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drottning

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See also: dróttning

Finnish

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Noun

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drottning (obsolete, literary)

  1. alternative spelling of drotninki (“queen”)
    Synonym: (modern standard) kuningatar

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse dróttning.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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drottning f (genitive singular drottningar, nominative plural drottningar)

  1. queen
  2. (chess) queen

Declension

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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

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See also

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

Middle Norwegian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse dróttning (“mistress, queen”).

Noun

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drottning f

  1. a queen
    Margareta med gudz naadh Noriges ok Swerikis drotning ok retter ærfuinge ok førstinnæ rikisins i Danmark sender ollum monnum þæim sæm þetta bref sia æder høyra q. g. ok sinæ [...]
    Margaret, with Gods mercy, queen of Norway and Sweden and rightful heir and princess of the realm of Denmark sends greetings from God and herself, to all men who see or hear this letter [...]

Descendants

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  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drottning, dronning
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dronning

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse dróttning.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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drottning f (plural drottningar)

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

Declension

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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

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
Image
en drottning på en tron [a queen on a throne] (sense 1)

Etymology

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From Old Norse dróttning.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²drɔtːnɪŋ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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drottning c

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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

References

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