Sigmund

[ sig-muh nd, seeg-moo nd; German zeek-moo nt ]

/ ˈsɪg mənd, ˈsig mʊnd; German ˈzik mʊnt /

noun

(in the Volsunga Saga) the son of Volsung and Liod; the father, through his sister, Signy, of Sinfjotli; the husband first of Borghild, then of Hjordis; and the father of Sigurd.

(in the Nibelungenlied) the king of the Netherlands and father of Siegfried.

a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “victory” and “protection.”

Example sentences from the Web for sigmund

In the early 1900s, Sigmund Freud began to explore in earnest the similarities between neurotic behavior and ritual.

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The late, great British modernist painter—and grandson of Sigmund Freud—valued his privacy.

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As it turns out, there are multiple, interlocking answers which range from Sigmund Freud to the pharmaceutical industry.

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Even for our greatest philosopher of the surreal, Sigmund Freud, reality remained rooted in the personal and social.

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A century and a half after the birth of Sigmund Freud, our understanding of human behavior remains at the third-grade level.

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Skarphedinn gave him a blow on his helm, and after that dealt Sigmund his death-blow.

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Sigmund, thereupon, became king, and took to himself a wife.

The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) |Charles Mills Gayley
It was Sigmund, the youngest of the Volsungs, who said this.

The Children of Odin |Padraic Colum
All had been wonderful of late, but the rosy little Sigmund was the best of all her wonders.

Greifenstein |F. Marion Crawford
In the night Hjordis seeks the scene of the combat and finds Sigmund still alive.

The Nibelungenlied |Unknown

British Dictionary definitions for sigmund

Sigmund

/ (ˈsɪɡmənd, ˈsiːɡmʊnd, German ˈziːkmʊnt) /

noun

Norse myth the father of the hero Sigurd

Also called: Siegmund (German ˈziːkmʊnt) German myth king of the Netherlands, father of Siegfried

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British Dictionary definitions for sigmund

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