Siegfried

English

Etymology

From German Siegfried.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Siegfried

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

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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/
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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

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