Gunnar

[goon-nahr, goon-er]

noun

1. Scandinavian Legend.,  the husband of Brynhild: corresponds to Gunther in the Nibelungenlied.

2. a male given name.

Gunnar

/ ˈɡʊnɑː /

noun

1. Norse myth brother of Gudrun and husband of Brynhild, won for him by Sigurd. He corresponds to Gunther in the Nibelungenlied

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gunnar¹

< Old Norse Gunnarr, equivalent to gunn battle + herr master; compare Gundaharius, Latinized form of a Burgundian personal name

Example Sentences

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Because football is the best game in the world.

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The club's tactical approach did not help, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at times playing him out on the wing.

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Gunnar Nordahl is AC Milan's all-time leading goalscorer with 221 goals, but never played at a World Cup for Sweden.

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Longtime lieutenant Gunnar Wiedenfels would helm Discovery Global, made up of the firm’s international businesses and basic cable channels, which face an uncertain future in the streaming era.

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"It's a kind of Google for DNA," explains Professor Gunnar Rätsch, a data scientist in ETH Zurich's Department of Computer Science.

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