Jupiter

de-proper noun

Jupiter m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jupiters or Jupiter)

Jupiters (genitive)
Jupiter (genitive)
Jupiter (nominative singular)
Jupiters (genitive singular)
Jupiter (genitive singular)
Jupiter (dative singular)
Jupiter (accusative singular)

Learned borrowing from Latin Iūpiter (“Jupiter”).

Pluto

traditionally; by the IAU founded in 1919 only till 2006


Paris

de-proper noun

Paris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Paris' or (learned) Paridis or (with an article) Paris)

Paris' (genitive)
Paridis (genitive literary)
Paris (genitive)

From Latin Paris, from Ancient Greek Πάρις (Páris).


Nike

Nike f (proper noun, genitive Nike or (without the article) Nikes)

Nike (genitive)
Nikes (genitive)
Nike (nominative singular)
Nike (genitive singular)
Nikes (genitive singular)
Nike (dative singular)
Nike (accusative singular)

From Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”).


Saturn

Saturn m (proper noun, strong, genitive Saturns or Saturn)

Saturns (genitive)
Saturn (genitive)
Saturn (nominative singular)
Saturns (genitive singular)
Saturn (genitive singular)
Saturn (dative singular)
Saturn (accusative singular)


Thor

Thor m (proper noun, strong, genitive Thors)

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. Doublet of Donar, itself a learned borrowing from Old High German.

(Norse mythology) Thor, a hammer-wielding god in Norse mythology


Pluto

Pluto m (proper noun, strong, genitive Plutos or Pluto)

Plutos (genitive)
Pluto (genitive)
Pluto (nominative singular)
Plutos (genitive singular)
Pluto (genitive singular)
Pluto (dative singular)
Pluto (accusative singular)

Learned borrowing from Latin Plūtō, Plūtōn, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”).

der

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Pluto


Uranus

de-proper noun

Uranus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Uranus)


Löwe

de-noun

Löwe m (weak, genitive Löwen, plural Löwen, diminutive Löwchen n, feminine Löwin)

Löwen (genitive)
Löwen (plural)
Löwchen (diminutive neuter)
Löwin (feminine)
Löwe (nominative singular)
Löwen (definite nominative plural)
Löwen (genitive singular)
Löwen (definite genitive plural)
Löwen (dative singular)
Löwen (dative definite plural)
Löwen (accusative singular)
Löwen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German lewe, löuwe, lauwe, from Old High German lewo, lēo, from Proto-West Germanic *lewo, *lēwo (“lion”). The spelling -ew- in Middle High German generally represents a diphthong [øy̯(w)], and accordingly the expected form in Modern German is Leu(e) (cf. freuen). The form Löwe with a monophthong and consonantal -w- is most readily explained from a long-vowel variant lēwe, which would correspond to Dutch leeuw.

inh

(astronomy, astrology, singular only, no female or feminine form) Leo


Europa

From Middle High German Eurōpā, borrowed from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

etymon

(Greek mythology) Europa (a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)


Odin

de-proper noun

Odin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Odins or Odin)

Odins (genitive)
Odin (genitive)
Odin (nominative singular)
Odins (genitive singular)
Odin (genitive singular)
Odin (dative singular)
Odin (accusative singular)


Ares

Ares m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ares')

(Greek mythology) Ares (Greek god of war)


Area 51

de-prop

Area 51 f (proper noun, genitive Area 51)

Area 51 (genitive)
Area 51 (nominative singular)
Area 51 (genitive singular)
Area 51 (dative singular)
Area 51 (accusative singular)

Unadapted borrowing from English Area 51.

ubor

Nevada Test and Training Range
w:Nevada Test and Training Range

(science fiction or ufology, informal) Area 51 (a secret military facility, airport, and airbase in Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada, United States)


Lethe

Zeit, sagt man, ist Lethe; aber auch Fernluft ist so ein Trank, und sollte sie weniger gründlich wirken, so tut sie es dafür desto rascher.

1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 13:


Seth

de-proper noun

Seth m (proper noun, strong, genitive Seths or Seth)

From Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Egyptian s-t:X (stẖ).

de:Set (Bibel)
de:Seth (Ägyptische Mythologie)


Prometheus

head

Prometheus m (genitive Prometheus or Prometheus')

Prometheus (genitive)
Prometheus' (genitive)

From Latin Promēthe͡us or from Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús).


Poseidon

de-proper noun

Poseidon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Poseidons)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).


Elysium

de-noun

Elysium n (strong, genitive Elysiums, plural Elysien)

Elysiums (genitive)
Elysien (plural)
Elysium (nominative singular)
Elysien (definite nominative plural)
Elysiums (genitive singular)
Elysien (definite genitive plural)
Elysium (dative singular)
Elysien (dative definite plural)
Elysium (accusative singular)
Elysien (accusative definite plural)

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον) (Ēlúsion (Pedíon)).

der

Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον)

Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,

1785, Friedrich Schiller, Ode an die Freude, 1nd stanza, lines 1-4

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Elysium (home of the blessed after death)


Amor

de-proper noun

Amor m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amors or Amor)

Amors (genitive)
Amor (genitive)
Amor (nominative singular)
Amors (genitive singular)
Amor (genitive singular)
Amor (dative singular)
Amor (accusative singular)

Doch als es morgens tagte, / Mein Kind, wie staunten wir! / Denn zwischen uns saß Amor, / Der blinde Passagier

1827, Heinrich Heine, “Die Heimkehr”, in Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:


Ajax

Ajax m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ajax' or Ajaxens or (with an article) Ajax, plural Ajaxe)

Ajax' (genitive)
Ajaxens (genitive)
Ajax (genitive)
Ajaxe (plural)


Cupido

Cupido m (proper noun, strong, genitive Cupidos)

Cupidos (genitive)
Cupido (nominative singular)
Cupidos (genitive singular)
Cupido (dative singular)
Cupido (accusative singular)

Den edlen Müßiggang lehr ich hernach dich schätzen, / Und bald empfindest du mit innigem Ergetzen, / Wie sich Cupido regt und hin und wider springt.

1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Hexenküche”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:


Faun

de-noun

Faun m (strong or mixed, genitive Fauns or Faunes, plural Faune or (rare) Faunen or Fauni)

Fauns (genitive)
Faunes (genitive)
Faune (plural)
Faunen (plural rare)
Fauni (plural)
Faun (nominative singular)
Faune (definite nominative plural)
Faunen (definite nominative plural rare)
Fauni (definite nominative plural rare)
Fauns (genitive singular)
Faunes (genitive singular)
Faune (definite genitive plural)
Faunen (definite genitive plural rare)
Fauni (definite genitive plural rare)
Faun (dative singular)
Faune (dative singular)
Faunen (dative definite plural)
Fauni (dative definite plural rare)
Faun (accusative singular)
Faune (accusative definite plural)
Faunen (accusative definite plural rare)
Fauni (accusative definite plural rare)

Der junge Faun war sehr glücklich auf seiner Sommerwiese.

1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 514:

The young faun was very happy in his summer meadow.


Labyrinth

Labyrinth n (strong, genitive Labyrinthes or Labyrinths, plural Labyrinthe)

Labyrinthes (genitive)
Labyrinths (genitive)
Labyrinthe (plural)
Labyrinth (nominative singular)
Labyrinthe (definite nominative plural)
Labyrinthes (genitive singular)
Labyrinths (genitive singular)
Labyrinthe (definite genitive plural)
Labyrinth (dative singular)
Labyrinthe (dative singular)
Labyrinthen (dative definite plural)
Labyrinth (accusative singular)
Labyrinthe (accusative definite plural)


Lemur

Lemur m (weak, genitive Lemuren, plural Lemuren)

Lemuren (genitive)
Lemuren (plural)
Lemur (nominative singular)
Lemuren (definite nominative plural)
Lemuren (genitive singular)
Lemuren (definite genitive plural)
Lemuren (dative singular)
Lemuren (dative definite plural)
Lemuren (accusative singular)
Lemuren (accusative definite plural)

(Roman mythology, in the plural) lemures (spirits or ghosts of the dead)


Myrmidon

de-proper noun

Myrmidon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Myrmidon)

Myrmidon (genitive)
Myrmidon (nominative singular)
Myrmidon (genitive singular)
Myrmidon (dative singular)
Myrmidon (accusative singular)

Das sehe ich jedem gleich an, ob er einen brauchbaren Patienten abgeben kann, denn dazu gehört Talent, Talent gehört zu allem, und dieser Myrmidon hier hat auch kein bißchen Talent.

