nibelung

noun, plural Ni·be·lungs, Ni·be·lung·en. Teutonic Legend.

1. any of a race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure captured by Siegfried.
2. the followers of Siegfried.

noun plural -lungs or -lungen (-ˌlʊŋən) German myth

1. any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard stolen by Siegfried
2. one of Siegfried’s companions or followers
3. (in the Nibelungenlied) a member of the family of Gunther, king of Burgundy