"Nibelung" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Nibelungs [plural], Nibelungen [plural]
Etymology: From German Nibelung, singular form corresponding to plural Nibelungen; from Old High German nibel (“mist”) + patronymic ending -ung, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nebulaz + *-ungō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Nibelung}} German Nibelung, {{m|de|Nibelungen}} Nibelungen, {{der|en|goh|nibel||mist}} Old High German nibel (“mist”), {{m|goh|-ung}} -ung, {{der|en|gem-pro|*nebulaz}} Proto-Germanic *nebulaz, {{m|gem-pro|*-ungō}} *-ungō Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Nibelungen}} Nibelung (plural Nibelungs or Nibelungen)
  1. (Germanic mythology) A member of a supernatural underground race that guarded treasures and gold searched for and eventually seized by Siegfried. Tags: Germanic Categories (topical): Mythology Related terms: Nibelungenlied, Rhine gold Translations (member of an underground, treasure-guarding race in Germanic mythology): 尼伯龙人 (Chinese Mandarin), Neveling [masculine] (Dutch), Nibelung [masculine] (German), निबेलुंग (nibeluṅga) [masculine] (Marathi), nibelungo [masculine] (Portuguese), nibelungo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Nibelung-en-noun-eBz3pYLO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Inflected forms

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