viking
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɪkɪŋk]
Audio (file)
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvikeŋ]
Declension
References
- “viking” in Den Danske Ordbog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvikeŋ]
Noun
viking
- Viking sea journey, Viking raid
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.kiŋ/
Audio (file) Audio (Belgium) (file)
Further reading
- “viking”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish and Danish (see Swedish viking).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /²ʋiːkiŋ/
Noun
viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)
- a Viking
Derived terms
References
- “viking” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [²ʋiː.kɪŋ], [²ʋiː.çɪŋ]
- Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ, -iːçɪŋ
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish (see Swedish viking) and Danish (see Danish viking).
Noun
viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)
- a Viking
Derived terms
Related terms
- Viking (“male given name”)
Noun
viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)
- (historical) a freebooting voyage, piracy
- fara i viking ― go on a voyage (to raid)
Etymology 3
From vik (“bay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [²ʋiː.kɪŋ]
Noun
viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)
- an inhabitant of a bay (vik) (usually used as an ending in demonyms, see -viking)
Etymology 4
From vika (“to yield, give away”) (or its alternative form vikja). Compare to Swedish vikning (“aliasing”)
Alternative forms
- vikning (Bokmål also)
Noun
viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)
- a turning (from the norm, way or frequency)
See also
References
- “viking” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kĩ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kĩ.ɡɨ/, /viˈkĩ.ɡɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbi.kĩ.ɡɨ/, /biˈkĩ.ɡɨ/
Romanian
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. In modern context was first used by Verelius and Rugman in 17th century. Made popular by Esaias Tegner in 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²viːˌkɪŋ/
Audio (Gotland) (file)
Noun
viking c
- Viking
- (dated) a Viking expedition (for example to raid)
- Synonym: vikingatåg
- fara i viking
- go on a Viking expedition (idiomatic)
Usage notes
- Compounds are almost always formed with vikinga-.
Declension
Declension of viking | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | viking | vikingen | vikingar | vikingarna |
Genitive | vikings | vikingens | vikingars | vikingarnas |
Derived terms
- vikingaanda
- vikingablod
- vikingaborg
- vikingafartyg
- vikingafärd
- vikingaskepp
- vikingatid
- vikingatida
- vikingatåg