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
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
Google Wagner and you're more likely to come across the disturbed Brazilian who can't sing rather than the deranged anti-semite behind Der Ring des Nibelungen.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2010
And he told him all about the princely castle at Worms, and the treasure of the Nibelungen, and the revenge of Chriemhildis, and Ekkehard listened with sparkling eager eyes.
From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
