Elf
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German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From elf (“eleven”).
Noun[edit]
Elf f (genitive Elf, plural Elfen)
- (a group of) eleven
- football team, XI (so called because eleven is the number of players on such a team)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Elf [feminine]
Hyponyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from English elf in 18th century literature, from Old English ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Doublet of Alb.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
Elf m (mixed, genitive Elfen or Elfs, plural Elfen)
- elf
- 1762, Christoph Martin Wieland, transl., Ein St. Johannis Nachts-Traum, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, act 2, scene 1:
- So heftig ist ihr Zwist, daß alle ihre Elfen / Vor Angst in Ahorn-Becher sich verkriechen.
- But they do square, that all their Elues for feare / Creepe into Acorne cups and hide them there.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Elf [masculine, weak]
Declension of Elf [masculine, mixed]
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Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Terms derived from Elf or Elfe:
References[edit]
- Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.
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