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niflheim

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
ni-fl-heim
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

In Germanic and Norse cosmology, the Norse underworld, location of the domain Hel and of the realm of Hel, the goddess of the dead.

Etymology

From Old Norse Niflheimr (literally “world of mist”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nibilaz (“dark, misty”), from *nebulaz (“fog, mist, darkness”) + *haimaz (“home, house, village”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Niflheimr, *nibilaz

Frequently Paired Words

Álfheimr Asgard Jötunheimr Midgard Múspellsheimr Niðavellir Svartálfaheimr Vanaheimr

Questions

What does niflheim mean?
In Germanic and Norse cosmology, the Norse underworld, location of the domain Hel and of the realm of Hel, the goddess of the dead.
Where does niflheim come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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