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The name is probably derived from PGmc *nauði-("need, distress"), with the German form developing from a contracted form of the diphthong with a nasalized long "o" to OHG "uo/ua". [ 204 ] [ 205 ] The son of Rüdiger; he mentioned as having been killed by Witege in the Nibelungenlied , but appears as a supporting character in other epics.
The 9th c. Rök runestone lists names of Germanic heroes and events, but the significance of most of them is nowadays lost. The figures in the lists below are listed either by the name of their article on Wikipedia or, if there is no article, according to the name by which they are most commonly attested.
Name possibly means "those who dwell in high places/forts" from PGmc *burg-. [44] Their origins have been connected to Borgund, in Norway, and to the island of Bornholm (ON: Borgundarholmr, OE: Burgendaland). [45] The historical Burgundian kings Gunther/Gunnarr, Giselher, and Gernot are described as Burgundians in the German tradition.
Daniel Prenn (1904–1991), German-Polish-British tennis player, highest world ranking # 6; Birgit Prinz (born 1977), football player; Lina Radke (1903–1983), athlete; Teodor Regedziński (also known as Theodor Reger) (1894–1954), Polish chess master of German origin; father's name was Reger; Otto Rehhagel (born 1938), football player and ...
This is a timeline of German history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Germany and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Germany. See also the list of German monarchs and list of chancellors of Germany and the list of years in Germany
German kingdom (blue) in the Holy Roman Empire around 1000. This is a list of monarchs who ruled over East Francia, and the Kingdom of Germany (Latin: Regnum Teutonicum), from the division of the Frankish Empire in 843 and the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 until the collapse of the German Empire in 1918:
The name is an Icelandic adaptation of the East Norse Bove instead of the expected West Norse Búi, which indicates that he was historical person. [115] The name means a "fat and clumpsy person". [116] The Geatish foster-father of the Swedish king Ingjald's son Olof Trätälja, and who lived in Västergötland.
List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, A; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, B–C; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, D–E; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, F–G; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, H–He; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, Hi–Hy; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, I–O