Siegfried

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Siegfried. === Pronunciation === enPR: sĭgʹ-frēd, sēgʹ-frēd, IPA(key): /ˈsɪɡ.fɹiːd/, /ˈsiːɡ.fɹiːd/ === Proper noun === Siegfried (Germanic mythology) A hero of the Nibelungenlied who defeated the Icelandic queen Brunhild. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Sigurd (the Norse equivalent) Sigfrid, Sigfred (a saint's name in Scandinavia) == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German Sîfrit, from Old High German Sigifrid, from Proto-West Germanic *Sigifriþu, from Proto-Germanic *Sigifriþuz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈziːk.fʁiːt/ === Proper noun === Siegfried m (Germanic mythology) Siegfried a male given name inherited from Middle High German Sîfrit [in turn from Old High German Sigifrid] Synonyms: Sigi, Siggi ==== Descendants ==== → English: Siegfried → Italian: Sigfrido → Latvian: Zigfrīds → Lithuanian: Sigitas → Polish: Zygfryd → Spanish: Sigfredo, Sigfrido === Further reading === “Siegfried” in Duden online Siegfried der Drachentöter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de Siegfried (Vorname) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de