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Elf
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elf ELF
German
Pronunciation
de /ʔɛlf/
de De-Elf.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
de eleven elf
From de elf eleven.
Noun
f
(a group of) eleven
football team, XI (so called because eleven is the number of players on such a team)
Declension
f
Hyponyms
de Nationalelf
Etymology 2
de elf :bor en:elf
de en elf in 18th century literature, from de ang ælf, from de gmw-pro *albi, from de gem-pro *albiz. de Alb.
Alternative forms
de Elfe
Noun
m,en:s,en
elf
de 1762 w:William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream Ein St. Johannis Nachts-Traum Christoph Martin Wieland 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.
Declension
m.weak
m,s,en
Synonyms
de Alb (de Alp)
de Elb (de Elbe)
Derived terms
de Elfe, de Elfin (female forms)
de elfisch
Related terms
Terms derived from Elf or de Elfe:
de Elfenkönig
de elfenhaft
de Elfenbein
References
Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.