Etymology

Nibelung

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Today it means: A member of a supernatural underground race that guarded treasures and gold searched for and eventually seized by Siegfried. Full definition →

German Nibelung ← Old High German nibel ← Proto-Germanic *nebulaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*nebulaz
  2. Old High German · derived fromnibel“mist”
  3. German · derived fromNibelung
  4. English todayNibelung

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.

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