Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frigg

/fɹɪɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
frigg
IPA
/fɹɪɡ/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The wife of Odin, and the Norse/Germanic goddess of married love, the heavens, home and hearth, after whom Friday is named (due to her being identified with Venus).

Etymology

From Old Norse Frigg, from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Cognate with the native Old English Frīġ. Doublet of Priya.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *preyH-, Frigg, *Frijjō

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Questions

How do you pronounce frigg?
The recorded pronunciation is /fɹɪɡ/.
What does frigg mean?
The wife of Odin, and the Norse/Germanic goddess of married love, the heavens, home and hearth, after whom Friday is named (due to her being identified with Venus).
Where does frigg come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce frigg

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