释义
[ guhn -ther for 1, 3 ; goo n -ter for 2 ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈgʌn θər for 1, 3 ; ˈgʊn tər for 2 / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun John, 1901–1970, U.S. journalist and author.
(in the Nibelungenlied ) a king of Burgundy and the husband of Brunhild, beheaded by Kriemhild in her revenge for the murder of Siegfried. Compare Gunnar.
a male given name.
Words nearby Gunther gunstock stile, gun tackle, gunter, gunter rig, Gunter's chain, Gunther , Günther's disease, gun-toting, Guntur, gunwale, gunyah
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Gunther is sent by his superiors to Smolensk to investigate reports of a Russian massacre of Polish troops in 1940.
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As she told Gunther : “There is nothing like a taste of nature to nurture the soul.”
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Gunther IV The tale of Gunther IV sounds almost too outrageous to be real—and it's possible it isn't.
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Since then, someone acting on behalf of Gunther IV bought a $9 million Miami villa from Madonna in 2000.
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Then spake the monarch Gunther : / "How might such thing e'er be?"
The Nibelungenlied | Unknown
Greatly she feared for her child, for full well she knew Gunther and his men.
The Nibelungenlied | Unknown
Gunther left he standing, / upon Gernot to dash, And when he smote ring-armor / the fire forth did flash.
The Nibelungenlied | Unknown
Dietrich then went to where Gunther stood in the hall and engaged him in strife.
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For her loved son she sorrowed / lest he should lose his life, For well she knew the humor / of Gunther and his men.
The Nibelungenlied | Unknown
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British Dictionary definitions for Gunther noun (in the Nibelungenlied ) a king of Burgundy, allied with Siegfried, who won for him his wife Brunhild. He corresponds to Gunnar in Norse mythology
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