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Snow Queen
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snow queen
English
Etymology
A literal translation into English from the original en da Sneedronningen 1, from da snee snow an older spelling of da sne + da dronning queen + da -en suffixed definite article from a fairy tale first published in 1845 by Hans Christian Andersen, based on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, da Kai and da Gerda.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
The +
Snow Queen 1
A female fairy tale character with magical power over snow and ice.
en 1845 1872 w:Hans Christian Andersen H. P. Paull da w:The Snow Queen Sneedronningen The fur and the cap, which were made entirely of snow, fell off, and he saw a lady, tall and white, it was the Snow Queen.
en 2009 w:Justine Picardie Daphne A&C Black 9781408806838 Daphne wanted to tell her that a Snow Queen can know nothing of love, only of destruction, but she remained silent, just looked away.
en 2011 w:Jack Zipes The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films Routledge 9781135853952 271 Tom announces that he doesn't believe in such a thing as a Snow Queen.
Translations
fairy tale character with power over snow and ice
Arabic: ar مَلِكَة الثَّلْجِ f
Aragonese: an Reina d'as Nieus f
Armenian: hy Ձյունե թագուհին
Azerbaijani: az Qar kraliçası
Belarusian: be Сне́жная карале́ва f
Catalan: ca Reina de les Neus f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 冰雪女王 Bīngxuě nǚwáng
Czech: cs Sněhová královna f
Danish: da Sneedronningen c, da Snedronningen c
Dutch: nl sneeuwkoningin f
Finnish: fi Lumikuningatar
French: fr Reine des neiges f
Galician: gl Raíña das Neves f
German: de Schneekönigin f
Greek: el Βασίλισσα του Χιονιού f
Hebrew: he מַלְכָּת הַשֶׁלֶג f malkát ha-shéleg
Icelandic: is Snædrottningin f
Italian: it Regina delle Nevi f
Japanese: ja 雪の女王 ゆきのじょおう, yuki no joō
Korean: ko ^눈의 여왕
Malay: ms Ratu Salji
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Snedronninga f, nb Snedronningen m, nb Snødronninga f, nb Snødronningen f
Nynorsk: nn Snedronninga f, nn Snødronninga f
Occitan: oc Reina dei nèus f
Persian: fa ملکه برفی maleke barfi
Polish: pl Królowa Śniegu f
Portuguese: pt Rainha da Neve f
Romanian: ro Crăiasa zăpezilor f
Russian: ru Сне́жная короле́ва f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Снежна кра̀љица f, sh Сњежна кра̀љица f
Latin: sh Snežna kràljica f, sh Snježna kràljica f
Spanish: es Reina de las Nieves f
Swedish: sv Snödrottningen c
Ukrainian: uk Снігова́ короле́ва f
Uzbek: uz Qor malikasi
Vietnamese: vi Bà chúa Tuyết
Walloon: wa Royinne del nivaye f, wa Rinne des nives f
See also
en ice queen
en Fairy tale characters Fictional abilities Fictional characters Ice Snow Stock characters