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
- 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
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
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