1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 80:


Hydra

From Latin hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

(Greek mythology) Hydra (mythical serpent)


Atlas

Atlas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Atlas', plural Atlasse)

Atlas' (genitive)
Atlasse (plural)
Atlas (nominative singular)
Atlasse (definite nominative plural)
Atlas' (genitive singular)
Atlasse (definite genitive plural)
Atlas (dative singular)
Atlassen (dative definite plural)
Atlas (accusative singular)
Atlasse (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin Atlās or from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), from the name of the mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).

(Greek mythology) Atlas (son of Iapetus and Clymene, leader of the Titans ordered by Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders)


Aurora

Aah, der sittliche Genuss, als Schiedsrichter Larriondas Kärtchen aufflammte wie Auroras Morgengruß! Da wusste man, warum das Farbfernsehen erfunden werden musste.

2006 June 19, Christoph Dieckmann, “Bluesball”, in Die Zeit:


Satyr

de-noun

Satyr m (mixed or weak, genitive Satyrs or Satyrn or Satyren, plural Satyrn)

Satyrs (genitive)
Satyrn (genitive)
Satyren (genitive)
Satyrn (plural)
Satyr (nominative singular)
Satyrn (definite nominative plural)
Satyrs (genitive singular)
Satyrn (genitive singular)
Satyren (genitive singular)
Satyrn (definite genitive plural)
Satyr (dative singular)
Satyrn (dative singular)
Satyren (dative singular)
Satyrn (dative definite plural)
Satyr (accusative singular)
Satyrn (accusative singular)
Satyren (accusative singular)
Satyrn (accusative definite plural)

(Greek mythology) a satyr (half-man and half-goat being)


Psyche

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Psyche, ancient god of the soul.


Troll

Troll m (strong, genitive Trolles or Trolls, plural Trolle, feminine Trollin)

Trolles (genitive)
Trolls (genitive)
Trolle (plural)
Trollin (feminine)
Troll (nominative singular)
Trolle (definite nominative plural)
Trolles (genitive singular)
Trolls (genitive singular)
Trolle (definite genitive plural)
Troll (dative singular)
Trolle (dative singular)
Trollen (dative definite plural)
Troll (accusative singular)
Trolle (accusative definite plural)

18th century, from Danish trold, Swedish troll, both from Old Norse trǫll, from Proto-Germanic *truzlą. Influenced by a native word for “coarse, boorish person”, attested in Upper German dialects from the 15th century, which is probably cognate to the former. The internet sense after English troll, from the Old Norse.


Titan

Titan m (weak, genitive Titanen, plural Titanen)

Titanen (genitive)
Titanen (plural)
Titan (nominative singular)
Titanen (definite nominative plural)
Titanen (genitive singular)
Titanen (definite genitive plural)
Titanen (dative singular)
Titanen (dative definite plural)
Titanen (accusative singular)
Titanen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin Tītān, Tītānus, Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).


Merkur

de-proper noun

Merkur m (proper noun, strong, genitive Merkurs or Merkur)

Merkurs (genitive)
Merkur (genitive)
Merkur (nominative singular)
Merkurs (genitive singular)
Merkur (genitive singular)
Merkur (dative singular)
Merkur (accusative singular)


Neptun

Neptun m (proper noun, strong, genitive Neptuns or Neptun)

Neptuns (genitive)
Neptun (genitive)
Neptun (nominative singular)
Neptuns (genitive singular)
Neptun (genitive singular)
Neptun (dative singular)
Neptun (accusative singular)


Styx

Styx m (proper noun, strong, genitive Styx)

Styx (genitive)
Styx (nominative singular)
Styx (genitive singular)
Styx (dative singular)
Styx (accusative singular)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx).


Mars

Mars m (proper noun, strong, genitive Mars' or (with an article) Mars)

Mars' (genitive)
Mars (genitive)
Mars (nominative singular)
Mars' (genitive singular)
Mars (genitive singular)
Mars (dative singular)
Mars (accusative singular)


Urd

Urd f (proper noun, genitive Urds or (with an article) Urd)

Urds (genitive)
Urd (genitive)
Urd (nominative singular)
Urds (genitive singular)
Urd (genitive singular)
Urd (dative singular)
Urd (accusative singular)


Zwerg

de-noun

Zwerg m (strong, genitive Zwerges or Zwergs, plural Zwerge, diminutive Zwergchen n or Zwerglein n, feminine Zwergin)

Zwerges (genitive)
Zwergs (genitive)
Zwerge (plural)
Zwergchen (diminutive neuter)
Zwerglein (diminutive neuter)
Zwergin (feminine)
Zwerg (nominative singular)
Zwerge (definite nominative plural)
Zwerges (genitive singular)
Zwergs (genitive singular)
Zwerge (definite genitive plural)
Zwerg (dative singular)
Zwerge (dative singular)
Zwergen (dative definite plural)
Zwerg (accusative singular)
Zwerge (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German twerc, from Old High German twerc, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
The development Middle High German tw- > modern German zw- is regular. Compare Dutch dwerg, English dwarf, Low German Dwarg, Danish dværg.


Waage

Waage (genitive)
Waagen (plural)
Waage (nominative singular)
Waagen (definite nominative plural)
Waage (genitive singular)
Waagen (definite genitive plural)
Waage (dative singular)
Waagen (dative definite plural)
Waage (accusative singular)
Waagen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German wāge, from Old High German wāga, from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu (“scales”). Cognate with Dutch waag, English wey.
The spelling Waage was used alongside Wage since at least the 17th century. As the etymological school of the 19th century favoured single vowels, some doubled spellings like baar, Schooß, Waage were abolished during the reforms of the early 20th century. However, the spelling Waage was standardised again by two decrees from the governments of Austria (March 1927) and Germany (July 1927) in order to avoid the ambiguity between plural Waagen and Wagen (“car[s], carriage[s]”), as for example in Waagenbau (“construction of scales”) versus Wagenbau (“construction of cars”).


Skorpion

de-proper noun

Skorpion m (proper noun, strong, genitive Skorpions)

From Middle High German scorpiōn, schorpiōn, relatinised variants of older schorpe, from Old High German scorpio, from Latin scorpio, from Ancient Greek σκορπίων (skorpíōn), variant of σκορπίος (skorpíos).

(astrology) Scorpio, a Zodiac sign used in astrology


Erdmännchen

de-noun

Erdmännchen n (strong, genitive Erdmännchens, plural Erdmännchen)

Erdmännchens (genitive)
Erdmännchen (plural)
Erdmännchen (nominative singular)
Erdmännchen (definite nominative plural)
Erdmännchens (genitive singular)
Erdmännchen (definite genitive plural)
Erdmännchen (dative singular)
Erdmännchen (dative definite plural)
Erdmännchen (accusative singular)
Erdmännchen (accusative definite plural)

[ˈʔeːɐ̯tˌmɛn.çən]

From Erde (“earth, ground”) + Männchen (“little man”). The original sense is that of a gnome, though the word was also used metaphorically or jocularly for animals in some dialects, e.g. for the mole. The use for “meerkat” has only become established in scientific use since the 1960s, but is older in Namibian German, where it also referred to the similar-looking Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris). Plausibly from Afrikaans erdmannetjie, which is equally used (informally) for these two species.

affix

(mythology, dated) a gnome or dwarf that lives under the earth


Sisyphus

de-proper noun

Sisyphus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sisyphus)

Borrowed from Latin Sīsyphus, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).


Horus

From Late Latin Hōrus, from Ancient Greek Ὧρος (Hôros), from Egyptian ḥr.


