Sigmund

In allusion to Sigmund Freud.

Sigmund

1. (humorous) Term of address for a person who appears to be dispensing psychoanalysis.
   • 2004, Chuck Smith, Columbia College Chicago, Seven Black Plays, page 399:

     RUTH: OK, OK. Sigmund. Lighten up. OK. So what if it's completely neurotic and emotionally unhealthy.

   • 2014, Emma Chase, Tamed, page 61:

     Thanks, Sigmund. If I want to be psychoanalyzed, I'll throw good money away on an actual fucking therapist.

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Sigmund

1. a male given name, variant of Siegmund

• Sigmunn, Sigmun, Simund, Simon (alternative spellings)

From Old Norse Sigmundr, from sigr (“victory”) + mundr (“protection”), from Proto-Norse *ᛗᚢᚺᛞᚢᛉ (munduʀ), and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“protection, security”). Cognates include Faroese and Icelandic Sigmundur and German Siegmund.

• IPA^(key): /²sɪɡmʊn(d)/, /²siːmʊn(d)/
• Rhymes: -ʊnd, -ʊn

Sigmund m (definite Sigmunden)

1. a male given name from Old Norse

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Sigmund”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN

From German Sigmund. Compare Sìgismund.

• IPA^(key): /sǐɡmund/
• Hyphenation: Sig‧mund

Sìgmund m (Cyrillic spelling Сѝгмунд)

1. a male given name

• “Sigmund” in Hrvatski jezični portal