Dibbuk
German, noun/ˈdɪbʊk/
Dibbuk is spelled D-I-B-B-U-K (6 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dibbuk is a German masculine noun meaning “dybbuk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Seele einer sündigen Person, die nach deren Tod einen lebenden Menschen befällt, um vor den Verfolgungen…”.
What does Dibbuk mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedybbuk
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Seele einer sündigen Person, die nach deren Tod einen lebenden Menschen befällt, um vor den Verfolgungen böser Geister (Dämonen) ewige Ruhe zu finden, was dazu führt, dass sie mitunter selbst als böser Geist wahrgenommen wird und der betreffende Mensch als „besessen“ erscheint
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Dibbuk
- Dibbuks genitive
- Dybbuk alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dibbuk?
- /ˈdɪbʊk/
- [ˈdɪbʊk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dibbuk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dibbuk in German?
Dibbuk appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).