konge

• kong, konning

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).

• IPA^(key): /kɔnɡə/, [ˈkʰʌŋə]

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

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

• Norwegian Bokmål: konge
• → Greenlandic: kunngi

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

IPA^(key): [kɔŋə]

konge (indeclinable)

1. (slang) fantastic, great

   Helt konge!

   (That's) brilliant!

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

• dronning
• kong

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

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

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

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

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

• dronning

konge (singular and plural konge)

1. (slang) fantastic, great

   Heilt konge!

   (That's) brilliant!

• “konge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.