Heldensage
German, noun/ˈhɛldn̩ˌzaːɡə/
Heldensage is spelled H-E-L-D-E-N-S-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heldensage is a German feminine noun meaning “heroic legend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mündliche oder schriftliche Überlieferung aus der heldischen Frühzeit eines Volkes”.
What does Heldensage mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheroic legend
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mündliche oder schriftliche Überlieferung aus der heldischen Frühzeit eines Volkes
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Heldensage
- Heldensagen plural
- [1] GE2688 (Regensburger Verbundklassifikation) abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Heldensage?
- /ˈhɛldn̩ˌzaːɡə/
- [ˈhɛldn̩ˌzaːɡə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Heldensage in German?
Heldensage appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).