Siegfried

[ sig-freed, seeg-; German zeek-freet ]

noun
  1. (in the Nibelungenlied) the son of Sigmund and Sieglinde and the husband of Kriemhild. He kills the dragon Fafnir, acquires the treasure of the Nibelungs, wins Brünnhilde for Gunther, and is finally killed by Hagen at the behest of Brünnhilde, whom he had once promised to marry: corresponds to the Sigurd of the Volsunga Saga.: Compare Brünnhilde.

  2. (italics) See The Ring of the Nibelung.

  1. a male given name.

Words Nearby Siegfried

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Siegfried in a sentence

  • She has co-authored the autobiographies of Slim Keith, Swifty Lazar, and Siegfried and Roy, among others.

    I Survived Hurricane Bernie | Annette Tapert | December 17, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied, after slaying the Regin dragon, makes himself invulnerable by bathing in its blood.

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. Mackenzie
  • Pat liked the song from Werther, but the Siegfried record was his favorite, with Gounod a close second.

    The Boy Grew Older | Heywood Broun
  • The ghosts of the dead and male and female demons were birds, like the birds of Fate which sang to Siegfried.

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. Mackenzie
  • I know of nothing like it save the forest music in Siegfried.

    Parsifal | H. R. Haweis
  • If he was Siegfried the gay, she was Chriemhild the grim; and as likely to prove a firebrand as the girl in the ballad.

    The Saint's Tragedy | Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for Siegfried

Siegfried

/ (ˈsiːɡfriːd, German ˈziːkfriːt) /


noun
  1. German myth a German prince, the son of Sigmund and husband of Kriemhild, who, in the Nibelungenlied, assumes possession of the treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it, wins Brunhild for King Gunther, and is eventually killed by Hagen: Norse equivalent: Sigurd

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012