Here are some useful translations from Hungarian (Magyar), for pre-union town names and
terms
encountered in the postal service. More extensive lists are given in [H1], [H2] and
especially [H6].
| Hungarian | English | German |
| noon | mittag | |
| evening | abend | |
| fort | festung | |
| border | grenze | |
| monastery | kloster | |
| market | markt | |
| district | kreis | |
| east | ost | |
| ajánlott | registred | einschreiben, recommandiert |
| al, alsó | lower | unter, nieder |
| aranyos | golden | golden |
| bal | left | links |
| bánya | mine (minerals) | bergwerk |
| bélyeg | stamp | briefmarke |
| bélyegzň | postmark | stempel |
| bérment | paid | frankiert |
| cím, czím | address | adresse, anschrift |
| cseh | Czech | |
| dél, déli | south | süd |
| délelňtt | morning | früh |
| dolni | lower | unter |
| Duna | Danube River | Donau |
| egyház | church, community | kirche, gemeinde |
| elů | ||
| erdň | forest | wald |
| észak | north | nord |
| falu, falva | village | dorf |
| fehér, fejér | white | weiss |
| fekete | black | schwarz |
| feladó | sender | absender |
| felsň | upper | ober |
| fürdň | spa, bath | bad |
| hadifogoly | prisoner of war | kriegsgefangener |
| ház | house | haus |
| háza | home | |
| hegy | mountain | berg |
| hely | place | |
| hid | bridge | brücke |
| hírlap, újság | newspaper | zeitung |
| hosszú | long | lang |
| kék | blue | blau |
| kereszt | cross | kreuz |
| király | king | könig |
| kis | little | klein |
| kň | stone | stein |
| közép | central | |
| kút | well | Brunnen |
| légiposta | airmail | flugpost, luftpost |
| lengyel | Polish | |
| levél | letter | brief |
| levelezo%%lap | postcard | postkarte |
| magyar | Hungarian | ungarisch |
| mali | little | klein |
| megye | comitat | |
| mezň | field | feld |
| mozgóposta | travelling post office | fahrende post |
| nagy | great, large | gro\b |
| nemes | noble | adelig |
| német | German | Deutsch |
| novi | new | neu |
| nyomtatvány | printed matter | drucksache |
| nyugat | west | west |
| ó | old | alt |
| oláh | Romanian (Wallachian) | Rumänisch |
| pályaudvar | railway station | bahnhof |
| patak | creek | bach |
| per | over | ober |
| piros | red | rot |
| postahivital | post office | postamt |
| rét | meadow | wiese |
| réz | copper | kupfer |
| sós | salty | salzig |
| sárga | yellow | gelb |
| stara | old | alt |
| sürgöny | telegram | telegramm |
| szabad | free | frei |
| szász | Saxon | Sachsen |
| szék | seat | stuhl |
| szent | saint | heilig |
| szép | nice, beautiful | schön |
| sziget | island | insel |
| Szombat | Saturday | Samstag |
| tábori posta | field post | feldpost |
| távírda | telegraph | telegraf |
| telek, telke | ||
| tó | lake | see |
| tót | Slovak | |
| török | Turkish | Türkisch |
| új | new | neu |
| újság | newspaper | zeitung |
| újváros | new town | neustadt |
| út | way | weg |
| vár, várad | castle, (small) town | festung, burg |
| vármegye | county | comitat |
| város | (large) town, city | stadt |
| vásár(hely) | market(place) | markt |
| vaspálya, vasut | railway | eisenbahn |
| velki | great | gross |
| völgy | valley | tal |
| vörös | red | rot |
| zöld | green | grün |
| egy | one | ein |
| kettň | two | zwei |
| három | three | drei |
| négy | four | vier |
| öt | five | fünf |
| hat | six | sechs |
| hét | seven | sieben |
| nyolc | eight | acht |
| kilenc | nine | neun |
| tiz | ten | zehn |
| száz | hundred | hundert |
| ezer | thousand | tausend |