Elfe
See also: elfe
German
Etymology
Borrowed in the 18th century from English elf, from Old English ælf (“incubus, elf”), from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Compare German Alb (“two-faced spirit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Elfe m (weak, genitive Elfen, plural Elfen)
- Alternative form of Elf (“elf”)
- 1855, William Shakespeare and Carl Abel (translator), Ein Sommernachtstraum, Leipzig, p. 45:
- Unsterblich sollst du und ein Elfe sein!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1874, Heinrich Heine's sämmtliche Werke. Siebenter Band. Über Deutschland. Dritter Theil. Elementargeister und Dämonen. Hamburg, p. 50:
- War er ein Nix oder ein Elfe?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1855, William Shakespeare and Carl Abel (translator), Ein Sommernachtstraum, Leipzig, p. 45:
Declension
Declension of Elfe [masculine, weak]
Related terms
Terms derived from Elf or Elfe:
Noun
Elfe f (genitive Elfe, plural Elfen)
Declension
Declension of Elfe [feminine]
Synonyms
References
- Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220. (etymology)
Further reading
- “Elfe” in Duden online
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