How are Hungarian numbers written as words?

Hungarian builds compound number words: egy (1), tíz (10), száz (100), ezer (1000), millió (1,000,000). Smaller parts are written joined together, e.g. kétszázharmincnégy = 234. The currency word forint is added after the number.

When is a hyphen used?

Hungarian spelling rules require a hyphen at the thousands boundary for numbers above 2000 that are not round thousands. So 2000 is kétezer (no hyphen) but 2001 is kétezer-egy and 1234 is ezerkétszázharmincnégy (under 2000, no hyphen).

What about fillér, the subunit?

The fillér (1/100 forint) was withdrawn from circulation in 1999 and is effectively obsolete. Prices and accounting use whole forints, so this tool spells whole-forint amounts only.

Why is 1000 'ezer' but 2000 'kétezer'?

One thousand is simply ezer (the egy is dropped), like 'a thousand' in English. From two thousand onward the multiplier is spoken: kétezer, háromezer, and so on. The same drop happens with száz: 100 is száz, 200 is kétszáz.

Does it handle millions and billions?

Yes. It supports millió (10^6) and milliárd (10^9), composing the higher groups the same way, e.g. 1 000 000 → egymillió and 2 500 000 → kétmillió-ötszázezer.

Hungarian Currency in Words

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This tool converts a Hungarian forint (HUF) amount into its written-out Hungarian words, following standard number-spelling rules including the hyphen-at-thousands rule. It then appends the currency word forint.

How it works

Hungarian numerals are built from a small set of roots:

0 nulla   1 egy   2 kettő/két   3 három   4 négy   5 öt
6 hat     7 hét   8 nyolc       9 kilenc  10 tíz   20 húsz
100 száz  1000 ezer  10^6 millió  10^9 milliárd

Numbers are composed by concatenation: 234 = kétszázharmincnégy (két·száz·harminc·négy). As in English, the multiplier one is dropped before száz and ezer — so 100 is száz and 1000 is ezer, while 200 is kétszáz and 2000 is kétezer. Before a noun-like position the form két is used instead of kettő (e.g. kétszáz, not kettőszáz).

The hyphen rule

Hungarian orthography hyphenates large numbers at the thousands boundary when the value is above 2000 and not a round thousand. So:

1234 → ezerkétszázharmincnégy (under 2000 → written solid)
2000 → kétezer (round thousand → no hyphen)
2001 → kétezer-egy (above 2000 → hyphen at the thousands break)
1 234 567 → egymillió-kétszázharmincnégyezer-ötszázhatvanhét

The algorithm splits the number into groups of millions/thousands/units, spells each group, joins the lower three-digit groups, and inserts hyphens at each group boundary when the overall value exceeds 2000.

Notes

The fillér subunit (1/100 forint) was demonetised in 1999, so amounts are whole forints and no decimal part is spelled. Everything is computed in your browser — nothing is sent anywhere.