drottning

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See also: dróttning

Finnish

Noun

drottning (obsolete, literary)

  1. alternative form of drotninki (queen)
    Synonym: (modern standard) kuningatar

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dróttning.

Pronunciation

Noun

drottning f (genitive singular drottningar, nominative plural drottningar)

  1. queen
  2. (chess) queen

Declension

Declension of drottning (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative drottning drottningin drottningar drottningarnar
accusative drottningu drottninguna drottningar drottningarnar
dative drottningu drottningunni drottningum drottningunum
genitive drottningar drottningarinnar drottninga drottninganna

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Icelandic · taflmennirnir (layout · text)
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kóngur drottning hrókur biskup riddari peð

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dróttning.

Pronunciation

Noun

drottning f (plural drottningar)

  1. (pre-1901) alternative form of dronning queen (archaic)
    Hamar by låg endå som ei drottning fyre Mjøslandet.
    The town of Hamar still lay like a queen before Mjøsa's land.

Declension

Landsmål declension of drottning (strong ō-stem, ar-plural)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative drottning drottningi drottningar drottningarne
dative drottningenne drottningom
compound-genitive

References

  • “drottning”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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en drottning på en tron (sense 1)

Etymology

From Old Norse dróttning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²drɔtːnɪŋ/
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Noun

drottning c

  1. a queen
  2. (chess) queen
    Synonym: dam
  3. (insects) queen
    Hyponyms: bidrottning (bee queen), myrdrottning (ant queen), termitdrottning (termite queen)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Swedish · schackpjäser (schack + pjäser) (layout · text)
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kung dam, drottning torn löpare springare, häst bonde

References