gombík | button, knob | gomb | button, knob | of Greek origin |
| lopta | ball | labda | ball | - |
| Slovak | Meaning | Hungarian | Meaning | Comment |
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