Elf
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɛlf/
Etymology 1
From elf (“eleven”).
Noun
Elf f (genitive Elf, no plural)
Inflection
Hyponyms
- Nationalelf
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English elf in 18th century literature, from Old English ælf, from Proto-Germanic *albiz.
Alternative forms
Noun
Elf m (genitive Elfen, plural Elfen)
- elf
- 1762, Christoph Martin Wieland, transl., Ein St. Johannis Nachts-Traum, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Act 2, Scene 1:
- So heftig ist ihr Zwist, daß alle ihre Elfen / Vor Angst in Ahorn-Becher sich verkriechen.
- But they do square, that all their Elues for feare / Creepe into Acorne cups and hide them there.
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Inflection
Derived terms
- Elfe, Elfin (female forms)
- elfisch
References
- Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.
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