Fenrir

Fenrir m (proper noun, strong, genitive Fenrirs)


Widder

de-noun

Widder m (strong, genitive Widders, plural Widder)

Widders (genitive)
Widder (plural)
Widder (nominative singular)
Widder (definite nominative plural)
Widders (genitive singular)
Widder (definite genitive plural)
Widder (dative singular)
Widdern (dative definite plural)
Widder (accusative singular)
Widder (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz, akin to Old Saxon wethar, English wether. The form with a short vowel is Central German, perhaps standardised in part to avoid the homophony with wider (“against”) and wieder (“again”).

(astronomy, astrology) Aries (constellation and astrological sign)


Stier

Stier m (strong, genitive Stieres or Stiers, no plural)

From Middle High German stier (“bull”), from Old High German stior (“bull, calf of a bull”), from Proto-Germanic *steuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros.


Schütze

de-noun

Schütze m (weak, genitive Schützen, plural Schützen, feminine Schützin)

Schützen (genitive)
Schützen (plural)
Schützin (feminine)
Schütze (nominative singular)
Schützen (definite nominative plural)
Schützen (genitive singular)
Schützen (definite genitive plural)
Schützen (dative singular)
Schützen (dative definite plural)
Schützen (accusative singular)
Schützen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German schütze, from Old High German scuzzo, from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, *skuttijaną (“to bar, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *skuttą, *skuttjō (“bar, bolt, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to drive, fall upon, rush”). Compare English shut.


Hüne

de-noun

Hüne m (weak, genitive Hünen, plural Hünen)

Hünen (genitive)
Hünen (plural)
Hüne (nominative singular)
Hünen (definite nominative plural)
Hünen (genitive singular)
Hünen (definite genitive plural)
Hünen (dative singular)
Hünen (dative definite plural)
Hünen (accusative singular)
Hünen (accusative definite plural)

From German Low German Hüne (“giant, hulk”), from Middle Low German hǖne (“hulk; Hun”), ultimately from the self-designation of the historic Huns. Compare Middle High German hiune, hūne (“Hun; Hungarian”), from Old High German hūn (“Hun”).
The High German equivalent Heune became obsolete in Early Modern German and was superseded by the Latin-derived Ungar (“Hungarian”) and Hunne (“Hun”). However, Hüne remained common as a term for “giant, hulk” both in mythic and everyday contexts in many parts of northern Germany, whence it was reintroduced to the written language in the 17th and 18th centuries.


Zwillinge

de-proper noun

Zwillinge m pl (proper noun, plural only)

Zwillinge (definite nominative plural)
Zwillinge (definite genitive plural)
Zwillingen (dative definite plural)
Zwillinge (accusative definite plural)


Fische

Fische (definite nominative plural)
Fische (definite genitive plural)
Fischen (dative definite plural)
Fische (accusative definite plural)


Steinbock

de-noun

Steinbock m (strong, genitive Steinbockes or Steinbocks, plural Steinböcke)

Steinbockes (genitive)
Steinbocks (genitive)
Steinböcke (plural)
Steinbock (nominative singular)
Steinböcke (definite nominative plural)
Steinbockes (genitive singular)
Steinbocks (genitive singular)
Steinböcke (definite genitive plural)
Steinbock (dative singular)
Steinbocke (dative singular)
Steinböcken (dative definite plural)
Steinbock (accusative singular)
Steinböcke (accusative definite plural)

→ Italian: stambecco


Wassermann

Wassermann m (strong, genitive Wassermannes or Wassermanns, plural Wassermänner)

Wassermannes (genitive)
Wassermanns (genitive)
Wassermänner (plural)
Wassermann (nominative singular)
Wassermänner (definite nominative plural)
Wassermannes (genitive singular)
Wassermanns (genitive singular)
Wassermänner (definite genitive plural)
Wassermann (dative singular)
Wassermanne (dative singular)
Wassermännern (dative definite plural)
Wassermann (accusative singular)
Wassermänner (accusative definite plural)

Wasser + Mann. Compare English waterman.

(astronomy, astrology) Aquarius, Aquarian


Krebs

Krebs m (strong, genitive Krebses, plural Krebse)

Krebses (genitive)
Krebse (plural)
Krebs (nominative singular)
Krebse (definite nominative plural)
Krebses (genitive singular)
Krebse (definite genitive plural)
Krebs (dative singular)
Krebse (dative singular)
Krebsen (dative definite plural)
Krebs (accusative singular)
Krebse (accusative definite plural)

→ Danish: krebs

→ German Low German: Krebs

→ Norwegian Bokmål: kreps

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kreps

→ Saterland Frisian: Krääps

→ Scanian: krævs

→ Yiddish: קרעבס (krebs)

From Middle High German krebz, krebez, krebeze, from Old High German crebiz, krebiz, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”), see also Old Prussian gīrbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”), Dutch kreeft.
The sense “cancer” is a semantic loan from Latin cancer. By metathesis from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”); applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab.


Einhorn

de-noun

Einhorn n (strong, genitive Einhornes or Einhorns, plural Einhörner)

Einhornes (genitive)
Einhorns (genitive)
Einhörner (plural)
Einhorn (nominative singular)
Einhörner (definite nominative plural)
Einhornes (genitive singular)
Einhorns (genitive singular)
Einhörner (definite genitive plural)
Einhorn (dative singular)
Einhorne (dative singular)
Einhörnern (dative definite plural)
Einhorn (accusative singular)
Einhörner (accusative definite plural)

[ˈʔaɪ̯nˌhɔʁn]

From Middle High German einhorn, einhurne, from Old High German einhorn(o), einhurn(o), a calque of Latin ūnicornis, itself a calque of Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs). Equivalent to ein + Horn.


Jungfrau

Jungfrau f (genitive Jungfrau, plural Jungfrauen)

Jungfrau (genitive)
Jungfrauen (plural)
Jungfrau (nominative singular)
Jungfrauen (definite nominative plural)
Jungfrau (genitive singular)
Jungfrauen (definite genitive plural)
Jungfrau (dative singular)
Jungfrauen (dative definite plural)
Jungfrau (accusative singular)
Jungfrauen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈjʊŋˌfʁaʊ̯/

From Middle High German juncvrouwe, from Old High German juncvrouwa (“maiden; unmarried noblewoman”). Equivalent to jung + Frau. Compare Danish jomfru, Dutch jonkvrouw (“maiden”), juffrouw (“unmarried young woman; female teacher, nanny”), Yiddish יונגפֿרױ (yungfroy).

inh

(astronomy, astrology) Virgo (a constellation and an astrological sign).


Achill

de-proper noun

Achill m (proper noun, strong, genitive Achills, plural Achille or Achills)

Achills (genitive)
Achille (plural)
Achills (plural)

(Greek mythology) Achilles; alternative form of Achilleus


Ammon

Ammon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ammons)

Ammons (genitive)
Ammon (nominative singular)
Ammons (genitive singular)
Ammon (dative singular)
Ammon (accusative singular)


Siegfried

→ English: Siegfried

→ Italian: Sigfrido

→ Latvian: Zigfrīds

→ Lithuanian: Sigitas

→ Polish: Zygfryd

→ Spanish: Sigfredo, Sigfrido

From Middle High German Sîfrit, from Old High German Sigifrid, from Proto-West Germanic *Sigifriþu, from Proto-Germanic *Segafriþuz, from *segaz (“victory, triumph”) + *friþuz (“peace, sanctuary”).


Götterdämmerung

de-noun

Götterdämmerung f (genitive Götterdämmerung, plural Götterdämmerungen)

Götterdämmerung (genitive)
Götterdämmerungen (plural)
Götterdämmerung (nominative singular)
Götterdämmerungen (definite nominative plural)
Götterdämmerung (genitive singular)
Götterdämmerungen (definite genitive plural)
Götterdämmerung (dative singular)
Götterdämmerungen (dative definite plural)
Götterdämmerung (accusative singular)
Götterdämmerungen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɡœtərˌdɛmərʊŋ/

[ˈɡœ.tɐˌdɛ.mə.ʁʊŋ]

18th century, from Götter (“gods”) + Dämmerung (“twilight”), a calque of Old Norse ragnarøkkr, an attested reinterpretation of ragnarǫk (literally “fate of the gods”). Popularised as the name of the last part of
Richard Wagner's Ring cycle (1876).

