Name Kriemhilde

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From Old High German words for mask, helmet and fight

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About the name Kriemhilde in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	German
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:	Kriemhild, Krimhilde, Krimhild Details

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About Kriemhild, the group of names with the same origin as Kriemhilde

Language of origin:	Old High German
Info about origin:	known from the Kriemhild, wife of Siegfried in the Nibelungen saga
Words:	grima = the mask, the helmet Old High German
	hiltja = the fight Old High German
Topics:	Two-element name
Name variants:	Kriemhild, Kriemhilde, Krimhild, Krimhilde Sortable list Details