Nibelung

[ nee-buh-loong ]

noun

, Teutonic Legend.

, plural Ni·be·lungs, Ni·be·lung·en.

1. any of a race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure captured by Siegfried.
2. the followers of Siegfried.

Nibelung

/ ˈniːbəˌlʊŋ /

noun

1. any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard stolen by Siegfried
2. one of Siegfried's companions or followers
3. (in the Nibelungenlied ) a member of the family of Gunther, king of Burgundy

Example Sentences

Among many other things, the opera is a study in inequality, the Nibelungs living in a dank underworld.

From Los Angeles Times

The German domestic intelligence agency previously said the group had also set up Germany's biggest far-right martial arts event, called Fight of the Nibelungs, which has been banned since 2019.

From BBC

Later, it did duty as a lower level of Nibelheim, where Alberich enslaves his fellow Nibelungs as the first step in his quest for world domination.

From Seattle Times

Stagings of Richard Wagner’s cycle of four interlinked operas, together known as “The Ring of the Nibelung,” are what put Seattle Opera on the international map almost half a century ago.

From Seattle Times

The lectures’ topics ranged from Goethe’s “Faust” and Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” to Mann’s own “Magic Mountain,” and they attracted an appreciative audience.

From Washington Post