Family words in Hungarian

Words for family members and other relatives in Hungarian.

Notes

Fiú means both son and boy, but there's a distinction in the possessive case. Fiúm means my boy (boyfriend), but fiam means my son. However, for girls, there is only one form: lányom means my daughter. My girlfriend should be called by different words.

Siblings and cousins are mostly called with both gender and age difference: "my younger niece" and not just "my niece".

Other cousins are created by adding másod-, harmad-, negyed- (i.e. second, third, fourth) before unokatestvér, unokabáty etc., like these:

• unokatestvér: cousin, having common grandparents
• másodunokatestvér: cousin's child or second cousin
• harmadunokatestvér: second cousin's child or third cousin

List compiled by Láng Attila D

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