Nibelung
noun
any of a race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure captured by Siegfried.
Nibelungen
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pluralof Nibelung.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As the war turned against Germany, Kruger’s Hitler Youth unit was drafted into the newly formed SS division "Nibelungen."
From Fox News ● Jan. 20, 2022
Wagner knew nothing of the search for dark matter and eerie bosons when he wrote Der Ring des Nibelungen.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2012
Richard Wagner created a cycle of four musical dramas called Der Ring des Nibelungen.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi, who has already substituted for Levine this season, will conduct the cycles of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen this coming April and May.
From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2011
Under the splendid coat of mail of the Nibelungen hero, beneath the coarse peasant frocks of a Vulture-maiden and a Bear-hunter--still we meet with it again and again.
From The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] by Wilhelmine von Hillern
