Danish

See also: danish

English

Alternative forms

danish (noun; sense Danish pastry)

Etymology

Alteration of Middle English Denish (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisc (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪnɪʃ/
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

Danish (uncountable)

The language of Danes and Denmark.
(regarded as plural) Natives of Denmark; Danes.
(informal, countable, chiefly US) Ellipsis of Danish pastry.

Derived terms

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Translations

language

Afrikaans: Deens (af)
Albanian: Danisht
Amharic: ዴኒሽ (deniš)
Arabic: دَانْمَارْكِيَّة‎ f (danmarkiyya)
Armenian: դանիերեն (hy) (danieren)
Asturian: danés (ast) m
Azerbaijani: Данимарка
Basque: daniera (eu)
Belarusian: да́цкая мо́ва f (dáckaja móva), да́цкая f (dáckaja)
Breton: Daneg
Bulgarian: датски (datski)
Catalan: danès (ca) m
Valencian: danés (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏓᏂᏍ (danis), ᏕᏂᏏ (Denisi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 丹麥語 (zh), 丹麦语 (zh) (Dānmàiyǔ)
Czech: dánština (cs) f, dánský jazyk m
Danish: dansk (da)
Dutch: Deens (nl)
Estonian: taani keel
Faroese: danskt (fo) n
Finnish: tanska (fi)
French: danois (fr) m
Galician: dinamarqués (gl) m, danés (gl) m
Georgian: დანიური (daniuri), დანიური ენა (daniuri ena)
German: Dänisch (de) n
Greek: δανικά (el) n pl (daniká)
Greenlandic: qallunaatut (kl)
Hebrew: דנית‎ f (denít)
Hindi: डेनिश (ḍeniś)
Hungarian: dán (hu)
Icelandic: danska (is) f
Irish: Danmhairgis
Italian: danese (it) m
Japanese: デンマーク語 (ja) (Denmākugo)
Khmer: ដាណឺម៉ាក (km) (daanəɨmaak)
Korean: 덴마크어 (ko) (Denmakeu-eo)
Kurdish: Danîmarkî (ku)
Latvian: Dāņu
Limburgish: Dieënsj (li) n
Lithuanian: Danų, Daniškai
Macedonian: дански m (dánski)

Maltese: daniż
Marathi: डेनिश f (ḍeniśa)
Moksha: данонь (danonʹ)
Mongolian: дани (dani)
Navajo: Déinish Dineʼé bizaad
Nepali: ड्यानिश (ḍyāniśa)
North Frisian: Dånsch
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dansk (no) m

Nynorsk: dansk (nn) m
Occitan: danès m
Persian: دانمارکی‎ (fa) (danmarki)
Polish: duński (pl)
Portuguese: dinamarquês (pt) m, danês m
Romanian: daneză (ro) f
Russian: да́тский (ru) (dátskij)
Scots: Dens
Scottish Gaelic: Danmhairgis f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дански m

Roman: danski (sh) m
Slovak: dánčina (sk) f
Slovene: dánščina (sl) f
Sorbian: Danšćina, Dańšćina
Spanish: danés (es) m
Swahili: Kideni, Kidenishi
Swedish: danska (sv)
Tagalog: Danes (tl)
Tamil: டேனிஷ் (ṭēṉiṣ)
Tatar: дания (daniya)
Thai: ภาษาเดนมาร์ก (th) (paasăa denmâak)
Tigrinya: ዴኒሽ (deniš)
Turkish: Danca (tr)
Ukrainian: датський (datsʹkyj)
Urdu: ڈینش‎
Vietnamese: tiếng Đan-mạch
Volapük: Danänapük (vo)
Walloon: daenwès (wa)
Welsh: Daneg (cy)
West Frisian: Deensk (fy)
Yiddish: דעניש‎ n (denish)

native of Denmark — see Dane

Danish pastry — see Danish pastry

Adjective

Danish (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to Denmark.

Derived terms

Translations

of Denmark

Armenian: դանիական (hy) (daniakan)
Asturian: danés (ast)
Basque: daniar
Belarusian: да́цкі m (dácki)
Catalan: danès (ca)
Valencian: danés (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 丹麥的 (zh), 丹麦的 (zh) (Dānmài de)
Czech: dánský (cs)
Danish: dansk (da)
Dutch: Deens (nl)
Esperanto: dana (eo)
Faroese: danskur
Finnish: tanskalainen (fi)
French: danois (fr) m
Galician: dinamarqués (gl), danés (gl)
Georgian: დანიური (daniuri)
German: dänisch (de)
Greek: δανικός (el) (danikós)
Hawaiian: Kenemaka

Hebrew: דני‎ (deni)
Hungarian: dán (hu)
Icelandic: danskur (is)
Interlingua: danese (ia)
Italian: danese (it)
Macedonian: дански (dánski)
Marathi: डेनिश (ḍeniśa)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dansk (no)

Nynorsk: dansk (nn)
Portuguese: dinamarquês (pt), danês
Romanian: danez (ro)
Russian: да́тский (ru) (dátskij)
Scottish Gaelic: Danmhairgeach
Slovak: dánsky (sk)
Slovene: dánski (sl)
Spanish: danés (es), dinamarqués (es)
Swedish: dansk (sv)
Tagalog: Danes (tl)
Yiddish: דעניש‎ (denish)

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Danish terms

Appendix:Danish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Danish

Further reading

ISO 639-1 code da, ISO 639-3 code dan

Ethnologue entry for Danish, da
Danish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

“Danish” (US) / “Danish” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

handis, sandhi

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