Noun: dronning
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | dronning |
| Sg. definite | dronningen |
| Pl. indefinite | dronninger |
| Pl. definite | dronningerne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | dronnings |
| Sg. definite | dronningens |
| Pl. indefinite | dronningers |
| Pl. definite | dronningernes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like dronning
deaktivering,
etablering,
sfinks,
fortovscafé,
desinficering,
sektor,
sekant,
kreation,
sadist,
emulsion,
affirmation,
kreditor,
smiley,
solgud,
soldat,
indvending,
fysioterapi,
shogun,
sheikh,
shaman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Danish drotning, from Old Norse dróttning (“mistress, queen”), cognate with Swedish drottning. Derived from dróttinn (“lord, leader”) (Danish drot). See: Old Norse Nouns '
dróttning', Swedish Nouns '
drottning', Danish Nouns '
drot'.
Translations
queen, chess: to convert a pawn into a queen