viking

viking

See also: Viking, víking, and vîkîng

English

Noun

viking (plural vikings)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking

Anagrams

• Kinvig

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víkingr (masc.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvikeŋ]

Noun

viking c (singular definite vikingen, plural indefinite vikinger)

1. Viking

Declension

Declension of viking

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	viking	vikingen	vikinger	vikingerne
genitive	vikings	vikingens	vikingers	vikingernes

References

• “viking” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse víking (fem.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvikeŋ]

Noun

viking

1. Viking sea journey, Viking raid

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.kiŋ/

Adjective

viking (plural vikings)

1. Relating to the Vikings

Further reading

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ʋiːkiŋ/

Noun

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

1. a Viking

Derived terms

• vikingskip
• vikingtid

References

• “viking” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ʋiː.kɪŋ], [²ʋiː.çɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ, -iːçɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz.

Noun

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

1. 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)

1. (historical) a freebooting voyage, piracy

   fara i viking ― go on a voyage (to raid)

Etymology 3

From vik (“bay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ʋiː.kɪŋ]

Noun

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

1. an inhabitant of a bay (vik)

References

• “viking” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• viquingue, víquingue (uncommon)
• vikingo
• viquingo (uncommon)
• víquingo (rare)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English viking, from Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kĩɡ/

Noun

viking m or f by sense (plural vikings)

1. (historical) Viking (Scandinavian seafaring raider)

Adjective

viking m or f (plural vikings or viking)

1. (relational) of the Vikings

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Romanian

Etymology

From French viking.

Noun

viking m (plural vikingi)

1. Viking

Declension

Declension of viking

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) viking	vikingul	(niște) vikingi	vikingii
genitive/dative	(unui) viking	vikingului	(unor) vikingi	vikingilor
vocative	vikingule		vikingilor

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Spanish

Noun

viking m (plural vikings)

1. Alternative form of vikingo

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²viːˌkɪŋ/

• Audio (Gotland)

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Noun

viking c

1. Viking

Usage notes

• Compounds are almost always formed with vikinga-.

Declension

Declension of viking
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	viking	vikingen	vikingar	vikingarna
Genitive	vikings	vikingens	vikingars	vikingarnas

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• viking in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• knivig