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konge

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See also: kòng'é

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Older konning, from Old Danish kunung, from Old Norse konungr (“king”), from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”), cognate with Swedish konung, English king, German König, Dutch koning. Derived from *kunją (“kin, clan”) (Danish køn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔnɡə/, [ˈkʰʌŋə]

Noun

konge c (singular definite kongen, plural indefinite konger)

  1. king (male monarch)
  2. (figuratively) king (a person who is leading in a certain area)
  3. (chess) king
  4. (card games) king

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...

Derived terms

  • arvekonge
  • barnekonge
  • bladkonge
  • byggekonge
  • enevoldskonge
  • flugtkonge
  • kattekonge
  • kongeby
  • kongedatter
  • kongedømme
  • kongefamilie
  • kongegrav
  • kongelig
  • kongenavn
  • kongeslot
  • kongesøn
  • kongsemne
  • kongsgård
  • kongstanke
  • modekonge
  • rejsekonge
  • sagnkonge
  • stodderkonge
  • udbryderkonge
  • dronning (“queen”)
  • drot (“minor king”, historical)
  • prins (“son of a king and/or a queen”)
  • prinsesse (“daughter of a king and/or a queen”)

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: konge
  • → Greenlandic: kunngi

See also

Chess pieces in Danish · skakbrikker (skak + brikker) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
konge dronning tårn løber springer, hest bonde
Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text)
es toer treer firer femmer sekser syver
otter nier tier knægt, bonde dame, dronning konge joker

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse konungr and kongr, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

konge (indeclinable)

  1. (slang) fantastic, great
    Helt konge!
    (That's) brilliant!

Noun

konge m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural konger, definite plural kongene)

  1. king
    1. a male monarch
    2. a playing piece in chess
    3. a playing card with the image of a king on it

Derived terms

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse kongr and konungr, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Akin to English king. The adjective is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [²kɞ̞ɲ.ʝə], [²kɞ̞ŋ.ɡə], [²kɞ̞ŋ.ŋə]

Noun

konge m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural kongar, definite plural kongane)

  1. king
    1. a male monarch
    2. a playing piece in chess
    3. a playing card with the image of a king on it

Derived terms

Adjective

konge (singular and plural konge)

  1. (slang) fantastic, great
    Heilt konge!
    (That's) brilliant!

References

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