elf

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
2. Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.
3. Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).
4. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
5. The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

Verb

To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat.

Konzepte

Elf

Elfe

Elb

🧝

Fee

🧚

Kobold

Elbe

Alb

🧝

Nymphe

Teufelchen

Elbin

elf

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Wichtel

Naturgeist

Recker

Elfen…

Alp

Elfen

Erdmännchen

Heinzelmännchen

Irrwisch

Nixe

🧜‍♀️

Synonyme

fairy

🧚

sprite

imp

👿

gnome

hob

goblin

pixy

spirit

hobgoblin

nymph

dwarf

puck

gremlin

pixie

charm

pygmy

brownie

fay

wizard

gnome 1

legendary creature

barghest

daemon

demon

eleven

genie

🧞

ghost

👻

incubus

kobold

leprechaun

lilliputian

manikin

midge

midget

minim

pigmy

runt

sylph

troll

🧌

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɛlf/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Ultimately probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”). Doublet of alf and oaf.