Wudu
German, noun/vuˈduː/
Wudu is spelled W-U-D-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written German, the 412,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wudu is a German neuter noun meaning “wudu, abdest (washing required after minor ritual impurity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ursprünglich aus Westafrika stammender und insbesondere auf Haiti praktizierter, synkretistischer Kult, der…”.
What does Wudu mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterwudu, abdest (washing required after minor ritual impurity)
- 2
neuterwudu (state of purity achieved by this)
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 Wudu
- Wudus genitive
- Voodoo alternative
- Voudou variant
- Wodu variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wudu?
- /vuˈduː/
- [ˈvuːdu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wudu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wudu in German?
Wudu appears about once in every 47 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).