English Explanatory Dictionary

Nibelung

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a supernatural underground race that guarded treasures and gold searched for and eventually seized by Siegfried.

Word forms

Nibelung Nibelungs Nibelungen

Etymology

From German Nibelung, a singular form corresponding to the plural Nibelungen; from Old High German nibel (“mist”) + the patronymic ending -ung, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nebulaz + *-ungō.

Related words

Nibelungenlied Rheingold
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