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konge

Pronunciation: /kɔnɡə/

“konge” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. king (male monarch)
  2. king (a person who is leading in a certain area)
  3. king

Etymology

Older konning, from Old Danish kunung, from Old Norse konungr (“king”), from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”), cognate with Swedish konung, English king, German König, Dutch koning. Derived from *kunją (“kin, clan”) (Danish køn).

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