Erlking Definition
ʉrlkiŋ, erlkiŋ
noun
A spirit who does mischief and evil, esp. to children: originally a literary character.
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Other Word Forms of Erlking
Noun
Singular:
erlking
Plural:
erlkingsOrigin of Erlking
A part-translation of German Erlkönig literally ‘alder-king’, a mistranslation of Danish ellerkonge ‘king of the elves’.
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