Hungarian is the official language of Hungary and one of the European Union's 24 official languages. More than 12 million people speak it, and it belongs to the Uralic family, along with Finnish and Estonian. Hungarian has about 18 noun cases, which are endings that do the job of words like "in" and "on" in English. Babbel and Busuu do not teach it, and few apps give you Hungarian to read and listen to once you know the basics.
Here are the apps and services that teach Hungarian, grouped by what they help you do. You can start with one and add another when you need it.
Custom Lessons Made for You
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Hungarian. You learn from Hungarian you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Bubblegum builds Hungarian lessons around your own life. Tell Poppy, your AI tutor, what you want to learn. She writes lessons for your level and helps you understand the words and grammar. You can read and listen, and ask her about anything that is unclear. News and stories give you more Hungarian to read about music, food, family, and other things you care about.
The trade-off is that Bubblegum is not a person to talk with. For audio lessons with recorded speakers, Pimsleur and Mango are the better fit. For a fixed course, try Duolingo, and for conversation, try the apps in Learn With People.
- Lessons fit your level, interests, and goals.
- Read and listen to news and stories in Hungarian about things you care about.
- Ask Poppy about a sentence while you read.
- Regenerative Review™ brings saved words back in new lessons, so you review them by reading instead of using flashcards.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- You cannot import your own books or articles.
- A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn.
- Regenerative Review™
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Follow a Hungarian Course
If you want someone to choose what comes next, start here. These apps give you an ordered path through Hungarian words and sentences.
Duolingo
Duolingo has a Hungarian course for English speakers. It is a good way to start learning words and sentences. Many learners add a grammar guide or a tutor when they want more explanation of the endings.
- A free Hungarian course for English speakers, with lessons that take a few minutes.
- Practice reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
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Mango Languages
Mango Languages teaches Hungarian through everyday conversations, then works outward from them. Check your local library first, since many libraries include Mango.
- Each lesson opens with a conversation between native speakers.
- Grammar and culture notes, and a voice comparison tool to check your accent.
- Flashcards
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Mondly
Mondly groups short exercises around situations such as shopping, travel, and meeting people. You hear a conversation and practice speaking, reading, and listening.
- Practice words and conversations by topic.
- Speech recognition and verb tables help you practice.
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Practice Speaking and Listening
Pimsleur
Pimsleur suits learners who want to start speaking before they read much. You will need something else after the 30 lessons.
- 30 audio lessons of about 30 minutes each, where you answer out loud.
- Reading lessons and 300 digital flash cards come with the audio.
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Glossika
Glossika builds Hungarian through full sentences that you hear and repeat, so you meet the endings inside real sentences. You can take a placement test or start from zero. It suits learners who want a lot of listening practice.
- More than 5,000 words, from A1 to C1.
- Practice with full sentences, or switch to a listening-only mode.
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HungarianPod101
HungarianPod101 lets you study through short recordings and lesson notes. Choose a lesson pathway and work through it at your own pace.
- Audio and video lessons taught by real teachers.
- Lesson notes explain the words and grammar in each dialogue.
- Flashcards
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Build Vocabulary
Memrise
Memrise offers Hungarian vocabulary practice through community word lists on its website and mobile app. You can look for a topic that fits your goal or collect your own words. This differs from the older Community Courses website.
- Choose Hungarian word lists made by other learners.
- Make a list of your own words to practice.
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Drops
Drops teaches Hungarian words through short, illustrated games. Sessions are about five minutes long.
- More than 2,300 Hungarian words, each with a picture.
- Review the words you have learned in the Review Dojo.
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uTalk
uTalk helps you learn Hungarian words through short lessons and memory games. Its reviews focus on the words you get wrong.
- More than 2,500 everyday words and phrases across more than 60 topics.
- Every word is recorded by a Hungarian speaker, and you can record yourself to compare.
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Clozemaster
Clozemaster shows a Hungarian sentence with one word missing, and you pick or type the missing word. Its collections go from the 100 most common Hungarian words to more than 50,000.
- Learn Hungarian words inside real sentences, starting with the most common words.
- Sentences come back for review right before you would forget them.
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Read and Listen to Hungarian
LingQ
LingQ lets you read and listen to Hungarian lessons and save the words you look up. Pick a lesson at your level from its library, or start with the Mini Stories if you are new to Hungarian.
- LingQ Mini Stories give beginners more than 60 short lessons that repeat basic Hungarian patterns.
- A free library of Hungarian lessons to read and listen to.
- Flashcards
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For more Hungarian you can read, watch, and listen to at your level, see our Hungarian comprehensible input comparison.
Learn With People
Choose a tutor if you want teaching and correction. Choose a language exchange if you want a practice partner and are happy to help with English in return.
italki
italki has Hungarian tutors who are professional teachers and community tutors. You can read each tutor's profile, see the price of a trial lesson, and book a trial first.
