viking

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See also: Viking, víking, and vîkîng

English

Noun

viking (plural vikings)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

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Noun

viking m anim

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking

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Danish

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr m. Used since 17th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

viking c (singular definite vikingen, plural indefinite vikinger)

  1. Viking
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse víking (fem.).

Pronunciation

Noun

viking

  1. Viking sea journey, Viking raid

French

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Adjective

viking (plural vikings)

  1. Relating to the Vikings

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

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)

  1. a Viking

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Pronunciation

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)

  1. a Viking
Derived terms
  • Viking (male given name)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse víking.

Noun

viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

  1. (historical) a freebooting voyage, piracy
    fara i vikinggo on a voyage (to raid)

Etymology 3

From vik (bay).

Pronunciation

Noun

viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)

  1. 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

Noun

viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

  1. a turning (from the norm, way or frequency)
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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English viking, from Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

viking m or f by sense (plural vikings)

  1. Alternative form of víquingue

Adjective

viking m or f (plural vikings or viking)

  1. Alternative form of víquingue

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French viking. Doublet of viteaz.

Noun

viking m (plural vikingi)

  1. Viking

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Spanish

Noun

viking m (plural vikings)

  1. Alternative form of vikingo

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

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

Noun

viking c

  1. a Viking
  2. (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-.

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