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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 form 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

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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  • “drottning”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
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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