Siegfried

Borrowed from German Siegfried.

• enPR: sĭgʹ-frēd, sēgʹ-frēd, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɡ.fɹiːd/, /ˈsiːɡ.fɹiːd/

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Siegfried

1. (Germanic mythology) A hero of the Nibelungenlied who defeated the Icelandic queen Brunhild.

• Sigurd (the Norse equivalent)
• Sigfrid, Sigfred (a saint's name in Scandinavia)

From Middle High German Sîfrit, from Old High German Sigifrid, from Proto-West Germanic *Sigifriþu, from Proto-Germanic *Sigifriþuz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːk.fʁiːt/

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Siegfried m

1. (Germanic mythology) Siegfried
2. a male given name inherited from Middle High German Sîfrit [in turn from Old High German Sigifrid]

   Synonyms: Sigi, Siggi

• → English: Siegfried
• → Italian: Sigfrido
• → Latvian: Zigfrīds
• → Lithuanian: Sigitas
• → Polish: Zygfryd
• → Spanish: Sigfredo, Sigfrido

• “Siegfried” in Duden online
• Siegfried der Drachentöter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Siegfried (Vorname) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de