Nibelung
German, noun[ˈniːbəlʊŋ]
Nibelung is spelled N-I-B-E-L-U-N-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written German, the 528,992nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nibelung is a German masculine noun meaning “Nibelung” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die zum sagenhaften germanischen Geschlecht der Nibelungen gehört”.
What does Nibelung mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineNibelung
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die zum sagenhaften germanischen Geschlecht der Nibelungen gehört
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 Nibelung
- Nibelungen genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nibelung?
- [ˈniːbəlʊŋ]
- [niːbəˈlʊŋ]
- [nibəˈlʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nibelung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nibelung in German?
Nibelung appears about once in every 72 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).