Nebuchadnezzar
/ˌnɛbəkədˈnɛzɚ/noun
Nebuchadnezzar is spelled N-E-B-U-C-H-A-D-N-E-Z-Z-A-R: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Nebuchadnezzar means “A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 15 liters, equivalent to 20 standard bottles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Nebuchadnezzar is Nebuchadnezzars.
How many letters and syllables are in Nebuchadnezzar?
| Letters | 14: N-E-B-U-C-H-A-D-N-E-Z-Z-A-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 53,573rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is Nebuchadnezzar?
Nebuchadnezzar appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd 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 Nebuchadnezzar?
- UK /ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzə/
- US /ˌnɛbəkədˈnɛzɚ/
- US /ˌnɛbəkəˈnɛzɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Nebuchadnezzar.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Nebuchadnezzar
- Nebuchadnezzars plural
- Nabuchodonosor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Nebuchadnezzar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 15 liters, equivalent to 20 standard bottles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Nebuchadnezzar come from?
Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏneʾṣṣár), a corruption of earlier נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏreʾṣṣár), from Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒃻𒁺𒋀 (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, “Nabu protect my heir”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).