Pronunciation: ' n ē -b ə - ˌ lu ̇ ŋ
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -lungs also -lung · en \ - ˌ lu ̇ ŋ - ə n \
Etymology: G
Date: 1814
1 : a member of a race of dwarfs in Germanic legend
2 : any of the followers of Siegfried
3 : any of the Burgundian kings in the medieval German Nibelungenlied