See also: elfe

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed in the 18th century from English elf, from Old English ælf (incubus, elf), from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Compare German Alb (two-faced spirit).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlfə/
  • (file)

Noun edit

Elfe m (weak, genitive Elfen, plural Elfen)

  1. Alternative form of Elf (elf)
    • 1855, William Shakespeare, translated by Carl Abel, Ein Sommernachtstraum, Leipzig, page 45:
      Unsterblich sollst du und ein Elfe sein!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1874, Heinrich Heine's sämmtliche Werke. Siebenter Band. Über Deutschland. Dritter Theil. Elementargeister und Dämonen., Hamburg, page 50:
      War er ein Nix oder ein Elfe?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Terms derived from Elf or Elfe:

Noun edit

Elfe f (genitive Elfe, plural Elfen)

  1. female elf
  2. fairy, sprite
  3. pixie

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220. (etymology)

Further reading edit

  • Elfe” in Duden online