konge

See also: kòng'é

Danish

Alternative forms

• kong, konning

Etymology

Older konning, from Old Norse konungr (“king”), from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”), cognate with Swedish konung, English king, German König, Dutch koning. Derived from *kunją (“kin, clan”) (Danish køn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnɡə/, [ˈkʰʌŋə]

Noun

konge c (singular definite kongen, plural indefinite konger)

1. king (male monarch)
2. (figuratively) king (a person who is leading in a certain area)
3. (chess) king
4. (card games) king

Declension

Declension of konge

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	konge	kongen	konger	kongerne
genitive	konges	kongens	kongers	kongernes

Derived terms

• arvekonge
• barnekonge
• bladkonge
• byggekonge
• enevoldskonge
• flugtkonge
• kattekonge
• kongeby
• kongedatter
• kongedømme
• kongefamilie
• kongegrav
• kongelig
• kongenavn
• kongeslot
• kongesøn
• kongsemne
• kongsgård
• kongstanke
• modekonge
• rejsekonge
• sagnkonge
• stodderkonge
• udbryderkonge

 

Related terms

• dronning (“queen”)
• drot (“minor king”, historical)
• prins (“son of a king and/or a queen”)
• prinsesse (“daughter of a king and/or a queen”)

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: konge
• → Greenlandic: kunngi

See also

Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text)
es	toer	treer	firer	femmer	sekser	syver
otter	nier	tier	knægt, bonde	dame, dronning	konge	joker

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse konungr and kongr, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɔŋə]

Adjective

konge (indeclinable)

1. (slang) fantastic, great

   Helt konge!

   (That's) brilliant!

Noun

konge m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural konger, definite plural kongene)

1. king
   1. a male monarch
   2. a playing piece in chess
   3. a playing card with the image of a king on it

Derived terms

• kgl. res.
• kongebesøk
• kongeblå
• kongeboa
• kongedømme
• kongefamilie
• kongehus
• kongekrabbe
• kongekrone
• kongelig
• kongelig resolusjon
• kongelys
• kongemakt
• kongepar
• kongepjolter
• kongepokal
• kongerike
• kongerøkelse
• kongesaga
• kongesalutt
• kongesang
• kongeslange
• kongesønn
• kongetiger
• kongetrone
• kongevann
• kongevei
• kongevennlig
• kongeverdighet
• kongeørn

 

Related terms

• dronning
• kong

References

• “konge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “konge” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• kong
• kungie, kungje
• kongie, kongje (alternative spellings)

Etymology

From Old Norse kongr and konungr, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Akin to English king. The adjective is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²kɞ̞ɲ.ʝə], [²kɞ̞ŋ.ɡə], [²kɞ̞ŋ.ŋə]

Noun

konge m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural kongar, definite plural kongane)

1. king
   1. a male monarch
   2. a playing piece in chess
   3. a playing card with the image of a king on it

Derived terms

• fuglekonge
• kongebesøk
• kongeblå
• kongedømme, kongedøme
• kongefamilie
• kongehus
• kongeleg
• kongepar
• kongerike
• kongeørn
• ståtarkonge
• visekonge

 

Related terms

• dronning

Adjective

konge (singular and plural konge)

1. (slang) fantastic, great

   Heilt konge!

   (That's) brilliant!

References

• “konge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.