forintban

Forintban is a Hungarian adverbial form derived from the noun forint, the currency of Hungary. It is used to indicate that a value is expressed in Hungarian forints and is common in financial, contractual, and accounting language as well as in everyday speech when clarity about the currency is required.

In practice, forintban functions as a unit indicator for amounts. It is used with numerals to express the size of sums, prices, or budgets in forints. Examples include sentences like: Az ár forintban van megadva, A jegy ára 2 000 forintban van feltüntetve, or A projekt költségvetése 1,5 millió forintban van meghatározva. In formal writing, the phrase helps distinguish the currency from other possible units, such as euros or dollars.

The construction is analogous to other currency-specific forms in Hungarian, such as euroban or dollárban. While forintban is standard in contexts requiring explicit currency information, everyday speech often omits the explicit marker and simply uses the amount in forints, e.g., 2 000 forint.

Historically, the term reflects Hungary’s monetary system, where the forint has been the official currency since 1946. In modern usage, forintban appears in official documents, invoices, price lists, and economic reporting to ensure that figures are clearly understood as being in Hungarian forints. See also forint, Hungarian forint, currency expressions.