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Die Zeit rollt mit allen ihren Hebeln und Kräften ihre Repräsentanten an die Rampe und es ist nicht die Schuld und nicht das Verdienst ihrer Helden, wenn sie mit dem Weltdonner von Ragnarök in die Götterdämmerung fahren oder im Zuckblitz der Scheinwerfer und zweihundert PS die Ewigkeit suchen.

1922, Kasimir Edschmid, Das Bücher-Dekameron:

Die Regierung in Berlin wankt, zumindest ein wenig, der rechte Rand wird stark. Götterdämmerung der Demokratie? Ist es nun so weit?

2022 October 11, Stefan Reinecke, “Lob der biederen Normalität”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

(Norse mythology or figuratively) downfall of the gods, Götterdämmerung, Ragnarok


Tantalus

de-proper noun

Tantalus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tantalus)


Anubis

Anubis m (proper noun, strong, genitive Anubis' or Anubis)

Borrowed from Latin Anūbis, from Ancient Greek Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), from Egyptian jnpw, i-n:p-w-E16.


Mjölnir

Mjölnir m (proper noun, strong, genitive Mjölnirs)

Mjölnirs (genitive)
Mjölnir (nominative singular)
Mjölnirs (genitive singular)
Mjölnir (dative singular)
Mjölnir (accusative singular)

[ˈmjœl̺n̺ɪɐ̯]

Borrowed from Old Norse Mjǫllnir, likely from Proto-Norse *ᛗᛖᛚᚢᚾᛁᚨᛉ (*melluniaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-n- (“lightning”).

(Norse mythology, weaponry) Mjollnir (Thor's hammer)


Vulkan

Vulkan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Vulkans)

Ultimately from Latin Vulcanus (“god of fire”). Attested as a mythological term in German since the 11th c. The modern sense since the 16th c. from an internationalism, whose precise development is uncertain; the earliest attestations of appellative use are found in Arabic بُرْكان (burkān, 13th c.), Old Spanish vulcan (13th c.), and Middle French vulcan (14th c.).

(Roman mythology) Dated form of Vulcanus (“Vulcan”).


Bronzezeit

de-noun

Bronzezeit f (genitive Bronzezeit, no plural)

Bronzezeit (genitive)
Bronzezeit (nominative singular)
Bronzezeit (genitive singular)
Bronzezeit (dative singular)
Bronzezeit (accusative singular)

/ˈbʁɔŋsəˌtsaɪ̯t/

(archaeology, mythology, time) Bronze Age


Achilleus

de-proper noun

Achilleus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Achilleus')

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Lindwurm

de-noun

Lindwurm m (strong, genitive Lindwurmes or Lindwurms, plural Lindwürmer)

Lindwurmes (genitive)
Lindwurms (genitive)
Lindwürmer (plural)
Lindwurm (nominative singular)
Lindwürmer (definite nominative plural)
Lindwurmes (genitive singular)
Lindwurms (genitive singular)
Lindwürmer (definite genitive plural)
Lindwurm (dative singular)
Lindwurme (dative singular)
Lindwürmern (dative definite plural)
Lindwurm (accusative singular)
Lindwürmer (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German lintwurm, from Old High German lindwurm, lintwurm, from Proto-West Germanic *linþawurmi, from Proto-Germanic *linþawurmiz. By surface analysis, lind + Wurm.

(mythology) lindworm, dragon, sea serpent


Krake

Krake (traditional or scientific) m (weak, genitive Kraken, plural Kraken)

Krake (colloquial) f (genitive Krake, plural Kraken)

or scientific (traditional)
Kraken (genitive)
Kraken (plural)
Krake (genitive)
Kraken (plural)
Krake (nominative singular)
Kraken (definite nominative plural)
Kraken (genitive singular)
Kraken (definite genitive plural)
Kraken (dative singular)
Kraken (dative definite plural)
Kraken (accusative singular)
Kraken (accusative definite plural)
Krake (nominative singular)
Kraken (definite nominative plural)
Krake (genitive singular)
Kraken (definite genitive plural)
Krake (dative singular)
Kraken (dative definite plural)
Krake (accusative singular)
Kraken (accusative definite plural)

From Norwegian Kraken, definite singular of krake (“sea monster”).

Das Schiff wurde von einer Krake (einem Kraken) versenkt.

die/der Krake des Kapitalismus

(mythology or figuratively) a kraken (sea monster)


Pandora

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).


Herkules

de-proper noun

Herkules m (proper noun, strong, genitive Herkules' or (archaic) Herkulis or (with an article) Herkules)

Herkules' (genitive)
Herkulis (archaic genitive)
Herkules (genitive)


Harpyie

de-noun

Harpyie f (genitive Harpyie, plural Harpyien)

Harpyie (genitive)
Harpyien (plural)
Harpyie (nominative singular)
Harpyien (definite nominative plural)
Harpyie (genitive singular)
Harpyien (definite genitive plural)
Harpyie (dative singular)
Harpyien (dative definite plural)
Harpyie (accusative singular)
Harpyien (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅρπυια (Hárpuia).

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de:Harpyie
de:Harpyie (Mythologie)
de:Harpyie (Vogel)


Ägis

Ägis (genitive)
Ägis (nominative singular)
Ägis (genitive singular)
Ägis (dative singular)
Ägis (accusative singular)

Borrowed from Latin aegis, from Ancient Greek αἰγῐ́ς (aigís). Doublet of Ägide.

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) aegis (mythological shield)


Tierkreis

de-noun

Tierkreis m (strong, genitive Tierkreises, no plural)


Hypnos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).


Ragnarök

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Ragnarök n (genitive Ragnarök or Ragnaröks)

de-proper noun

Ragnarök f (proper noun, genitive Ragnarök)

Ragnarök (genitive)
Ragnaröks (genitive)
Ragnarök (genitive)

Im Rechtsextremismus werden die Ragnarök im Sinne einer gewaltsamen »nationalen Revolution« gedeutet. Im Endkampf stehen sich dabei Rechtsextremisten (= Götter, Göttergefährten) und Demokraten (= Weltfeinde) gegenüber.

2015, Stephan Braun, Alexander Geisler, Martin Gerster, editors, Strategien der extremen Rechten, Springer, →ISBN, page 335:

Außer Egbert hätten alle geglaubt, über ihnen tobe die Ragnarök, die letzte große Schlacht zwischen den Göttern und den Riesen.

2020, Konrad Hansen, Die Männer vom Meer, Piper Edition, →ISBN:


Äskulap

(Greek mythology) Asclepius (Greek god of medicine and healing)


Walhalla

Walhalla (genitive)
Walhallas (genitive)

Ultimately from Old Norse Valhǫll, from valr (“dead warriors”) + hǫll (“hall”). First element related to Old High German wal (“battlefield”), Middle High German wal, wale (“battlefield; field, meadow”); second element to German Halle (“hall”).

(Norse mythology) Valhalla, the home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.


Hephaistos

Hephaistos m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hephaistos or (without the article) Hephaistos')

Hephaistos (genitive)
Hephaistos' (genitive)
Hephaistos (nominative singular)
Hephaistos (genitive singular)
Hephaistos' (genitive singular)
Hephaistos (dative singular)
Hephaistos (accusative singular)

(Greek mythology) Hephaistos, god of blacksmiths, metalworking and fire


Alb

de-noun

Alb m (mixed, genitive Albs or Albes, plural Alben)

Albs (genitive)
Albes (genitive)
Alben (plural)
Alb (nominative singular)
Alben (definite nominative plural)
Albs (genitive singular)
Albes (genitive singular)
Alben (definite genitive plural)
Alb (dative singular)
Albe (dative singular)
Alben (dative definite plural)
Alb (accusative singular)
Alben (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German alb, alp, from Old High German alp, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. Doublet of Elf, borrowed from English later.

