If you work for an international company, sign contracts with a foreign partner, or end up in a cross-border dispute, having legal protection's vocabulary in three languages comes in handy. Here's the mini-dictionary – with a Hungarian, an English and a German column. The same concepts live on in this site's English and German mirrors, so the dictionary also works as the site's own "translation key".
- Jogvédelmi biztosítás is legal expenses insurance in English, and Rechtsschutzversicherung in German.
- The table covers the 20 most important terms – the definitions are in the glossary.
- For disputes abroad, the territorial scope article is the related read.
The dictionary
| Magyar | English | Deutsch |
|---|---|---|
| jogvédelmi biztosítás | legal expenses insurance | Rechtsschutzversicherung |
| jogvita | legal dispute | Rechtsstreit |
| jogi segítségnyújtás | legal assistance | Rechtsbeistand |
| jogi tanácsadás-vonal | legal advice helpline | telefonische Rechtsberatung |
| várakozási idő | waiting period | Wartezeit |
| fedezeti limit / biztosítási összeg | cover limit | Deckungssumme |
| önrész | deductible | Selbstbeteiligung |
| kizárás | exclusion | Ausschluss |
| kilátásosság-vizsgálat | prospects assessment | Prüfung der Erfolgsaussicht |
| szabad ügyvédválasztás | free choice of lawyer | freie Anwaltswahl |
| munkajogi jogvédelem | employment legal protection | Arbeitsrechtsschutz |
| közlekedési jogvédelem | motoring legal protection | Verkehrsrechtsschutz |
| szerződéses jogvédelem | contract legal protection | Vertragsrechtsschutz |
| kárigény-érvényesítés | claims enforcement | Schadenersatz-Rechtsschutz |
| jogeset (bejelentett ügy) | legal protection claim | Rechtsschutzfall |
| ügyvédi munkadíj | lawyer's fees | Anwaltskosten |
| eljárási költségek | court and procedural costs | Gerichts- und Verfahrenskosten |
| szakértői díj | expert's fees | Sachverständigenkosten |
| területi hatály | territorial scope | örtlicher Geltungsbereich |
| kockázatviselés kezdete | start of cover | Versicherungsbeginn |
The translations follow accepted professional usage; individual insurers' policy terms may use different terminology.
When is this useful?
When you're reading international HR materials, interpreting a foreign insurance document, or in a cross-border dispute – and whenever you'd send a link to a colleague or family member who uses this site's English or German mirror. The definitions themselves live in the glossary – the mini-dictionary is the bridge to them.
Good to know: a linguistic word of caution behind this dictionary
One important usage note belongs alongside this trilingual table. Legal and insurance terminology isn't friendly territory for word-for-word translation: behind the English legal expenses insurance and the German Rechtsschutzversicherung sit different product traditions, regulatory environments and market customs from country to country. A German Rechtsschutz policy's Wartezeit rule can differ in substance from a Hungarian várakozási idő clause – the word is the same, the details aren't. So this dictionary is for what every good dictionary is for: starting your understanding, not settling a legal interpretation. When you're interpreting a foreign document, the translation key is step one – step two is reading the actual policy-term text, and if there's something at stake, getting proper help: the advice line for general questions, and a specialist qualified in the relevant country's law for interpreting the document itself. Language skills are the gateway – expertise is the bridge.
One last practical tip: you can filter the table's rows in a flash with your browser's search function (Ctrl+F / Cmd+F) – so while reading a foreign document, the term you're looking for is seconds away. And if you come across a technical term that's missing here, do let us know: this dictionary – like the whole Insights library – grows from readers' questions. The goal is that a language barrier should never become a decision barrier: a German-language offer or an English-language company policy should be just as readable with confidence as a Hungarian policy document.
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