nibelung
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of a supernatural underground race that guarded treasures and gold searched for and eventually seized by Siegfried.
Example Sentences
- "[…] 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. Nibelung. in appendice. Annal. Moiffiac."
- "The Song of the Nibelungen, and the Lament."
Etymology
From German Nibelung, a singular form corresponding to the plural Nibelungen; from Old High German nibel (“mist”) + the patronymic ending -ung, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nebulaz + *-ungō.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Nibelung, nibel, *nebulaz