(Germanic mythology) elf, especially an evil one


Besessenheit

Besessenheit f (genitive Besessenheit, no plural)

Besessenheit (genitive)
Besessenheit (nominative singular)
Besessenheit (genitive singular)
Besessenheit (dative singular)
Besessenheit (accusative singular)

Die dämonologische Theorie jener dunkeln Zeiten hat gegen alle somatischen Auffassungen der „exakten“ Wissenschaftsperiode recht behalten. Die Besessenheiten entsprechen unseren Neurosen, zu deren Erklärung wir wieder psychische Mächte heranziehen.
The demonological theory of those dark times was proved correct against all somatic concepts of the period of „exact“ scienes. The possessions correspond to our neuroses, for whose explanation again we call upon the powers of the psyche.

1923, Sigmund Freud, Eine Teufelsneurose im siebzehnten Jahrhundert, in: Imago: Zeitschrift für Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf die Geisteswissenschaften, vol. 9, booklet 1, Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, page 1


Siebenschläfer

Siebenschläfer m (strong, genitive Siebenschläfers, plural Siebenschläfer, feminine Siebenschläferin)

Siebenschläfers (genitive)
Siebenschläfer (plural)
Siebenschläferin (feminine)
Siebenschläfer (nominative singular)
Siebenschläfer (definite nominative plural)
Siebenschläfers (genitive singular)
Siebenschläfer (definite genitive plural)
Siebenschläfer (dative singular)
Siebenschläfern (dative definite plural)
Siebenschläfer (accusative singular)
Siebenschläfer (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German siben slāfære, referring to the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. Univerbation since the 15th century. Use for “one who sleeps a lot” since the 17th century. The biological sense since the 18th century because of the animal's hibernation, which may last more than seven months.

(Christianity, mythology) (one of) the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus


Beschwörung

Beschwörung f (genitive Beschwörung, plural Beschwörungen)

Beschwörung (genitive)
Beschwörungen (plural)
Beschwörung (nominative singular)
Beschwörungen (definite nominative plural)
Beschwörung (genitive singular)
Beschwörungen (definite genitive plural)
Beschwörung (dative singular)
Beschwörungen (dative definite plural)
Beschwörung (accusative singular)
Beschwörungen (accusative definite plural)


beschwören

de-verb

beschwören (class 6 strong, third-person singular present beschwört, past tense beschwor or (archaic) beschwur, past participle beschworen, past subjunctive beschwöre or beschwüre, auxiliary haben)

beschwört (present singular third-person)
beschwor (past)
beschwur (archaic past)
beschworen (participle past)
beschwöre (past subjunctive)
beschwüre (past subjunctive)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
beschwören (infinitive)
beschwörend (participle present)
beschworen (participle past)
beschwöre (first-person indicative present singular)
beschwören (first-person indicative plural present)
beschwöre (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
beschwören (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
beschwörst (indicative present second-person singular)
beschwört (indicative plural present second-person)
beschwörest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
beschwöret (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
beschwört (indicative present singular third-person)
beschwören (indicative plural present third-person)
beschwöre (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
beschwören (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
beschwor (first-person indicative preterite singular)
beschwur (archaic first-person indicative preterite singular)
beschworen (first-person indicative plural preterite)
beschwuren (archaic first-person indicative plural preterite)
beschwöre (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
beschwüre (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
beschwören (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
beschwüren (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
beschworst (indicative preterite second-person singular)
beschwurst (archaic indicative preterite second-person singular)
beschwort (indicative plural preterite second-person)
beschwurt (archaic indicative plural preterite second-person)
beschwörest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
beschwörst (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
beschwürest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
beschwürst (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
beschwöret (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
beschwört (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
beschwüret (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
beschwürt (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
beschwor (indicative preterite singular third-person)
beschwur (archaic indicative preterite singular third-person)
beschworen (indicative plural preterite third-person)
beschwuren (archaic indicative plural preterite third-person)
beschwöre (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
beschwüre (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
beschwören (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
beschwüren (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
beschwör (imperative second-person singular)
beschwöre (imperative second-person singular)
beschwört (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe beschworen (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben beschworen (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe beschworen (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben beschworen (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast beschworen (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt beschworen (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest beschworen (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet beschworen (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat beschworen (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben beschworen (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe beschworen (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben beschworen (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte beschworen (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten beschworen (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte beschworen (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten beschworen (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest beschworen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet beschworen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest beschworen (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet beschworen (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte beschworen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten beschworen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte beschworen (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten beschworen (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
beschwören werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde beschwören (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden beschwören (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest beschwören (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet beschwören (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde beschwören (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden beschwören (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde beschwören (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden beschwören (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde beschwören (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden beschwören (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst beschwören (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet beschwören (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest beschwören (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet beschwören (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird beschwören (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden beschwören (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde beschwören (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden beschwören (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
beschworen haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde beschworen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden beschworen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest beschworen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet beschworen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde beschworen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden beschworen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde beschworen haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden beschworen haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde beschworen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden beschworen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst beschworen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet beschworen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest beschworen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet beschworen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird beschworen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden beschworen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde beschworen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden beschworen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)

From Middle High German beswern, from Old High German biswerian (“to beg solemnly, ceremoniously, urgently or emphaticly”). Equivalent to be- + schwören. Cognate with Dutch bezweren and Middle Low German besweren (whence Swedish besvärja, Danish besværge and Norwegian Bokmål besverge).

inh

(transitive, occult) to evoke, to summon


Gral

de-noun

Gral m (strong, genitive Grals or Grales, plural Grale)

Grals (genitive)
Grales (genitive)
Grale (plural)
Gral (nominative singular)
Grale (definite nominative plural)
Grals (genitive singular)
Grales (genitive singular)
Grale (definite genitive plural)
Gral (dative singular)
Grale (dative singular)
Gralen (dative definite plural)
Gral (accusative singular)
Grale (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German grāl, from Old French graal, from Latin gradalis.

(mythology) grail (holy, miraculous object, especially a cup)


Narziss

de-proper noun

Narziss m (proper noun, strong, genitive Narziss or Narziss')

Narziss (genitive)
Narziss' (genitive)
Narziss (nominative singular)
Narziss (genitive singular)
Narziss' (genitive singular)
Narziss (dative singular)
Narziss (accusative singular)


Himmelskönigin

de-noun

Himmelskönigin f (genitive Himmelskönigin, plural Himmelsköniginnen)

Himmelskönigin (genitive)
Himmelsköniginnen (plural)
Himmelskönigin (nominative singular)
Himmelsköniginnen (definite nominative plural)
Himmelskönigin (genitive singular)
Himmelsköniginnen (definite genitive plural)
Himmelskönigin (dative singular)
Himmelsköniginnen (dative definite plural)
Himmelskönigin (accusative singular)
Himmelsköniginnen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈhɪməlsˌkøːnɪɡɪn/


Nibelung

Nibelung m (weak, genitive Nibelungen, plural Nibelungen)

Nibelungen (genitive)
Nibelungen (plural)
Nibelung (nominative singular)
Nibelungen (definite nominative plural)
Nibelungen (genitive singular)
Nibelungen (definite genitive plural)
Nibelungen (dative singular)
Nibelungen (dative definite plural)
Nibelungen (accusative singular)
Nibelungen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German nebel, from Old High German nibel (“mist”) + patronymic ending -ung, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nebulaz + *-ungō.


Ananke

Eros und Ananke sind auch die Eltern der menschlichen Kultur geworden.

1930, Sigmund Freud, chapter IV, in Das Unbehagen in der Kultur [Civilization and Its Discontents], Wien: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, page 64:


Dryade

Dryade f (genitive Dryade, plural Dryaden)

Dryade (genitive)
Dryaden (plural)
Dryade (nominative singular)
Dryaden (definite nominative plural)
Dryade (genitive singular)
Dryaden (definite genitive plural)
Dryade (dative singular)
Dryaden (dative definite plural)
Dryade (accusative singular)
Dryaden (accusative definite plural)


Menschenfresser

Menschenfresser m (strong, genitive Menschenfressers, plural Menschenfresser)

Menschenfressers (genitive)
Menschenfresser (plural)
Menschenfresser (nominative singular)
Menschenfresser (definite nominative plural)
Menschenfressers (genitive singular)
Menschenfresser (definite genitive plural)
Menschenfresser (dative singular)
Menschenfressern (dative definite plural)
Menschenfresser (accusative singular)
Menschenfresser (accusative definite plural)


Genius

Genius m (strong, genitive Genius, plural Genien)


Furie

Furie (genitive)
Furien (plural)
Furie (nominative singular)
Furien (definite nominative plural)
Furie (genitive singular)
Furien (definite genitive plural)
Furie (dative singular)
Furien (dative definite plural)
Furie (accusative singular)
Furien (accusative definite plural)

Wie von Furien gejagt stürmte ich davon.

