# viking
## English
### Noun

viking (plural vikings)
* Alternative letter-case form of Viking

### Anagrams

* Kinvig

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɪkɪŋk]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

viking m anim
* Alternative letter-case form of Viking

#### Declension
## Danish
### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr m. Used since 17th century.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvikeŋ]

#### Noun

viking c (singular definite vikingen, plural indefinite vikinger)
* Viking

##### Declension
#### References

* “viking” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse víking (fem.).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvikeŋ]

#### Noun

viking
* Viking sea journey, Viking raid

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vi.kiŋ/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Belgium):(file)

### Adjective

viking (plural vikings)
* Relating to the Vikings

### Further reading

* “viking”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish and Danish (see Swedish viking).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /²ʋiːkiŋ/

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* vikingskip
* vikingtid

### References

* “viking” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [²ʋiː.kɪŋ], [²ʋiː.çɪŋ]
* Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ, -iːçɪŋ

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish (see Swedish viking) and Danish (see Danish viking).

#### Noun

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

##### Derived terms

* vikingskip
* vikingtid

##### Related terms

* Viking (“male given name”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse víking.

#### Noun

viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)
* (historical) a freebooting voyage, piracy
    fara i viking ― go on a voyage (to raid)

### Etymology 3

From vik (“bay”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [²ʋiː.kɪŋ]

#### Noun

viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)
* an inhabitant of a bay (vik) (usually used as an ending in demonyms, see -viking)

### Etymology 4

From vika (“to yield, give away”) (or its alternative form vikja). Compare to Swedish vikning (“aliasing”)

#### Alternative forms

* vikning (Bokmål also)

#### Noun

viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)
* a turning (from the norm, way or frequency)

##### See also

* avvik

### References

* “viking” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English viking, from Old Norse víkingr.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.kĩ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.kĩ.ɡɨ/, /viˈkĩ.ɡɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.kĩ.ɡɨ/, /viˈkĩ.ɡɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbi.kĩ.ɡɨ/, /biˈkĩ.ɡɨ/

### Noun

viking m or f by sense (plural vikings)
* Alternative form of víquingue

### Adjective

viking m or f (plural vikings or viking)
* Alternative form of víquingue

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French viking. Doublet of viteaz.

### Noun

viking m (plural vikingi)
* Viking

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Noun

viking m (plural vikings)
* Alternative form of vikingo

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. In modern context was first used by Verelius and Rugman in 17th century. Made popular by Esaias Tegner in 19th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²viːˌkɪŋ/
* Audio (Gotland):(file)

### Noun

viking c
* a Viking
* (dated) a Viking expedition (for example to raid)
    Synonym: vikingatåg
    fara i vikinggo on a Viking expedition (idiomatic)

#### Usage notes

* Compounds are almost always formed with vikinga-.

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | viking | vikings |
| singular | definite | vikingen | vikingens |
| plural | indefinite | vikingar | vikingars |
| plural | definite | vikingarna | vikingarnas |

#### Derived terms

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

### References

* viking in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* viking in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* viking in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* knivig