Siegfried
pronunciation
How to pronounce Siegfried in British English:
UK ['si:ɡfri:d; 'zikfri:t]
How to pronounce Siegfried in American English:
US [ˈsiɡˌfrid, ˈsɪɡ-]
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- Noun:
- (German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart
Word Origin
- Siegfried
- masc. proper name, German Siegfried, first element from Old High German sigu "victory," from Proto-Germanic *sigiz- "victory" (cognates: Old Frisian si, Old Saxon sigi, Middle Dutch seghe, Dutch zege, German Sieg, Old Norse sigr, Danish seier, Gothic sigis, Old English sige "victory, success, triumph"), from PIE root *segh- "to have, to hold" (cognates: Sanskrit saha- "victory," sahate "overcomes, masters;" see scheme (n.)). Second element from Old High German frithu "peace" (see Frederick). Siegfried Line, World War I German fortifications in France, is from German Siegfriedlinie, named for the hero in Wagner's "Ring" cycle.
Example
- 1. The u. s. dispatched mr. bosworth in the aftermath of a new report by stanford scientist siegfried hecker over the weekend revealing the north 's new uranium-enrichment capabilities following a trip to pyongyang .
- 2. Twilight of the gods : siegfried 's funeral march .
- 3. Siegfried , she is the woman I wish to marry .
- 4. The british and american armies approached the siegfried line in september 1944 .
- 5. Lt was hagen 's magic . Siegfried never knew .