1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 126:


Vulcanus

de-proper noun

Vulcanus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Vulcanus' or Vulcanus)

Vulcanus' (genitive)
Vulcanus (genitive)

From Latin Vulcānus. See Vulkan for more.


Skuld

Skuld f (proper noun, genitive Skulds or (with an article) Skuld)

Skulds (genitive)
Skuld (genitive)
Skuld (nominative singular)
Skulds (genitive singular)
Skuld (genitive singular)
Skuld (dative singular)
Skuld (accusative singular)


Unhold

de-noun

Unhold m (strong, genitive Unholdes or Unholds, plural Unholde)

Unholdes (genitive)
Unholds (genitive)
Unholde (plural)
Unhold (nominative singular)
Unholde (definite nominative plural)
Unholdes (genitive singular)
Unholds (genitive singular)
Unholde (definite genitive plural)
Unhold (dative singular)
Unholde (dative singular)
Unholden (dative definite plural)
Unhold (accusative singular)
Unholde (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German unholde, from Old High German unholdo, from Proto-West Germanic *unholþō, from Proto-Germanic *unhulþô.
The regional sense “rascal” is chiefly from Low German (Middle Low German unholt). It is possible that the word was influenced here by unrelated holden (“to hold”), thus with the notion of “someone unheld, ungovernable”. Compare the synonym Unband.

(archaic, popular mythology) a fiend, monster, evil sprite


Werdandi

de-proper noun

Werdandi f (proper noun, genitive Werdandi or Werdandis)

Werdandi (genitive)
Werdandis (genitive)
Werdandi (nominative singular)
Werdandi (genitive singular)
Werdandis (genitive singular)
Werdandi (dative singular)
Werdandi (accusative singular)


Norne

Norne (genitive)
Nornen (plural)
Norne (nominative singular)
Nornen (definite nominative plural)
Norne (genitive singular)
Nornen (definite genitive plural)
Norne (dative singular)
Nornen (dative definite plural)
Norne (accusative singular)
Nornen (accusative definite plural)


Seeschlange

de-noun

Seeschlange f (genitive Seeschlange, plural Seeschlangen)

Seeschlange (genitive)
Seeschlangen (plural)
Seeschlange (nominative singular)
Seeschlangen (definite nominative plural)
Seeschlange (genitive singular)
Seeschlangen (definite genitive plural)
Seeschlange (dative singular)
Seeschlangen (dative definite plural)
Seeschlange (accusative singular)
Seeschlangen (accusative definite plural)


Wolpertinger

Wolpertinger m (strong, genitive Wolpertingers, plural Wolpertinger)

Wolpertingers (genitive)
Wolpertinger (plural)
Wolpertinger (nominative singular)
Wolpertinger (definite nominative plural)
Wolpertingers (genitive singular)
Wolpertinger (definite genitive plural)
Wolpertinger (dative singular)
Wolpertingern (dative definite plural)
Wolpertinger (accusative singular)
Wolpertinger (accusative definite plural)

Unknown; hypotheses include a derivation from the town of Wolterdingen or from a dialectal form of Walpurgisnacht (“Walpurgis night”).

(mythology) wolpertinger (a beast of folklore with incongruous features)


Asklepios

de-proper noun

Asklepios m (proper noun, strong, genitive Asklepios or (without the article) Asklepios')

Asklepios (genitive)
Asklepios' (genitive)
Asklepios (nominative singular)
Asklepios (genitive singular)
Asklepios' (genitive singular)
Asklepios (dative singular)
Asklepios (accusative singular)


Bergfrau

de-noun

Bergfrau f (genitive Bergfrau, plural Bergfrauen, diminutive Bergfräulein n or Bergfrauchen n)

Bergfrau (genitive)
Bergfrauen (plural)
Bergfräulein (diminutive neuter)
Bergfrauchen (diminutive neuter)
Bergfrau (nominative singular)
Bergfrauen (definite nominative plural)
Bergfrau (genitive singular)
Bergfrauen (definite genitive plural)
Bergfrau (dative singular)
Bergfrauen (dative definite plural)
Bergfrau (accusative singular)
Bergfrauen (accusative definite plural)

(mythology, folklore) mythological wild woman who lives in the mountains


Entrückung

Entrückung f (genitive Entrückung, plural Entrückungen)

Entrückung (genitive)
Entrückungen (plural)
Entrückung (nominative singular)
Entrückungen (definite nominative plural)
Entrückung (genitive singular)
Entrückungen (definite genitive plural)
Entrückung (dative singular)
Entrückungen (dative definite plural)
Entrückung (accusative singular)
Entrückungen (accusative definite plural)

(religion, mythology) a move from one realm or world to another


Fenriswolf

Fenriswolf m (strong, genitive Fenriswolfes or Fenriswolfs, no plural)

Fenriswolfes (genitive)
Fenriswolfs (genitive)
Fenriswolf (nominative singular)
Fenriswolfes (genitive singular)
Fenriswolfs (genitive singular)
Fenriswolf (dative singular)
Fenriswolfe (dative singular)
Fenriswolf (accusative singular)


Flugscheibe

Flugscheibe f (genitive Flugscheibe, plural Flugscheiben)

Flugscheibe (genitive)
Flugscheiben (plural)
Flugscheibe (nominative singular)
Flugscheiben (definite nominative plural)
Flugscheibe (genitive singular)
Flugscheiben (definite genitive plural)
Flugscheibe (dative singular)
Flugscheiben (dative definite plural)
Flugscheibe (accusative singular)
Flugscheiben (accusative definite plural)


Blutgang

Der Hengst hieß Rispe. Einst nahm Heim seinen Hengst, sein Schwert Blutgang und seine Rüstung, und sprach zu seinem Vater „Ich will hinwegreiten und nicht in diesem einsamen Walde altern. Lieber will ich die Sitten edler Männer kennen lernen und mir so Ehre erweben.“

1867, Ernst Martin, König Dietrich von Bern und seine Genossen: nach der Thidreksaga erzählt, page 8:

(mythology) The legendary sword of Háma.


Wechselbalg

Wechselbalg m (strong, genitive Wechselbalgs or Wechselbalges, plural (northern Germany) Wechselbälger or (southern Germany) Wechselbälge)

Wechselbalgs (genitive)
Wechselbalges (genitive)
Wechselbälger (Germany Northern plural)
Wechselbälge (Southern-Germany plural)
Wechselbälge (plural southern-Germany)
Wechselbalg (nominative singular)
Wechselbälger (Northern-Germany definite nominative plural)
Wechselbälge (Southern-Germany definite nominative plural)
Wechselbalgs (genitive singular)
Wechselbalges (genitive singular)
Wechselbälger (Northern-Germany definite genitive plural)
Wechselbälge (Southern-Germany definite genitive plural)
Wechselbalg (dative singular)
Wechselbalge (dative singular)
Wechselbälgern (Northern-Germany dative definite plural)
Wechselbälgen (Southern-Germany dative definite plural)
Wechselbalg (accusative singular)
Wechselbälger (Northern-Germany accusative definite plural)
Wechselbälge (Southern-Germany accusative definite plural)

wechseln (“to exchange”) + Balg (“baby, brat”). Cognate to Dutch wisselbalg.

compound

(mythology) changeling (an infant that was secretly exchanged for a mother's own baby by an evil creature)


Götterspeise

de-noun

Götterspeise f (genitive Götterspeise, plural Götterspeisen)

