Hildegarde
noun
a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”
Hildegard
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a variation of
Hildegarde.
Example Sentences
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Hildegard repeatedly and courageously stands up to the dominant male power of the Church but is disturbed by the nature of her feelings for a troubled young novice, Richardis von Stade, who illustrates the transcriptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
Margarethe von Trotta made an effective biopic of Hildegard, staring the intense singer Barbara Sukowa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
His grandmother, Hildegard - Rudolf's widow - tried to reclaim it in the 1950s, but backed down after a legal challenge by Hartig.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
Consult a guide book, an expert, or take a mushroom to the Puget Sound Mycological Society’s Hildegard Hendrickson ID clinic, held Mondays during fall and spring foraging seasons.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
That same day, in a posh Berlin neighborhood near the Ministry of Public En-lightenment and Propaganda, Joseph and Magda Goebbels welcomed a new daughter into the world—a little brown-haired girl they named Hildegard.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
