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From Old Norse dróttning (“mistress, queen”), cognate with Swedish drottning. Derived from dróttinn (“lord, leader”) (Danish drot).

  • IPA(key): /drɔnenɡ/, [ˈd̥ʁʌneŋ]

dronning c (singular definite dronningen, plural indefinite dronninger)

  1. queen (a female monarch)
  2. queen (the wife or widow of a king)
  3. (figuratively) queen (a person who is leading in a certain area)
  4. (zoology) queen (the reproductive female in social insect species)
  5. (chess) queen
  • konge (“king”)
  • prins (“son of a king and/or a queen”)
  • prinsgemal (“husband of a ruling queen”)
  • prinsesse (“daughter of a king and/or a queen”)
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

From Old Norse dróttning.

dronning f or m (definite singular dronninga or dronningen, indefinite plural dronninger, definite plural dronningene)

  1. queen (a female monarch)
  2. queen (the wife or widow of a king)
  3. (figuratively) queen (a person who is leading in a certain area)
  4. (zoology, entomology) queen (the reproductive female in social insect species)
  5. (chess) queen

From Old Norse dróttning.

  • IPA(key): /²dronːɪŋ(ɡ)/, [²drɞ̞n.nɪŋɡ], [²dɾɞ̞n.nɪŋ]

dronning f (definite singular dronninga, indefinite plural dronningar, definite plural dronningane)

  1. queen (a female monarch)
  2. queen (chess piece)
  3. queen (reproductive female of certain insects)