Siegfried

English

Etymology

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German Siegfriedbor.

English Siegfried

Borrowed from German Siegfried.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭgʹ-frēd, sēgʹ-frēd, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɡ.fɹiːd/, /ˈsiːɡ.fɹiːd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Siegfried

1. (Germanic mythology) A hero of the Nibelungenlied who defeated the Icelandic queen Brunhild.

Derived terms

• Siegfried Line

Translations

Hero of the Nibelungenlied who defeated the Icelandic queen Brunhild

• Bulgarian: Зи́гфрид m (Zígfrid)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 齐格弗里德

• Japanese: ジークフリート
• Korean: 시구르드 (sigureudeu)
• Marathi: सीग्फ्रीड (sīgphrīḍ)
• Polish: Zygfryd (pl) m
• Russian: Зигфрид (ru) (Zigfrid)
• Spanish: Sigfrido (es) m

See also

• Sigurd (the Norse equivalent)
• Sigfrid, Sigfred (a saint's name in Scandinavia)

German

Etymology

From Middle High German Sîfrit, from Old High German Sigifrid, from Proto-West Germanic *Sigifriþu, from Proto-Germanic *Sigifriþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːk.fʁiːt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Siegfried m

1. (Germanic mythology) Siegfried
2. a male given name inherited from Middle High German Sîfrit [in turn from Old High German Sigifrid]

   Synonyms: Sigi, Siggi

Descendants

• → English: Siegfried
• → Italian: Sigfrido
• → Latvian: Zigfrīds
• → Lithuanian: Sigitas
• → Polish: Zygfryd
• → Spanish: Sigfredo, Sigfrido

Further reading

• “Siegfried” in Duden online
• Siegfried der Drachentöter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Siegfried (Vorname) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de