Elf
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From elf (“eleven”).
Noun edit
Elf 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 edit
Declension of Elf [feminine]
Hyponyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed 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 edit
Noun edit
Elf 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 edit
Declension of Elf [masculine, weak]
Declension of Elf [masculine, mixed]
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Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Terms 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.