viking

See also: Viking, víking, and vîkîng

English

Noun

viking (plural vikings)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víkingr (masc.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvikeŋ]

Noun

viking c (singular definite vikingen, plural indefinite vikinger)

  1. Viking
Declension

References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse víking (fem.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvikeŋ]

Noun

viking

  1. Viking sea journey, Viking raid

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.kiŋ/

Adjective

viking (plural vikings)

  1. Relating to the Vikings

Further reading


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /²ʋiːkiŋ/

Noun

viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

  1. a Viking

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [²ʋiː.kɪŋ], [²ʋiː.çɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ, -iːçɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz.

Noun

viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)

  1. a Viking
Derived terms
  • Viking (male given name)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse víking.

Noun

viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

  1. (historical) a freebooting voyage, piracy
    fara i vikinggo on a voyage (to raid)

Etymology 3

From vik (bay).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [²ʋiː.kɪŋ]

Noun

viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)

  1. an inhabitant of a bay (vik)

References


Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English viking, from Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

Noun

viking m or f by sense (plural vikings)

  1. (historical) Viking (Scandinavian seafaring raider)

Adjective

viking m or f (plural vikings or viking)

  1. (relational) of the Vikings

Romanian

Etymology

From French viking.

Noun

viking m (plural vikingi)

  1. Viking

Declension


Spanish

Noun

viking m (plural vikings)

  1. Alternative form of vikingo

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²viːˌkɪŋ/
  • (file)

Noun

viking c

  1. Viking

Usage notes

  • Compounds are almost always formed with vikinga-.

Declension

Declension of viking 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative viking vikingen vikingar vikingarna
Genitive vikings vikingens vikingars vikingarnas

Derived terms

  • vikingaanda
  • vikingablod
  • vikingaborg
  • vikingafartyg
  • vikingafärd
  • vikingaskepp
  • vikingatid
  • vikingatida
  • vikingatåg

Further reading

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