Siegfried

[ sig-freed, seeg-; German zeek-freet ]

/ ˈsɪg frid, ˈsig-; German ˈzik frit /

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noun

(in the Nibelungenlied) the son of Sigmund and Sieglinde and the husband of Kriemhild. He kills the dragon Fafnir, acquires the treasure of the Nibelungs, wins Brünnhilde for Gunther, and is finally killed by Hagen at the behest of Brünnhilde, whom he had once promised to marry: corresponds to the Sigurd of the Volsunga Saga.Compare Brünnhilde.

(italics) See The Ring of the Nibelung.

a male given name.

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Words nearby Siegfried

siege, siege mentality, Siegen, Siege Perilous, siege piece, Siegfried, Siegfried Line, Sieg heil, Sieglinde, Siegmeister, siemens

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How to use Siegfried in a sentence

Waiting for their new venue to be completed, Siegfried & Roy performed in Japan for almost a year, then sold out 32 shows in four weeks at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
Siegfried Fischbacher, half of large-animal magic team Siegfried & Roy, dies at 81|Matt Schudel|January 14, 2021|Washington Post
She has co-authored the autobiographies of Slim Keith, Swifty Lazar, and Siegfried and Roy, among others.
I Survived Hurricane Bernie|Annette Tapert|December 17, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied, after slaying the Regin dragon, makes himself invulnerable by bathing in its blood.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
Pat liked the song from Werther, but the Siegfried record was his favorite, with Gounod a close second.
The Boy Grew Older|Heywood Broun

The ghosts of the dead and male and female demons were birds, like the birds of Fate which sang to Siegfried.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
I know of nothing like it save the forest music in Siegfried.
Parsifal|H. R. Haweis
If he was Siegfried the gay, she was Chriemhild the grim; and as likely to prove a firebrand as the girl in the ballad.
The Saint's Tragedy|Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for Siegfried

Siegfried

/ (ˈsiːɡfriːd, German ˈziːkfriːt) /

noun

German myth a German prince, the son of Sigmund and husband of Kriemhild, who, in the Nibelungenlied, assumes possession of the treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it, wins Brunhild for King Gunther, and is eventually killed by HagenNorse equivalent: Sigurd

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