Meaning Of The Word Siegfried
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What's The Definition Of Siegfried?
Siegfried in American English
a hero who wins the treasure of the Nibelungs, kills a dragon, and helps Gunther win Brunhild for a wife noun: 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: Siegfried in British English noun: 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 Hagen |
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