Definitions for hildebrand
ˈhɪl dəˌbrændhilde·brand

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gregory, Gregory VII, Hildebrandnoun

   the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)

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1. Hildebrand

   Hildebrand is a character from Germanic heroic legend. Hildebrand is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is Hiltibrant and in Old Norse Hildibrandr. The word hild means "battle" and brand means "sword". The name itself is very likely of Lombardic origin.He is associated with the cycle of legends about Theodoric the Great, called Dietrich in German, to whom he is a companion. Hildebrand appears in many works, most prominently in the Old High German Hildebrandslied, the Middle High German Nibelungenlied, in the Old Norse song "Hildebrand's Death" in Ásmundar saga kappabana (called Hildibrandr), and in the late medieval Jüngeres Hildebrandslied. He also appears as Hildiger in Gesta Danorum. In the Nibelungenlied, he is the armourer, brother-in-arms, and fatherly friend of Dietrich von Bern. Hildebrand kills Kriemhild, after she orders her brother's death and then kills Hagen herself. Hildebrand plays a supporting role to Dietrich in the numerous poems of the Dietrich cycle; in poems such as Virginal and Sigenot, Hildebrand tutors the young Dietrich and saves him from various scrapes. In the Hildebrandslied, which is older, Hildebrand fights his own son Hadubrand. Hildebrand had gone into exile with Dietrich. 30 years later, Hildebrand returns and encounters his son Hadubrand, who is leading his army against Hildebrand. The two leaders meet between the armies. They converse before fighting, and Hadubrand says that he is "Hadubrand Hildebrand's son", but he was told that Hildebrand died, and he accuses Hildebrand of being an old Hun and refuses to believe that he is his father. The poem ends before a conclusion is reached, but in "Hildebrand's Death" it is related that he killed his son. The Old Norse Thidrekssaga and the Jüngeres Hildebrandslied both contain versions in which Hildebrand defeats his son (here named Alebrand) but does not kill him. The Scandinavian song "Hildebrand's death" tells how Hildebrand fights against his half-brother. He is wounded fatally by him and the shield with the picture of his son falls near to his head on the ground. He begs his half-brother to cover his body, and to bury him properly. Although associated with historical characters from the 5th and 6th centuries, Theodoric and Odoacer, Hildebrand himself has not been identified as a historical personage.

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1. hildebrand

   "Hildebrand" is originally a German name derived from "hild" meaning "battle" and "brand" meaning "sword," thus translating to "battle sword". It is commonly used as a surname but can also be used as a first name. In literature, Hildebrand is a character in an epic poem of medieval German literature. Additionally, in the field of mathematics, Hildebrand refers to a specific inequality theorem. The term and its context may vary based on its usage.

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1. Hildebrand

   . See Gregory VII.

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1. HILDEBRAND

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hildebrand is ranked #3072 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hildebrand surname appeared 11,687 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Hildebrand.
   
   94.2% or 11,020 total occurrences were White.
   2.5% or 299 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 151 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 79 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.6% or 77 total occurrences were Black.
   0.5% or 61 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hildebrand in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hildebrand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of hildebrand in a Sentence

1. The Bern museum:

   It is a work that until 1940 was owned by the Cezanne family, when and under which circumstances Hildebrand Gurlitt acquired the work remains unclear.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hildebrand
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildebrand
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Hildebrand
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html