| 1LT | — | 1st Lieutant |
| 2LT | — | 2nd Lieutant |
| 3LT | — | 3rd Lieutant |
| AA | — | antiaircraft gun |
| AAMG | — | antiaircraft machine gun |
| AA | Armee-Abteilung | ad-hoc grouping of corps |
| AFV | — | armored fighting vehicle |
| AK | Armeekorps | Corps (German term) |
| Armd | — | armored |
| — | Armee | Army (German term) |
| AGr | Armeegruppe | group of armies of different nations (German term) |
| Art | — | artillery |
| — | Artillerie-Abteilung | artillery battalion (German term) |
| ATG | — | antitank gun |
| ATR | — | antitank rifle |
| BG | — | Border Guard |
| Bn | — | battalion |
| Brig | — | brigade |
| Brig Gen, BG | — | Brigadier General |
| Bty | — | battery |
| Cav | — | cavalry |
| CG | — | commanding general |
| C.I.C. | — | commander-in-chief |
| Co | — | company |
| CO | — | commanding officer |
| Col, COL | — | Colonel |
| C.O.S. | — | chief-of-staff |
| Cpt, CPT | — | Captain |
| Div | — | division |
| Er | eröd | fortess |
| ESC | — | Engineer Staff Corps |
| eü | egészségügyi | hospital |
| F | felderitö | reconnaissance / scout |
| Fld | — | field |
| — | Flaksturmregiment | Luftwaffe antiaircraft combat group (German term) |
| FÖV | Fövezérség | General Headquarters (GHQ) |
| föv közvk | fövezérség közvetlenek | GHQ troops |
| Geb | Gebirgs- | mountain (German term) |
| Gen | — | General |
| GHQ | — | General Headquarters |
| Gk | gépkocsizó | motorized, motor |
| Gr | Gruppe | Group (German term) |
| Gren | Grenadier | Infantry Inspectorate infantry (German term) |
| GSC | — | General Staff Corps |
| györs | ? | mobile |
| hdt | hadtest | Corps |
| HFP | Honvédség Föparancsnokság | Army High Command |
| HFPK | Magyar Király Honvédség Föparancsnoka | Commander-In-Chief |
| HGr | Heeresgruppe | Army Group (German term) |
| Hgy, Hgyv | Hegyes | mountain |
| H.M. | hadügy ministerium | Honvéd Ministry |
| HMG | — | heavy machine gun |
| H.O.C. | — | Hungarian Occupation Command |
| H.O.F. | — | Hungarian Occupation Forces |
| H.O.F.C. | — | Hungarian Occupation Forces Command |
| H.O.G. | — | Hungarian Occupation Group |
| — | Honvéd | private, homeland protection, homeland guard |
| — | honvédség, hadsereg | Hungarian army |
| Hqs | — | headquarters |
| hvéd | határvédelmi | border defense / guard |
| hvy | — | heavy |
| ind | — | independent |
| Inf | — | infantry |
| Inf | Infanterie | infantry (German term) |
| Jäg | Jäger | light infantry (German term) |
| k | könnyü | light |
| K.u.K. | Keiserliche und Königliche | Imperial and Royal (German term) |
| Kav | Kavallerie | cavalry (German term) |
| KG | Kampfgruppe | ad-hoc combat group (German term) |
| KIA | — | killed in action |
| kik | kiképzés | training |
| — | Korps-Abteilung | division-sized unit (German term) |
| L, Lov | lovasság | cavalry / rider |
| lei | leichte | light (German term) |
| LMG | — | light machine gun |
| Lt | — | light |
| Lt | — | Lieutenant |
| Lt Col, LTC | — | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Lt Gen, LTG | — | Lietenant General |
| LÜH | Légüyi Hivatal | Aviation Department |
| Maj, MAJ | — | Major |
| MALÉRT | Magyár Légiforgalmi Részvénytársaság | Hungarian national airline |
| med | — | medium |
| Maj Gen, MG | — | Major General |
| MG | — | machine gun |
| MIA | — | missing in action |
| MKHL | Magyar Királyi | Royal Hungarian Air Force |
| | Honvéd Légierö | |
| mot | — | motorized |
| Mtn | — | mountain |
| Mu | muntás | labor |
| mü | müszaki | engineers / technical troops |
| NCO | — | non-commissioned officer |
| ö | önálló | independent |
| OKH | Oberkommandov des Heeres | German Army High Command |
| OKW | Oberkommando der Wehrmacht | German Supreme Armed Forces Command (German term) |
| P.O.L. | — | petrol, oil, and lubricants |
| PzAbt | Panzer-Abteilung | tank battalion (German term) |
| Pc | pancelos | armored |
| pc gá | pancelosgépágyus | armored, self-proplled automatic AA/AT cannon |
| Pion | Pionier | Engineer (German term) |
| pk | panancsnok | command |
| Plt | — | platoon |
| Po | paotyázó | Border Police / border patrol |
| — | Polizei | Police (German term) |
| pót | pótkerek | replacement |
| Pz | Panzer | armored (German term) |
| PzA | Panzerarmee | Tank Army (German term) |
| PzG | Panzergruppe | Tank Group (German term) |
| Pz Gren, PzG | Panzergrenadier | motorized and armored infantry in mechanized units (German term) |
| PzG Div | Panzergrenadierdivision | motorized infantry division (German term) |
| PzJäg | Panzerjäger | antitank (German term) |
| PzK | Panzerkorps | Armored Corps (German term) |
| RAF | — | Royal Air Force |
| recon | — | reconnaissance |
| Res | — | reserve |
| Ret | — | retired |
| Repl | — | replacement |
| Rgt | — | regiment |
| s PzAbt | schwere Panzer-Abteilung | heavy tank battalion (German term) |
| Sich | Sicherungs- | security (line-of-communications) (German term) |
| SMG | — | sub-machine gun |
| SP'd | — | self-propelled |
| SS | Waffen-SS | German Nazi Party armed troops (not limited to German nationals) |
| — | Sturmbatterie | assault gun battery (German term) |
| StuGesch | Sturmgeschütz | assault gun (German term) |
| Sz | szerelvény | distribution point |
| Szé | Székely | Székels |
| Szt | Szent | Saint |
| táb | tábór | field |
| U | utász | sapper / pioneer / engineer |
| Verb | Verband | battalion-sized unit (German term) |
| vh | vegyiharc | smoke / chemical warfare |
| VKF | Vezérkari Fönökseg | Hungarian General Staff |
| vkf | vezérkari fönök | Chief-of-Staff |
| — | Volksgrenadier | infantry (German term) |
| — | vontáto | tractor / recovery unit |
| WIA | — | wounded in action |
