dronning

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish drotning, from Old Norse dróttning (“mistress, queen”), cognate with Swedish drottning. Derived from dróttinn (“lord, leader”) (Danish drot). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /drɔnenɡ/, [ˈd̥ʁʌneŋ] === Noun === dronning c (singular definite dronningen, plural indefinite dronninger) queen (a female monarch) queen (the wife or widow of a king) (figuratively) queen (a person who is leading in a certain area) (zoology) queen (the reproductive female in social insect species) (chess, card games) queen ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== konge (“king”) prins (“son of a king and/or a queen”) prinsgemal (“husband of a ruling queen”) prinsesse (“daughter of a king and/or a queen”) === See also === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse dróttning. === Noun === dronning f or m (definite singular dronninga or dronningen, indefinite plural dronninger, definite plural dronningene) queen (a female monarch) queen (the wife or widow of a king) (figuratively) queen (a person who is leading in a certain area) (zoology, entomology) queen (the reproductive female in social insect species) (chess) queen ==== Derived terms ==== bidronning Dronning Maud Land skjønnhetsdronning ==== Related terms ==== konge === References === “dronning” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === drottning (Landsmål) === Etymology === From Old Norse dróttning. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²dronːɪŋ(ɡ)/, [²drɞ̞n.nɪŋɡ], [²dɾɞ̞n.nɪŋ] === Noun === dronning f (definite singular dronninga, indefinite plural dronningar, definite plural dronningane) queen (a female monarch) queen (chess piece) queen (reproductive female of certain insects) ==== Derived terms ==== bidronning, biedronning Dronning Maud Land ==== Related terms ==== konge, kong === References === “dronning” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.