# konge
## Danish
### Alternative forms

* kong, konning

### Etymology

Older konning, from Old Danish kunung, 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: /kɔnɡə/, [ˈkʰʌŋə]

### Noun

konge c (singular definite kongen, plural indefinite konger)
* king (male monarch)
* (figuratively) king (a person who is leading in a certain area)
* (chess) king
* (card games) king

#### 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

Chess pieces in Danish · skakbrikker (skak + brikker) (layout · text) :
| konge | dronning | tårn | løber | springer | bonde |
Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text) :
| es | toer | treer | firer | femmer | sekser | syver |
| otter | nier | tier | knægt, bonde | dame, dronning | konge | joker |

### References

* “konge” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

IPA: [kɔŋə]

### Adjective

konge (indeclinable)
* (slang) fantastic, great
    Helt konge!(That's) brilliant!

### Noun

konge m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural konger, definite plural kongene)
* king
** a male monarch
** a playing piece in chess
** 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: [²kɞ̞ɲ.ʝə], [²kɞ̞ŋ.ɡə], [²kɞ̞ŋ.ŋə]

### Noun

konge m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural kongar, definite plural kongane)
* king
** a male monarch
** a playing piece in chess
** 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)
* (slang) fantastic, great
    Heilt konge!(That's) brilliant!

### References

* “konge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.