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niggun

niggun is the alternative form of nigun.

Meaning of nigun

Noun

nigun (plural niguns or nigunim)

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

Forms of niggun

pluralnigguns
pluralniggunim

Questions about niggun

What is niggun the alternative form of?
Niggun is the alternative form of nigun.

Words near niggun in the dictionary

  1. niggro
  2. niggros
  3. nigguh
  4. nigguhs
  5. nigguhz
  6. niggun
  7. niggunim
  8. nigguns
  9. nigguz
  10. niggy
  11. nigh

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Adapted from Wiktionary: niggun (page history and authors); nigun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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