Sigmund
Americannoun
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(in theVolsunga Saga ) the son of Volsung and Liod; the father, through his sister, Signy, of Sinfjotli; the husband first of Borghild, then of Hjordis; and the father of Sigurd.
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(in theNibelungenlied ) the king of the Netherlands and father of Siegfried.
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a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “victory” and “protection.”
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Norse myth the father of the hero Sigurd
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Also called: Siegmund. German myth king of the Netherlands, father of Siegfried
Example Sentences
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The researchers argue that today's leading model of brain function shares striking similarities with ideas that originated with Sigmund Freud and have been developed by psychoanalytic theorists for more than a century.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026
The setting is Vienna in 1924 and Günter’s analyst is also his professor and the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
The psychology of this team is something that would make Sigmund Freud swoon.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
Sigmund Freud thought smell related to animalistic behavior and was relevant in humans mostly in terms of behavioral pathology.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
Arek said that Jack’s uncle Sigmund, his father’s younger brother, was alive and staying in a displaced persons’ camp near Munich.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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