Nibelung

noun Ni·be·lung \ˈnē-bə-ˌlu̇ŋ\

plural Ni·be·lungs also Ni·be·lung·en\-ˌlu̇ŋ-ən\

Definition of NIBELUNG

: a member of a race of dwarfs in Germanic legend

: any of the followers of Siegfried

: any of the Burgundian kings in the medieval German Nibelungenlied

German

First Known Use: 1814

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