dronning

See also: drónning

Danish

Etymology

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)

  1. queen (a female monarch)
  2. queen (the wife or widow of a king)
  3. (figuratively) queen (a person who is leading in a certain area)
  4. (zoology) queen (the reproductive female in social insect species)
  5. (chess) queen

Declension
Declension of dronning
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dronning dronningen dronninger dronningerne
genitive dronnings dronningens dronningers dronningernes

Derived terms
  • bidronning
  • dronningekrone
  • dronningerige
  • dronningeslot
  • enkedronning
  • skønhedsdronning
  • 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
Chess pieces in Danish · skakbrikker (skak + brikker) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
konge dronning tårn løber springer 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dróttning.

Noun

dronning f or m (definite singular dronninga or dronningen, indefinite plural dronninger, definite plural dronningene)

  1. queen (a female monarch)
  2. queen (the wife or widow of a king)
  3. (figuratively) queen (a person who is leading in a certain area)
  4. (zoology, entomology) queen (the reproductive female in social insect species)
  5. (chess) queen

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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)

  1. queen (a female monarch)
  2. queen (chess piece)
  3. queen (reproductive female of certain insects)

Derived terms

References
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