viking

See also: Viking, víking, and vîkîng

English

Noun

viking (plural vikings)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking

Anagrams

• Kinvig

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪkɪŋk]

• Audio:

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Noun

viking m anim

1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking

Declension

Declension of viking (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	viking	vikingové
genitive	vikinga	vikingů
dative	vikingovi, vikingu	vikingům
accusative	vikinga	vikingy
vocative	vikingu	vikingové
locative	vikingovi, vikingu	vikinzích
instrumental	vikingem	vikingy

Danish

Etymology 1

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

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.kiŋ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Belgium):

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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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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) (usually used as an ending in demonyms, see -viking)

Etymology 4

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

Alternative forms

• vikning (Bokmål also)

Noun

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

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

See also

• avvik

References

• “viking” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English viking, from Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kĩ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kĩ.ɡɨ/, /viˈkĩ.ɡɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kĩ.ɡɨ/, /viˈkĩ.ɡɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.kĩ.ɡɨ/, /biˈkĩ.ɡɨ/

Noun

viking m or f by sense (plural vikings)

1. Alternative form of víquingue

Adjective

viking m or f (plural vikings or viking)

1. Alternative form of víquingue

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French viking. Doublet of viteaz.

Noun

viking m (plural vikingi)

1. Viking

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	viking	vikingul		vikingi	vikingii
genitive-dative	viking	vikingului		vikingi	vikingilor
vocative	vikingule			vikingilor

Spanish

Noun

viking m (plural vikings)

1. Alternative form of vikingo

Swedish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /²viːˌkɪŋ/

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

Noun

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

• Compounds are almost always formed with vikinga-.

Declension

Declension of viking

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	viking	vikings
	definite	vikingen	vikingens
plural	indefinite	vikingar	vikingars
	definite	vikingarna	vikingarnas

Derived terms

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

References

• viking in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• viking in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• viking in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• knivig