Feminine
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Königin

Meaning

  1. (feminine) queen
  2. (archaic, dated, feminine) queen (chess piece)

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

keenigyyn

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kiinigyyn

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkøːnɪɡɪn/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German künigin, from Old High German chuningin, from Proto-West Germanic *kuningini, equivalent to König + -in. Cognate with West Frisian keninginne.

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