viking

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See also: Viking, víking, and vîkîng

English

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Noun

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viking (plural vikings)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvɪkɪŋk]
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Noun

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viking m anim

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr m. Used since 17th century.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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viking c (singular definite vikingen, plural indefinite vikinger)

  1. Viking
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse víking (fem.).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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viking

  1. Viking sea journey, Viking raid

French

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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viking (plural vikings)

  1. Relating to the Vikings

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish and Danish (see Swedish viking).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /²ʋiːkiŋ/

Noun

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

  1. a Viking

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish (see Swedish viking) and Danish (see Danish viking).

Noun

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

  1. a Viking
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  • Viking (male given name)

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse víking.

Noun

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viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

  1. (historical) a freebooting voyage, piracy
    fara i vikinggo on a voyage (to raid)

Etymology 3

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From vik (bay).

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Noun

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

  1. an inhabitant of a bay (vik) (usually used as an ending in demonyms, see -viking)

Etymology 4

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From vika (to yield, give away) (or its alternative form vikja). Compare to Swedish vikning (aliasing)

Alternative forms

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Noun

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viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

  1. a turning (from the norm, way or frequency)
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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English viking, from Old Norse víkingr.

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Noun

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viking m or f by sense (plural vikings)

  1. Alternative form of víquingue

Adjective

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viking m or f (plural vikings or viking)

  1. Alternative form of víquingue

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French viking.

Noun

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viking m (plural vikingi)

  1. Viking

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Spanish

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Noun

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viking m (plural vikings)

  1. Alternative form of vikingo

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. In modern context was first used by Verelius and Rugman in 17th century. Made popular by Esaias Tegner in 19th century.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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viking c

  1. a Viking
  2. (dated) a Viking expedition (for example to raid)
    Synonym: vikingatåg
    fara i viking
    go on a Viking expedition (idiomatic)

Usage notes

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  • Compounds are almost always formed with vikinga-.

Declension

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

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