Götterspeise (genitive)
Götterspeisen (plural)
Götterspeise (nominative singular)
Götterspeisen (definite nominative plural)
Götterspeise (genitive singular)
Götterspeisen (definite genitive plural)
Götterspeise (dative singular)
Götterspeisen (dative definite plural)
Götterspeise (accusative singular)
Götterspeisen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɡœtɐˌʃpaɪ̯zə/


Flaschengeist

Flaschengeist m (strong, genitive Flaschengeistes or Flaschengeists, plural Flaschengeister)

Flaschengeistes (genitive)
Flaschengeists (genitive)
Flaschengeister (plural)
Flaschengeist (nominative singular)
Flaschengeister (definite nominative plural)
Flaschengeistes (genitive singular)
Flaschengeists (genitive singular)
Flaschengeister (definite genitive plural)
Flaschengeist (dative singular)
Flaschengeiste (dative singular)
Flaschengeistern (dative definite plural)
Flaschengeist (accusative singular)
Flaschengeister (accusative definite plural)


Lebenswasser

Lebenswasser n (strong, genitive Lebenswassers, plural Lebenswässer)

Lebenswassers (genitive)
Lebenswässer (plural)
Lebenswasser (nominative singular)
Lebenswässer (definite nominative plural)
Lebenswassers (genitive singular)
Lebenswässer (definite genitive plural)
Lebenswasser (dative singular)
Lebenswässern (dative definite plural)
Lebenswasser (accusative singular)
Lebenswässer (accusative definite plural)


Okeanos

de-proper noun

Okeanos m (proper noun, strong, genitive Okeanos)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).


Höllenfahrt

de-noun

Höllenfahrt f (genitive Höllenfahrt, plural Höllenfahrten)

Höllenfahrt (genitive)
Höllenfahrten (plural)
Höllenfahrt (nominative singular)
Höllenfahrten (definite nominative plural)
Höllenfahrt (genitive singular)
Höllenfahrten (definite genitive plural)
Höllenfahrt (dative singular)
Höllenfahrten (dative definite plural)
Höllenfahrt (accusative singular)
Höllenfahrten (accusative definite plural)


Heros

Heros m (strong, genitive Heros, plural Heroen, feminine Heroin or Heroine)

Heros (genitive)
Heroen (plural)
Heroin (feminine)
Heroine (feminine)
Heros (nominative singular)
Heroen (definite nominative plural)
Heros (genitive singular)
Heroen (definite genitive plural)
Heros (dative singular)
Heroen (dative definite plural)
Heros (accusative singular)
Heroen (accusative definite plural)

18th century, from Latin hērōs, from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs).


Olympier

Olympier m (strong, genitive Olympiers, plural Olympier, feminine Olympierin)

Olympiers (genitive)
Olympier (plural)
Olympierin (feminine)
Olympier (nominative singular)
Olympier (definite nominative plural)
Olympiers (genitive singular)
Olympier (definite genitive plural)
Olympier (dative singular)
Olympiern (dative definite plural)
Olympier (accusative singular)
Olympier (accusative definite plural)

Hörest du nicht, was sie saget, die lilienarmige Here,
 Die nun eben von Zeus, dem Olympier, wieder zurükkam?

1821, Johann Heinrich Voß, Homers Ilias, 5th edition, volume 2, page 66:

Don't you hear, what she says, the lily-armed Here,
 Who just now came back from Zeus, the Olympian?

Hörtest du nicht die Rede der lilienarmigen Here,
 Die nun eben von Zeus dem Olympier wieder zurückkam?

1844, Johann Heinrich Voß, Homer's Werke, volume 1: Homer's Ilias, page 186, lines 15:130–131 (15. Gesang, Vers 130–131):

Didn't you hear the speech of the lily-armed Here,
 Who just now came back from Zeus the Olympian?


Golem

Golem m (strong, genitive Golems, plural Golems)

Golems (genitive)
Golems (plural)
Golem (nominative singular)
Golems (definite nominative plural)
Golems (genitive singular)
Golems (definite genitive plural)
Golem (dative singular)
Golems (dative definite plural)
Golem (accusative singular)
Golems (accusative definite plural)


Dschinn

Dschinn m (strong or mixed, genitive Dschinns, plural Dschinn or Dschinnen or Dschinns)

Dschinns (genitive)
Dschinn (plural)
Dschinnen (plural)
Dschinns (plural)
Dschinn (nominative singular)
Dschinn (definite nominative plural)
Dschinnen (definite nominative plural)
Dschinns (definite nominative plural)
Dschinns (genitive singular)
Dschinn (definite genitive plural)
Dschinnen (definite genitive plural)
Dschinns (definite genitive plural)
Dschinn (dative singular)
Dschinn (dative definite plural)
Dschinnen (dative definite plural)
Dschinns (dative definite plural)
Dschinn (accusative singular)
Dschinn (accusative definite plural)
Dschinnen (accusative definite plural)
Dschinns (accusative definite plural)


Ifrit

Ifrit m (strong or mixed, genitive Ifrits or Ifrit, plural Ifrit or Ifrite or Ifriten or Ifrits or Afarit)

Ifrits (genitive)
Ifrit (genitive)
Ifrit (plural)
Ifrite (plural)
Ifriten (plural)
Ifrits (plural)
Afarit (plural)
Ifrit (nominative singular)
Ifrit (definite nominative plural)
Ifrite (definite nominative plural)
Ifriten (definite nominative plural)
Ifrits (definite nominative plural)
Afarit (definite nominative plural)
Ifrits (genitive singular)
Ifrit (genitive singular)
Ifrit (definite genitive plural)
Ifrite (definite genitive plural)
Ifriten (definite genitive plural)
Ifrits (definite genitive plural)
Afarit (definite genitive plural)
Ifrit (dative singular)
Ifrit (dative definite plural)
Ifriten (dative definite plural)
Ifrits (dative definite plural)
Afarit (dative definite plural)
Ifrit (accusative singular)
Ifrit (accusative definite plural)
Ifrite (accusative definite plural)
Ifriten (accusative definite plural)
Ifrits (accusative definite plural)
Afarit (accusative definite plural)


Myrmidone

Myrmidone m (weak, genitive Myrmidonen, plural Myrmidonen)

Myrmidonen (genitive)
Myrmidonen (plural)
Myrmidone (nominative singular)
Myrmidonen (definite nominative plural)
Myrmidonen (genitive singular)
Myrmidonen (definite genitive plural)
Myrmidonen (dative singular)
Myrmidonen (dative definite plural)
Myrmidonen (accusative singular)
Myrmidonen (accusative definite plural)


Tartaros

de-proper noun

Tartaros m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tartaros)

Tartaros (genitive)
Tartaros (nominative singular)
Tartaros (genitive singular)
Tartaros (dative singular)
Tartaros (accusative singular)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros), possibly through Latin Tartaros.


Dioskuren

Dioskuren (definite nominative plural)
Dioskuren (definite genitive plural)
Dioskuren (dative definite plural)
Dioskuren (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Διόσκουροι (Dióskouroi, “sons of Zeus”).

(Greek mythology) Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux)


Rhadamanthys

de-proper noun

Rhadamanthys m (proper noun, strong, genitive Rhadamanthys)

[…] Gleich damals waren Sie so amüsant und machten Hofrat Behrens zum Höllenrichter … Rhadames … Nein, warten Sie, das ist was anderes …“ „Rhadamanthys? Mag sein, daß ich ihn beiläufig so nannte. Ich behalte nicht alles, was mein Kopf gelegentlich hervorsprudelt.“

1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 329:


Nausikaa

Nausikaa f (proper noun, genitive Nausikaa)

Nausikaa (genitive)
Nausikaa (nominative singular)
Nausikaa (genitive singular)
Nausikaa (dative singular)
Nausikaa (accusative singular)


Höllenhund

de-noun

Höllenhund m (strong, genitive Höllenhundes or Höllenhunds, plural Höllenhunde)

Höllenhundes (genitive)
Höllenhunds (genitive)
Höllenhunde (plural)
Höllenhund (nominative singular)
Höllenhunde (definite nominative plural)
Höllenhundes (genitive singular)
Höllenhunds (genitive singular)
Höllenhunde (definite genitive plural)
Höllenhund (dative singular)
Höllenhunde (dative singular)
Höllenhunden (dative definite plural)
Höllenhund (accusative singular)
Höllenhunde (accusative definite plural)

Coordinate term: Zerberus

Er stürzt. Nein, er hat sich platt hingeworfen, da ein Höllenhund anheult, ein großes Brisanzgeschoß, ein ekelhafter Zuckerhut des Abgrunds.

