king

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Betekenis (English)

1. A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
2. The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
3. A powerful or majorly influential person.
4. Something that has a preeminent position.
5. A component of certain games.
6. A component of certain games.
7. A component of certain games.
8. A component of certain games.
9. (slang) A king skin.
10. A male dragonfly; a drake.
11. A king-sized bed.
12. A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.

koning

jonkvrouw

lady

king

male monarch

business leader

most important

top executive

big businessman

billystick

great man

learned man

paramount chief

Pharaoh

Shah

great king

Raja

village chief

one bearing a discus

king in his own person

one-spot

stun baton

rule over

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kʰɪŋ/

Inherited from Middelengels

Inherited from Oudengels

Cognate with Schots

Cognate with Noord-Fries

Cognate with Fries

Cognate with Nederlands

Cognate with Nedersaksisch

Cognate with Duits

Cognate with Deens

Cognate with Noors

Cognate with Zweeds

Cognate with IJslands

Cognate with Pools

Cognate with Russisch

Cognate with Kerkslavisch

Cognate with Roemeens

Cognate with Fins

Cognate with Estisch

Cognate with Ingrisch

Cognate with Karelisch

Cognate with Livvi

Cognate with Ludian

Cognate with Wepsisch

Cognate with Võro

Cognate with Votisch

In summary

From Middle English king, kyng, from Old English cyng, cyning (“king”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, *kunungaz (“king”), equivalent to kin + -ing. Doublet of cyning and knez. Cognate with Scots keeng (“king”), North Frisian köning (“king”), West Frisian kening (“king”), Dutch koning (“king”), Low German Koning, Köning (“king”), German König (“king”), Danish konge (“king”), Norwegian konge, Swedish konung, kung (“king”), Icelandic konungur, kóngur (“king”), Polish ksiądz (“priest”), Russian князь (knjazʹ, “prince”), Old Church Slavonic кънѧѕь (kŭnędzĭ), Romanian chinez, Finnish kuningas (“king”), Estonian kuningas, Ingrian kunigas, Karelian kuninkas, Livvi kuńingas, Ludian kuńingas, Veps kuningaz, Võro kuning and Votic kunikaz. Eclipsed non-native Middle English roy (“king”) (Early Modern English roy), borrowed from Old French roi, rei, rai (“king”).