Elf
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom elf (“eleven”).
Noun
editElf f (genitive Elf, plural Elfen)
- (a group of) eleven
- football team, XI (so called because eleven is the number of players on such a team)
Declension
editDeclension of Elf [feminine]
Hyponyms
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from English elf in 18th century literature, from Old English ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Doublet of Alb.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editElf m (mixed, genitive Elfen or Elfs, plural Elfen)
- elf
- 1762, Christoph Martin Wieland, transl., Ein St. Johannis Nachts-Traum, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, act 2, scene 1:
- So heftig ist ihr Zwist, daß alle ihre Elfen / Vor Angst in Ahorn-Becher sich verkriechen.
- But they do square, that all their Elues for feare / Creepe into Acorne cups and hide them there.
Declension
editDeclension of Elf [masculine, weak]
Declension of Elf [masculine, mixed]
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editTerms derived from Elf or Elfe:
References
edit- Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.
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