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Dreidel in Hebrew is סְבִיבוֹן (s'vivón).

Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.

סְבִיבוֹן
s'vivón
noun · masculine
In English

dreidel

/ˈdɹeɪdl̩/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with D

These are the Hebrew words for dreidel as a noun.

four-sided spinning top

  • סְבִיבוֹןסביבוןs'vivónmasculine

This is more about the Hebrew word סְבִיבוֹן.

Written with vowel points
סְבִיבוֹן
Written without vowel points
סביבון
Said
s'vivón
Plural
סְבִיבוֹנִים
Its meanings in English
dreidel, A spinning top, A Hanukkah dreidel

These English words share a Hebrew word with dreidel.

These words come before and after dreidel in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨dreidel⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨dreidel⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨dreidel⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨סְבִיבוֹן⁩, said s'vivón. Without vowel points it is written ⁨סביבון⁩. Its plural is ⁨סְבִיבוֹנִים⁩.

Is ⁨סביבון⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨סביבון⁩ is masculine.

What else does ⁨סביבון⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨dreidel⁩, ⁨סביבון⁩ can mean ⁨A spinning top and A Hanukkah dreidel⁩.

How is ⁨dreidel⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨dreidel⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˈdɹeɪdl̩/⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry dreidel and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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