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king

König

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
king
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] König
[1] The new king is a good ruler.
Der neue König ist ein guter Herrscher.
Englisch > Englisch
king
1. subst. A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.
2. subst. A powerful or majorly influential person.
Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".
3. subst. Something that has a preeminent position.
In times of financial panic, cash is king.
4. subst. A component of certain games.
5. subst. (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest
6. subst. (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
7. subst. A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking
8. subst. (slang) A king skin.
Oi mate, have you got kings?
9. subst. A male dragonfly; a drake.
10. subst. A king-sized bed.
11. v. To crown king, to make (a person) king.
12. v. To rule over as king.
13. v. To perform the duties of a king.
14. v. To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
15. v. To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
16. v. To dress and perform as a drag king.
17. subst. alternative form of qinges (Chinese musical instrument)
Deutsch > Englisch
König
1. subst. king (monarch, chess, card games)
2. Proper noun. surname, common, from=nicknames