Walküre in German

IPA: /valˈkyːʁə/, /ˈvalˌkyːʁə/ Audio: De-Walküre.ogg

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Etymology: 18th century, from Old Norse valkyrja (“chooser of the slain”), from valr (“the slain”) + kyrja (“chooser”), from kjósa (“to choose”). The first element is related with native German Walstatt, the latter with Kür. Etymology templates: {{root|de|ine-pro|*welh₃-|*ǵews-}}, {{bor|de|non|valkyrja|t=chooser of the slain}} Old Norse valkyrja (“chooser of the slain”), {{m+|de|Walstatt}} German Walstatt Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Walküre f (genitive Walküre, plural Walküren) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Walküre [genitive], Walküren [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Walküre [nominative, singular], Walküren [definite, nominative, plural], Walküre [genitive, singular], Walküren [definite, genitive, plural], Walküre [dative, singular], Walküren [dative, definite, plural], Walküre [accusative, singular], Walküren [accusative, definite, plural]

Inflected forms

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"Walküre" meaning in German

Noun

Inflected forms