8 in Hungarian
Nearby Hungarian Numbers
8 in Other Languages
About 8 in Hungarian
8 translates to nyolc. The ordinal form — used for rankings, dates, and sequences — is nyolcadik.
8 divides evenly by two. 8 is a number worth knowing in Hungarian — it appears in real-world contexts like ages, distances, prices, and time expressions.
For anyone learning Hungarian, numbers like 8 are essential early targets. They appear in tasks as common as buying a coffee, reading a menu, catching a bus, or asking someone their age.
Learning Numbers in Hungarian
What makes Hungarian numbers challenging
Hungarian is unrelated to any of its neighboring languages, making its number words completely unfamiliar to speakers of Germanic, Romance, or Slavic languages. The vowel harmony system means suffixes change their vowels to match the word they attach to. Special people-counting forms (négyen, öten, hatan) are used when saying how many people are in a group. While the decimal system is logical, the agglutinative word formation means numbers can have many suffixed forms.
Tips for learning Hungarian numbers
Hungarian numbers are refreshingly regular once you learn the base digits and tens — focus on these first. The agglutinative patterns are consistent, so learning the system of suffixes pays off across all numbers. Practice with prices at Hungarian markets and restaurants. The people-counting forms (hárman = 'three of us') are commonly heard in everyday conversation. Hungarian pronunciation is consistent — what you see is what you say.