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Nibelungen

Nibelungen is the plural of Nibelung.

Meaning of Nibelung

Noun

Nibelung (plural Nibelungs or Nibelungen)

  1. (Germanic) A member of a supernatural underground race that guarded treasures and gold searched for and eventually seized by Siegfried.
    • […] and at the same Time flattered himself, that the Lombards and People of Acquitaine, whom he had lately conquered, having Kings of their own, would not be so easily tempted to shake off the Yoke, as if their Countries were made Provinces of France. [footnote] Eginhard. in vit. Carol. Chron....1759, Archibald Bower, The History of the Popes: From the Foundation of the See of Rome to the Present Time, volume 4, London: Author, Hadrian, Ninety—Fourth Bishop of Rome, page 62

Questions about Nibelungen

What is Nibelungen the plural of?
Nibelungen is the plural of Nibelung.

Words near Nibelungen in the dictionary

  1. nibbly
  2. nibby
  3. nibe croaker
  4. nibe croakers
  5. Nibelung
  6. Nibelungen
  7. Nibelungian
  8. Nibelungid
  9. Nibelungs
  10. Nibert
  11. Niberts

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