1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 628; republished as H. T. Lowe-Porter, transl., 1927:

He stumbles. No, he has flung himself down, a hell-hound is coming howling, a huge explosive shell, a disgusting sugar-loaf from the infernal regions.


Zerberus

de-proper noun

Zerberus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Zerberus)

Borrowed from Latin Cerberus, from Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos).

Diesmal muss kein tätowierter Türsteher überwunden werden, der wie ein Zerberus vor dem Einlass wacht.

2013 May 5, Sandra Luzina, “Ballett im Berghain”, in Die Zeit:

This time, no tattooed bouncer has to be overcome, who watches over the entrance like a Cerberus.

(Greek mythology) Cerberus (mythological three-headed dog)


Kosmobiologie

de-noun

Kosmobiologie f (genitive Kosmobiologie, no plural)

Kosmobiologie (genitive)
Kosmobiologie (nominative singular)
Kosmobiologie (genitive singular)
Kosmobiologie (dative singular)
Kosmobiologie (accusative singular)


Himmelszeichen

Himmelszeichen n (strong, genitive Himmelszeichens, plural Himmelszeichen)

Himmelszeichens (genitive)
Himmelszeichen (plural)
Himmelszeichen (nominative singular)
Himmelszeichen (definite nominative plural)
Himmelszeichens (genitive singular)
Himmelszeichen (definite genitive plural)
Himmelszeichen (dative singular)
Himmelszeichen (dative definite plural)
Himmelszeichen (accusative singular)
Himmelszeichen (accusative definite plural)


Alkmene

de-proper noun

Alkmene f (proper noun, genitive Alkmene or (without the article) Alkmenes)

Alkmene (genitive)
Alkmenes (genitive)
Alkmene (nominative singular)
Alkmene (genitive singular)
Alkmenes (genitive singular)
Alkmene (dative singular)
Alkmene (accusative singular)

(Greek mythology) Alcmene, mother of Heracles


Keto

(Greek mythology) Ceto (primordial sea goddess)


Halbelb

de-noun

Halbelb m (weak, genitive Halbelben, plural Halbelben)

Halbelben (genitive)
Halbelben (plural)
Halbelb (nominative singular)
Halbelben (definite nominative plural)
Halbelben (genitive singular)
Halbelben (definite genitive plural)
Halbelben (dative singular)
Halbelben (dative definite plural)
Halbelben (accusative singular)
Halbelben (accusative definite plural)


Lichtelb

Lichtelb m (weak, genitive Lichtelben, plural Lichtelben)

Lichtelben (genitive)
Lichtelben (plural)
Lichtelb (nominative singular)
Lichtelben (definite nominative plural)
Lichtelben (genitive singular)
Lichtelben (definite genitive plural)
Lichtelben (dative singular)
Lichtelben (dative definite plural)
Lichtelben (accusative singular)
Lichtelben (accusative definite plural)


Dunkelelb

Dunkelelb m (weak, genitive Dunkelelben, plural Dunkelelben)

Dunkelelben (genitive)
Dunkelelben (plural)
Dunkelelb (nominative singular)
Dunkelelben (definite nominative plural)
Dunkelelben (genitive singular)
Dunkelelben (definite genitive plural)
Dunkelelben (dative singular)
Dunkelelben (dative definite plural)
Dunkelelben (accusative singular)
Dunkelelben (accusative definite plural)


Blocksberg

de-proper noun

Blocksberg m (proper noun, strong, genitive Blocksbergs)

Blocksbergs (genitive)
Blocksberg (nominative singular)
Blocksbergs (genitive singular)
Blocksberg (dative singular)
Blocksberg (accusative singular)

Komm, fasse meinen Zipfel! / Der Blocksberg, wie der deutsche Parnaß, / Hat gar einen breiten Gipfel.

1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Walpurgisnachtstraum”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:


Gilgamesch

Gilgamesch m (proper noun, strong, genitive Gilgameschs or Gilgamesch)

Gilgameschs (genitive)
Gilgamesch (genitive)


Götterlied

de-noun

Götterlied n (strong, genitive Götterliedes or Götterlieds, plural Götterlieder)

Götterliedes (genitive)
Götterlieds (genitive)
Götterlieder (plural)
Götterlied (nominative singular)
Götterlieder (definite nominative plural)
Götterliedes (genitive singular)
Götterlieds (genitive singular)
Götterlieder (definite genitive plural)
Götterlied (dative singular)
Götterliede (dative singular)
Götterliedern (dative definite plural)
Götterlied (accusative singular)
Götterlieder (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɡœtɐˌliːt/

(historical, mythology) old Germanic epic poem about the deeds of gods


Uroboros

Uroboros m (strong, genitive Uroboros, plural Uroboroi)

Uroboros (genitive)
Uroboroi (plural)
Uroboros (nominative singular)
Uroboroi (definite nominative plural)
Uroboros (genitive singular)
Uroboroi (definite genitive plural)
Uroboros (dative singular)
Uroboroi (dative definite plural)
Uroboros (accusative singular)
Uroboroi (accusative definite plural)

Technische Apparate brauchen den Loop nicht mehr nur zu bedeuten (wie der Uroboros), sondern sie implementieren seine Eigenschaften.

2017 December 1, Ronald Berg, “Ausstellung zum Loop in Wolfsburg: In Trance versetzt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

(mythology) ouroboros (serpent or dragon that eats its own tail)


Lotophage

Lotophage m (weak, genitive Lotophagen, plural Lotophagen)

Lotophagen (genitive)
Lotophagen (plural)
Lotophage (nominative singular)
Lotophagen (definite nominative plural)
Lotophagen (genitive singular)
Lotophagen (definite genitive plural)
Lotophagen (dative singular)
Lotophagen (dative definite plural)
Lotophagen (accusative singular)
Lotophagen (accusative definite plural)


Zephir

Zephir m (strong, genitive Zephirs, plural Zephire)

Zephirs (genitive)
Zephire (plural)
Zephir (nominative singular)
Zephire (definite nominative plural)
Zephirs (genitive singular)
Zephire (definite genitive plural)
Zephir (dative singular)
Zephiren (dative definite plural)
Zephir (accusative singular)
Zephire (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin Zephyrus, from Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros, “Zephyrus, the west wind”).


Nessushemd

de-noun

Nessushemd n (mixed, genitive Nessushemdes or Nessushemds, plural Nessushemden)

Nessushemdes (genitive)
Nessushemds (genitive)
Nessushemden (plural)
Nessushemd (nominative singular)
Nessushemden (definite nominative plural)
Nessushemdes (genitive singular)
Nessushemds (genitive singular)
Nessushemden (definite genitive plural)
Nessushemd (dative singular)
Nessushemde (dative singular)
Nessushemden (dative definite plural)
Nessushemd (accusative singular)
Nessushemden (accusative definite plural)

Über Nacht hatte Ernst Lissauer den feurigsten Ruhm, den sich ein Dichter je in diesem Kriege erworben – freilich einen Ruhm, der später an ihm brannte wie ein Nessushemd.

1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern […] [The World of Yesterday]:

(Greek mythology, chiefly figurative, literary) Nessus shirt


Supermond

Supermond m (strong, genitive Supermondes or Supermonds, plural Supermonde)

Supermondes (genitive)
Supermonds (genitive)
Supermonde (plural)
Supermond (nominative singular)
Supermonde (definite nominative plural)
Supermondes (genitive singular)
Supermonds (genitive singular)
Supermonde (definite genitive plural)
Supermond (dative singular)
Supermonde (dative singular)
Supermonden (dative definite plural)
Supermond (accusative singular)
Supermonde (accusative definite plural)

Calque of English supermoon, from super- + Mond (“moon”).