nixe

Nixe is a genus of mayflies in the family Heptageniidae.

Dwindling to being mere kobbolds or nixe.

The German Nixe or Nixie is a female river mermaid.

One famous Nixe of German folklore was Lorelei.

Lt Biltz and his crew reboarded "Nixe" and successfully returned to German Lines.

Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe: Noboribetsu, Hokkaidō.

Grimm notes the image of the Weisse Frauen basking in the sun and bathing "melts into the notion of a water-holde [i.e. Holda] and nixe".

All were advancing when they encountered a German A7V, No.561, "Nixe" of Abteilung III Imperial German Tank Force commanded by 2nd Lt Wilhelm Biltz.

Etymology: From German Nixe feminine of Nix, from Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus "water-elf, crocodile", cognate with Old English nicor "water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus" (English nicker).

The first tank against tank combat in history took place on 24 April 1918 when three A7Vs (including chassis number 561, known as "Nixe") taking part in an attack with infantry incidentally met three Mark IVs (two female machine gun-armed tanks and one male with two 6-pounder guns) near Villers-Bretonneux.