overwordExplorer
NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

voodoo.

voodoo; a Haitian and Caribbean religion combining elements of West African religions with Catholicism

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/¹ʋuː.du/[ˈʋùː.dǔ]
  1. voodoo; a Haitian and Caribbean religion combining elements of West African religions with Catholicism

    masculine
    Voodoo har en viktig plass i haitisk historie og kultur.
  2. magic, sorcery; black magic; by extension, something regarded as irrational, mysterious, or supposedly supernatural

    masculine
    Han avfeide hele teorien som ren voodoo.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from American English voodoo, from Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole Vodou, ultimately from a West African language, perhaps Ewe vódũ (“deity, idol”), Fon vòdún (“fetish”), or Kwa vodũ. First attested before 1971. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk voodoo, Danish voodoo, Swedish voodoo, Finnish voodoo, Dutch voodoo, German Voodoo and Polish voodoo (“voodoo”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

voodoo has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

voodoo studiovoodoo workshello, voodoo

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.