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GÜNTHER

Gender: Masculine

Usage: German, Germanic Mythology

Pronounced: GUYN-ter   [key]

Derived from the Germanic elements gund "war" and heri "army, warrior". In the Germanic legend the 'Nibelungenlied', Günther was a Burgundian king and the husband of the Icelandic queen Brunhild.
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