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Nosferatu^¹

/ˌnɒsfəˈɹɑːtuː/ UK

Where it comes from

Possibly from a Romanian word for vampire (cf. nesuferit). The term achieved popular currency through Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula and F. W. Murnau's 1922 German film Nosferatu. See also: Wikipedia's article on the etymology of the word (and the references there).

noun Nosferatu

A vampire. "Friend Arthur, if you had met that kiss [...] you would in time, when you had died, have become nosferatu, as they call it in Eastern Europe, and would all time make more of those Un-Deads that so have filled us with horror."

nosferatu^²

noun nosferatu

Alternative letter-case form of Nosferatu

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"nosferatu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nosferatu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{nosferatu_2026,
  title = {nosferatu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nosferatu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}