Equivalents of Duke in other European languages
- Equivalents of Duke in other European languages
Many languages have equivalents of Duke.
"The second term is the female form, meaning duchess"
Celtic languages
*Irish Diúc /Bandiúc
*Scottish Gaelic Diùc/Ban-diùc
*Welsh Duc/Duces or Dug/Duges
Germanic languages
*Afrikaans Hertog /Hertogin
*Danish Hertug /Hertuginde
*Dutch Hertog /Hertogin
*Faroese Hertugi / Hertugafrúa
*German Herzog /Herzogin
*Icelandic Hertogi /Hertogafrú
*Luxemburgish Herzog /Herzogin
*Norwegian Hertug /Hertuginne
*Swedish Hertig /Hertiginna
Romance languages
*French Duc /Duchesse
*Catalan Duc /Duquessa
*Italian Duca /Duchessa
*Latin (feudal) Dux/Ducissa
*Maltese Duka/ Dukessa
*Monegasque Düka /Düchessa
*Portuguese Duque /Duquesa
*Rhaeto-Romanic Duca /Duchessa
*Romanian Duce /Ducesă
*Spanish Duque /Duquesa
lavic and Baltic languages
*Belorussian hertsag /hertsaginya
*Bosnian vojvoda /vojvotkinja
*Bulgarian voyvoda, hertsog /hertsoginya
*Croatian vojvoda /vojvotkinja
*Czech vévoda /vévodkyně
*Latvian hercogs /hercogiene
*Lithuanian hercogas, kunigaikštis /hercogienė, kunigaikštienė
*Macedonian voyvoda /voyvotka
*Polish książę /księżna
*Russian hertsog /hertsogina
*Serbian vojvoda /vojvotkinja
*Slovak vojvoda /vojvodkyňa
*Slovene vojvoda /vojvodinja
*Ukrainian hertsog /hertsoginya
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
*Turkish Dük / Düşes
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