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Nightmare in Hebrew is סִיּוּט (siyút).

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

סִיּוּט
siyút
noun · masculine
Recording by YaronSh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons.
In English

nightmare

/ˈnaɪt.mɛə/ /ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with N

These are the Hebrew words for nightmare as a noun.

dream

This is more about the Hebrew word סִיּוּט.

Written with vowel points
סִיּוּט
Written without vowel points
סיוט
Said
siyút
Plural
סִיּוּטִים

The Hebrew dictionary's page for סיוט, with its synonyms and rhymes

These English words share a Hebrew word with nightmare.

These words come before and after nightmare in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨nightmare⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨nightmare⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨nightmare⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨סִיּוּט⁩, said siyút. Without vowel points it is written ⁨סיוט⁩. Its plural is ⁨סִיּוּטִים⁩.

Is ⁨סיוט⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨סיוט⁩ is masculine.

How is ⁨nightmare⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨nightmare⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˈnaɪt.mɛə/, /ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry nightmare 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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