No. 2,650 in Dutch
koningin
Queen.
In a sentence
De koningin bezocht de stad.
The queen visited the city.
In this sentence, 'koningin' refers to the reigning queen in context of her official role.
Een koningin in een sprookje leeft vaak in een groot kasteel.
A queen in a fairy tale often lives in a large castle.
Here, 'koningin' is used to represent the archetypal queen character in storytelling context.
De bijenkoningin is de grootste bij in de korf.
The queen bee is the largest bee in the hive.
In this example, 'koningin' metaphorically represents the queen bee in the biological context of a beehive.
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