Voodoo
German, noun/ˈvuːdu/
Voodoo is spelled V-O-O-D-O-O (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voodoo is a German masculine noun meaning “voodoo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ursprünglich aus Westafrika stammender und insbesondere auf Haiti praktizierter, synkretistischer Kult, der…”.
What does Voodoo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneutervoodoo
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ursprünglich aus Westafrika stammender und insbesondere auf Haiti praktizierter, synkretistischer Kult, der mit katholischen Elementen durchsetzt ist
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 Voodoo
- Voudou alternative
- Wudu alternative
- Wodu variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Voodoo?
- /ˈvuːdu/
- /ˈvuːˌduː/
- [ˈvuːdu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Voodoo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Voodoo in German?
Voodoo appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).