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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'erlking' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions erlking noun  in German mythology, a giant who preys on children 1962: This line, and indeed the whole passage (lines 653-664), allude to the well-known poem by Goethe about the , hoary enchanter of the elf-haunted alderwood, who falls in love with the delicate little boy of a belated traveler. " Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire Etymology: A part-translation of German Erlkínig literally "alder-king", a mistranslation of Danish ellerkonge "king of the elves".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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