hercogiene

See also: hercogienē

Latvian

Doroteja fon Mēdema, Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiene (1785)

Etymology

From hercogs (“duke”) +‎ -iene.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hercogiene f (5th declension, masculine form: hercogs)

1. duchess (nobility title, above marchioness and under grand duchess; corresponding noblewoman, in general the wife of a duke)

   Doroteja fon Mēdema, Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiene ― Dorothea von Medem, duchess of Courland and Semigallia

Declension

Declension of hercogiene (5th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	hercogiene	hercogienes
genitive	hercogienes	hercogieņu
dative	hercogienei	hercogienēm
accusative	hercogieni	hercogienes
instrumental	hercogieni	hercogienēm
locative	hercogienē	hercogienēs
vocative	hercogiene	hercogienes

Related terms

• lielhercogiene
• erchercogiene
• hercogiste

See also

nobility titles:

• barons, baronese
• firsts, firstiene
• grāfs, grāfiene
• hercogs, hercogiene
  • erchercogs, erchercogiene
  • lielhercogs, lielhercogiene
• kņazs, kņaziene
  • lielkņazs, lielkņaziene
• marķīzs, marķīze
• princis, princese
• vikonts, vikontese