NIBELUNG


Meaning of NIBELUNG in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnē-bə-ˌlu̇ŋ ]

noun

( plural -lungs also Ni·be·lung·en -ˌlu̇ŋ-ən)

Etymology: German

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.