lorelei
/ˈlɔːɹəlaɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from German.
Example Sentences
- "We grew silly, tongue-tied, said foolish things we did not mean to say, shoved one another about in the boat, and finally overturned it. The loreleis laughed musical little laughs."
- "She was like a mermaid, an isolated creature that lives in fulfillment of its own senses; she lured me on, she was the lorelei of the gleaming river of traffic with its million, brilliant eyes that intermittently flowed between us."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Lorelei