viking
English edit
Noun edit
viking (plural vikings)
- Alternative letter-case form of Viking
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viking m anim
- Alternative letter-case form of Viking
Declension edit
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr m. Used since 17th century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viking c (singular definite vikingen, plural indefinite vikinger)
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | viking | vikingen | vikinger | vikingerne |
genitive | vikings | vikingens | vikingers | vikingernes |
References edit
- “viking” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viking
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
viking (plural vikings)
- Relating to the Vikings
Further reading edit
- “viking”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)
- a Viking
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “viking” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)
- a Viking
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- Viking (“male given name”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
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 edit
From vik (“bay”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
From vika (“to yield, give away”) (or its alternative form vikja). Compare to Swedish vikning (“aliasing”)
Alternative forms edit
- vikning (Bokmål also)
Noun edit
viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)
- a turning (from the norm, way or frequency)
See also edit
References edit
- “viking” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English viking, from Old Norse víkingr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viking m or f by sense (plural vikings)
- Alternative form of víquingue
Adjective edit
viking m or f (plural vikings or viking)
- Alternative form of víquingue
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
viking m (plural vikingi)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) viking | vikingul | (niște) vikingi | vikingii |
genitive/dative | (unui) viking | vikingului | (unor) vikingi | vikingilor |
vocative | vikingule | vikingilor |
Spanish edit
Noun edit
viking m (plural vikings)
- Alternative form of vikingo
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
viking c
- Viking
- (dated) a Viking expedition (for example to raid)
- Synonym: vikingatåg
- fara i viking
- go on a Viking expedition (idiomatic)
Usage notes edit
- Compounds are almost always formed with vikinga-.
Declension edit
Declension of viking | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | viking | vikingen | vikingar | vikingarna |
Genitive | vikings | vikingens | vikingars | vikingarnas |
Derived terms edit
- vikingaanda
- vikingablod
- vikingaborg
- vikingafartyg
- vikingafärd
- vikingaskepp
- vikingatid
- vikingatida
- vikingatåg
References edit
- viking in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- viking in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- viking in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)