- Choose a Hungarian tutor and book lessons around your schedule.
- Some tutors help you prepare for the Hungarian citizenship interview.
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Preply
Preply lists Hungarian tutors. Read profiles and reviews to find a tutor who fits your level and goals.
- Compare tutors by profile, reviews, and price.
- Separate tutor lists for beginners, adults, and kids.
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HelloTalk
HelloTalk has a page for finding Hungarian language partners. In its timed exchange calls, each of you gets equal time to practice.
- Meet Hungarian speakers who want to practice your language with you.
- Practice with text, voice, and video.
- Partners are volunteers and may not be trained teachers.
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More Ways to Learn Hungarian
Beyond apps, learners use a few other resources. Hungarian Reference is a grammar guide written with English speakers in mind, with a page for each noun ending. Easy Hungarian has short texts and magazine articles at levels A2 and B1, many with audio, and its YouTube channel posts short videos and weekly easy readers. Live Lingua hosts the FSI Hungarian Basic Course, a US Foreign Service Institute course with ebooks and audio. When you can read simple articles, Telex publishes Hungarian news that is free to read.
Learn Hungarian in Your Language
These counts cover menu-language choices, including script variants. Other apps’ counts and full lists come from their iPhone listings. Lesson explanations and other platforms may differ.
| App | Supported Display Languages | Full List |
|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | 74 | Full list
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| Duolingo | 32 | Full list |
| Mango Languages | 2 | Full list |
| Pimsleur | 3 | Full list |
| Glossika | 2 | Full list |
| Drops | 16 | Full list |
| uTalk | 1 | Full list |
| Clozemaster | 37 | Full list |
| LingQ | 17 | Full list |
| italki | 19 | Full list |
| Preply | 19 | Full list |
| HelloTalk | 16 | Full list |
| HungarianPod101 | 1 | Full list |
| Mondly | 32 | Full list |
| Memrise | 22 | Full list |
Other Apps We Looked At (12)
- LingShort lessons with audio recorded by native Hungarian speakers, grammar tips, and chatbot dialogues, from beginner to advanced.
- ReadlangRead Hungarian articles and web pages, and click any word to see what it means.
- TandemA language exchange app that lists Hungarian and has partner pages for Budapest, Debrecen, and Szeged.
- TalkpalAn AI tutor for Hungarian conversation, with speech recognition feedback, flashcards, and word games.
- The LanguagesA free Hungarian course with 88 interactive lessons, 22 graded stories, vocabulary games, and flashcards with audio.
- LingoHut125 online Hungarian vocabulary lessons that need no earlier knowledge of the language.
- Learn Hungarian Hello-HelloA Hungarian course app made with language teaching professionals.
- Learn Hungarian AnywherePrivate and group lessons, a podcast, a YouTube channel, and a free e-book for Hungarian learners.
- Magyar IskolaGroup and private Hungarian courses in Budapest or online.
- Balassi InstituteAccredited Hungarian courses for students from more than 40 countries.
- Debrecen Summer SchoolHungarian courses from beginner to advanced, in a classroom or online, from a school that has taught Hungarian since 1927.
- SZTAKI Szótár and szotar.netOnline Hungarian-English dictionaries. szotar.net comes from Hungary's largest dictionary publisher and has phone apps.
Common Questions
Which Hungarian app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Hungarian, start with Bubblegum. Poppy writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or start with Duolingo if you want a free course, or Mango if your library offers it. Add Pimsleur if you want to speak from the start. Hungarian uses the Latin alphabet with a few extra letters, so you do not need to learn a new script first.
Can I learn Hungarian for free?
Yes. Duolingo's Hungarian course is free, and Live Lingua hosts the FSI Hungarian Basic Course for free, with 277 pages and more than 16 hours of audio in Volume 1 alone. Bubblegum's lesson library is free to read too.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn. It holds lessons that other learners asked Poppy for. A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- Constitute: Hungary's Constitution of 2011, Article H
- European Union: Languages, multilingualism, language rules
- Wikipedia: Hungarian language
- Britannica: Hungarian language
- Mango Languages: What are the hardest languages to learn?
- Babbel: Available languages
- Busuu: How many languages can I learn?
- Duolingo: Learn Hungarian
- Live Lingua: FSI Hungarian Basic Course (Volume 1)
- HungarianPod101: current iPhone listing
- Mondly: current iPhone listing
- Innovative Language: mobile app study tools
- Reddit: Hungarian learner experiences
- Memrise: Community Courses moved to a separate website
- Memrise: Hungarian community word lists in the current app
- Memrise: community word lists restored to current website and apps
- Bubblegum
- Mango Languages
- Mondly
- Pimsleur
- Glossika
- HungarianPod101
- Drops
- uTalk
- Clozemaster
- LingQ
- italki
- Preply
- HelloTalk
Checked on October 10, 2026 against each app's own pages.
