nigun

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English

Noun

nigun (plural nigunim)

  1. A type of Ashkenazi Jewish worship song.
    • 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 95:
      The Rebbe approached the bima and before responding, sang a nigun that was filled with intense dveykut.

Old Saxon

Old Saxon cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : nigun

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *neun.

Numeral

nigun

  1. nine

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: negen