Erlkönig

German

Etymology

From Danish ellerkonge (“king of the elves”), in which eller- was misinterpreted as German Low German Eller (“alder”), and which was thus translated into standard German as Erlkönig (Erle +‎ König). This form was spread by Goethe’s famous poem. Low German Eller is from Middle Low German elre, from Old Saxon elis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁlˌkøːnɪç/, [ˈɛʁlˌkøːnɪç], [ˈɛɐ̯l-]

Noun

Erlkönig m (genitive Erlkönigs, plural Erlkönige)

erl-king

Declension

Declension of Erlkönig

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Erlkönig	die	Erlkönige
genitive	eines	des	Erlkönigs	der	Erlkönige
dative	einem	dem	Erlkönig	den	Erlkönigen
accusative	einen	den	Erlkönig	die	Erlkönige

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