Queen

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English

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Noun

Queen (plural Queens)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of queen (“consort or widow of a king”).
  2. Alternative letter-case form of queen (“female monarch”).
  3. A title used before the personal name of a queen.
    Queen Elizabeth II
    • 2007, Clarissa Campbell Orr, “The Feminization of the Monarchy, 1780–1910: Royal Masculinity and Female Empowerment”, in Andrzej Olechnowicz, editor, The Monarchy and the British Nation, 1780 to the Present, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 94:
      The reminiscences of Princess Mary Louise, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, vividly evoke this continuity of royal women “performing” masculinity, by a page of illustration showing Queens Victoria and Elizabeth II, mounted on horseback in almost identical uniform, reviewing troops.
  4. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter Q.
    Synonym: Quebec

Proper noun

Queen

  1. Alternative letter-case form of queen (“Virgin Mary”).
  2. In Commonwealth realms, the personification of the Crown, particularly in legal matters.
    Her Majesty the Queen v. John Smith, style of cause of a criminal case.
    Synonym: Regina
  3. A surname transferred from the nickname, originating as a nickname.
  4. An unincorporated community in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States, named after the Queen Ranch.
  5. An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English queen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kviːn/, /kwiːn/
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Noun

Queen f (genitive Queen, plural Queens)

  1. The Queen of England (and various political superstructures which contain England) or Scotland
    Synonym: Königin
    • 1998, Ralph Giordano, Wir sind die Stärkeren: Reden, Aufrufe, Schriften zu deutschen Themen und Menschen unserer Zeit, Rasch Und Rohring:
      ... einem Film über die schottische Queen, die schöne und unglückliche Maria Stuart. Ich glaube, er hieß » Das Herz der Königin «, und die wurde dargestellt von Zarah Leander.
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    • 2011, Thomas Kielinger, Elizabeth II.: das Leben der Queen, C.H.Beck, →ISBN, page 22:
      Mit seiner Thronbesteigung wurde ein neuer Stern geboren, die schottische Queen, « Her Majesty », wie sie jetzt angeredet wurde. Sie war die Lebhafte, er der Schüchterne, sie der Impresario der königlichen Show, er schwebte darüber ...
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    • 2014, Wulfing von Rohr, Die Zahlen deines Lebens: Was die persönliche Numerologie über deinen Lebensweg und deine Bestimmung verrät, Heyne Verlag, →ISBN, page 6:
      Die unglückliche schottische Queen Mary Stuart kommt in den Sinn, deren Streben nach dem Aufbau einer neuen Dynastie von einer Elisabeth durchkreuzt wurde, deren Name eine 9 ergibt, 3 mal die 3.
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  2. (colloquial) woman who, in a certain environment, enjoys special attention
  3. (homosexual slang) queen; effeminate homosexual man
    Synonym: Tunte

Declension

Declension of Queen
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Queen die Queens
genitive einer der Queen der Queens
dative einer der Queen den Queens
accusative eine die Queen die Queens
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