# Nibelung

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A member of a supernatural underground race that guarded treasures and gold searched for and eventually seized by Siegfried.

## Etymology
From German Nibelung, a singular form corresponding to the plural Nibelungen; from Old High German nibel (“mist”) + the patronymic ending -ung, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nebulaz + *-ungō.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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