Noun: König
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein König |
| Plural | Könige |
Definite
| Singular | der König |
| Plural | die Könige |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Königs; Königes |
| Plural | Könige |
Definite
| Singular | des Königs; Königes |
| Plural | der Könige |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem König; Könige |
| Plural | Königen |
Definite
| Singular | dem König; Könige |
| Plural | den Königen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen König |
| Plural | Könige |
Definite
| Singular | den König |
| Plural | die Könige |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like König
Himmelszelt,
Miniatureffekt,
Kehrdruck,
Häuptling,
Comic-Heft,
Palimpsest,
Bienenstich,
Kampfstoff,
Sandmeer,
Häusermeer,
Zwischensteg,
Offizier,
Hautschnitt,
Prinzess-Schliff,
Vierundzwanzigeck,
Stegreif,
Springinsfeld,
Internationalprozessrecht,
Erdöl,
Knacklaut, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle High German künec, from Old High German kuning (rarer kunig), from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.
2. The development Old High German -ning → later -nig is regular (see Pfennig). The modern vocalism -ö- is chiefly Central and Low German; compare Middle Low German köninc, from Old Saxon kuning.
3. Cognate with Old Dutch kuning (whence Dutch koning), Old English cyning (whence English king), Old Norse konungr (whence e.g. Danish konge), Yiddish קעניג (kenig). The word was borrowed into non-Germanic languages in Proto-Germanic times: Finnish and Estonian kuningas, Russian князь (knjazʹ). See: Dutch Nouns '
koning', Old English Nouns '
cyning', English Nouns '
king', Old Norse Nouns '
konungr', Danish Nouns '
konge', Russian Nouns '
князь'.
Verbs referencing "König"
English Nouns
king, Danish Nouns
konge, Polish Nouns
król, Latvian Nouns
ķēniņš.
Translations