Equivalents of Duke in other European languages

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Many languages have equivalents of Duke.

The second term is the female form, meaning duchess

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[edit] Germanic languages

  • Afrikaans Hertog /Hertogin
  • Danish Hertug /Hertuginde
  • Dutch Hertog /Hertogin
  • German Herzog /Herzogin
  • Icelandic Hertogi /Hertogafrú
  • Luxemburgish Herzog /Herzogin
  • Norwegian Hertug /Hertuginne
  • Swedish Hertig /Hertiginna

[edit] Romance languages

  • French Duc /Duchesse
  • Catalan Duc /Duquessa
  • Italian Duca /Duchessa
  • LATIN (feudal) Dux
  • Maltese Duka/ Dukessa
  • Monegasque Düka /Düchessa
  • Portuguese Duque /Duquesa
  • Rhaeto-Romanic Duca /Duchessa
  • Romanian Duce /Ducesă
  • Spanish Duque /Duquesa

[edit] Slavic and Baltic languages

  • Belorussian hertsag /hertsaginya
  • Bulgarian voyvoda, hertsog /hertsoginya
  • Croatian vojvoda /vojvotkinja
  • Czech vévoda /vévodkyně
  • Latvian hercogs /hercogiene
  • Lithuanian hercogas /hercogiene
  • Macedonian voyvoda /voyvotka
  • Polish książę /księżna
  • Russian hertsog /hertsogina
  • Serbian vojvoda /vojvotkinja
  • Slovak vojvoda /vojvodkyňa
  • Slovene vojvoda /vojvodinja
  • Ukrainian hertsog /hertsoginya

[edit] Other linguistic families

  • Albanian Dukë /Dukeshë
  • Estonian Hertsog /Hertsoginna
  • Finnish Herttua /Herttuatar
  • Greek Doux (formal), Doukas (spoken)/Doukissa (both)
  • Hungarian Herceg /Hercegnő - but compare its use in hercegprímás
  • Irish Diúc /Bandiúc
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