Siegfried
English
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- (Germanic mythology) Hero of the Nibelungenlied who defeated the Icelandic queen Brunhild.
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editHero of the Nibelungenlied who defeated the Icelandic queen Brunhild
See also
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
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- (Germanic mythology) Siegfried
- a male given name from Proto-Germanic
Descendants
edit- → English: Siegfried
- → Italian: Sigfrido
- → Latvian: Zigfrīds
- → Lithuanian: Sigitas
- → Polish: Zygfryd
- → Spanish: Sigfredo, Sigfrido
Further reading
edit- “Siegfried” in Duden online
- Siegfried der Drachentöter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Siegfried (Vorname) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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