jotun
jo·tun/ˈjəʊtʊn/noun
jotun is spelled J-O-T-U-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables (jo·tun). It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jotun means “A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jotun is jotuns or jötnar.
How many letters and syllables are in jotun?
| Letters | 5: J-O-T-U-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: jo·tun |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is jotun?
Jotun appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jotun?
- UK /ˈjəʊtʊn/
- UK /ˈjoʊtʊn/
- UK /ˈjoʊtən/
Jotun has 2 syllables, split jo·tun in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jotun.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jotun?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as jotun (/əʊtʊn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: junto.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of jotun
- jotuns plural
- jötnar plural
- jötun
- jotunn
- jötunn
- jötuns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jotun mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.
When Odin was still young – before he had hanged himself on Yggdrasil and drunk from the Well of Wisdom – his eyes had fallen on a jotun named Loki.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of jotun.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of jotun.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of jötun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jotun in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense member of a race of giants:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Jötunn |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does jotun come from?
Learned borrowing from Old Norse jǫtunn, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant”). Doublet of ettin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).