Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nosferatu

/ˌnɒsfəˈɹɑːtuː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: nos-fer-atu
IPA: /ˌnɒsfəˈɹɑːtuː/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Nosferatu.

Example Sentences

""Friend Arthur, if you had met that kiss [...] you would in time, when you had died, have become nosferatu, as they call it in Eastern Europe, and would all time make more of those Un-Deads that so have filled us with horror.""
"Those of us who have dabbled much in the lore of the nosferatu tend to think of them as imaginative creations of the German and English Romantics, and not without reason."
"While it may have been capable of flight, it almost certainly spent its time on Hateg crawling about on its wrists, with its great leathery wings folded over its body like a shroud. A gigantic kind of Nosferatu comes to mind."

Etymology

Possibly from a Romanian word for vampire (cf. nesuferit). The term achieved popular currency through Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula and F. W. Murnau's 1922 German film Nosferatu. See also: Wikipedia's article on the etymology of the word (and the references there).

Word Breakdown

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Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌnɒsfəˈɹɑːtuː/

Phrases

Nosferatu spider

Questions

How do you pronounce nosferatu?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌnɒsfəˈɹɑːtuː/.
What does nosferatu mean?: A vampire.
Where does nosferatu come from?: Possibly from a Romanian word for vampire (cf. nesuferit). The term achieved popular currency through Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula and F. W. Murnau's 1922 German film Nosferatu. See also: Wikipedia's article on the etymology of the word (and the references there).

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