In the introduction to the study 3 detailed maps demonstrate accurate cartographical data on the German population and the area covered by its dialects in the area. In the introduction the reader will also find information about the structure and historical development of Hungarian place names. The author goes on to expound the fundamental differences between the two linguistic systems, i.e. the differences between the German and Hungarian dialects, as well as the regularities resulting from the differences that can be detected in the borrowing and integration of settlement names. He also points out parallels which can be observed in the German settlers’dialect of provenance This is followed by the detailed typological description of the place names which reflect the various dialectal systems.

The structure of the dicionary entries is based on the fact that the German dialectal versions of the place names originate from the earlier existing Hungarian ones. That is why the headwords are given in their official present-day Hungarian forms. A headword is followed by its phonetic transcription and the geographical location of the settlement in question. If the settlement has a considerable German population, the important data on the etymology of the Hungarian place name are also given or modified in a few cases. What follows is the description of the German dialectal place names, their nominal and adjectival forms. Samples taken from the given dialect are represented by nicknames and mockery rhymes characteristic of the place itself with the interpretation of the name by folk etymology, all this in strict phonetic transcription.

What can be seen as a novelty of the work is a constant and consistent reference to the way the place names are used by local inhabitants and those of the neighbouring settlements. There are 207 maps attached to show the wide range of German dialectal oikonym varieties with their approximately 17,000 different forms, which are true reflections of how rich this German dialect-isolate is, in which almost every southern and middle German dialect can be found. What makes the collection even more valuable is the statistical data on the number of inhabitants with their ethnic and religious affiliations.