konge

== Danish == === Alternative forms === kong, konning === 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) king (male monarch) (figuratively) king (a person who is leading in a certain area) (chess) king (card games) king ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== 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 === === References === “konge” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse konungr and kongr, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kɔŋə] === Adjective === konge (indeclinable) (slang) fantastic, great === Noun === konge m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural konger, definite plural kongene) king a male monarch a playing piece in chess a playing card with the image of a king on it ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== dronning kong === References === “konge” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “konge” in The Ordnett Dictionary == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === kong kungie, kungje kongie, kongje (alternative spellings) === 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) king a male monarch a playing piece in chess a playing card with the image of a king on it ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== dronning === Adjective === konge (singular and plural konge) (slang) fantastic, great === References === “konge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.