Danish–English dictionary

tørklæde

A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.

tørre

(transitive) To dry by heat.

tørretumbler

(most often) Short for clothes dryer, tumble dryer

tørste

(intransitive, usually in the phrase lust after) To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.

tørstig

(informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.

tørv

Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]

tøs

A girl; also (by extension) , a young woman.

tøsefornærmet

(Internet slang, slightly, vulgar) Overly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult or injustice; needlessly offended.

tøve

(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.

tråd

A fine thread or wire.

tradition

A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.

traditionalist

A person who adheres to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practices.

traditionel

Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.

traditionelt

In a traditional manner.

trådløs

Not having any wires.

trafik

Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.

tragisk

Causing great sadness or suffering.

tragt

A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.

trailer

An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.

traktat

(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.

traktere

(transitive, and, intransitive) to have someone over at one's home for a party or visit

traktor

(agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

trampen

The sound of heavy footsteps.

trampolin

A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors.

trane

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

tranebær

(countable) The edible red berry of that shrub.

trangboring

A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.

trangt sted

(caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.

transaktion

(finance) The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.

transformation

The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.

transformator

(electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling; primarily used to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows the most appropriate voltages for power generation, transmission and distribution to be chosen separately.

transformatorstation

A site where electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage) transmission lines is transformed or regulated for local (low-voltage) distribution.

transformer

(electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling; primarily used to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows the most appropriate voltages for power generation, transmission and distribution to be chosen separately.

transformere

(transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.

transformerstation

A site where electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage) transmission lines is transformed or regulated for local (low-voltage) distribution.

transfusion

(medicine) The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.

transkontinental

Crossing or spanning a continent.

transkription

A written version of what was said orally

translitteration

(linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.

transmittere

(transitive) To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).

transparens

(uncountable) The quality of being transparent.

transparent

(of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.

transperson

A transgender or transsexual person.

transplantat

(medicine) An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.

transplantation

(medicine) An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.

transplantere

(transitive, medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.

transport

(uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.

transportere

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.

transportering

The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.

transportfly

A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)

transportskib

A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)

transseksuel

(dated) Of a person, having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex by undergoing medical treatment, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS).

transskribere

To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.

transskription

(linguistics) A representation of speech sounds as phonetic symbols.

Transsylvanien

A historical region in western Romania.

trappe

Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae in the order Otidiformes that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.

trappeafsats

A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

trappehus

A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.

traske

(intransitive) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.

traumatisk

Of, caused by, or causing trauma.

travl

Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.

trawler

A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.

træ

(uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.

træarbejde

(uncountable) Working with wood.

træbevoksning

(broadly) Land covered with woody vegetation.

træblæser

(musical instruments) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.

træde

(intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.

trædemølle

(historical) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It was used principally as a means of prison discipline.

trædepude

A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals.

træffe

(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.

træffende

Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.

træffer

A collision of a projectile with the target.

træfning

A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).

træk

(countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.

trækharmonika

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

trække

(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

trække for

(figurative) To give (courage, strength, etc.) to oneself; to summon up; also, to produce (evil, wickedness, etc.) in oneself.

trække fra

(transitive) To reduce (wages); to deduct from (someone).

trække op

(transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.

trække på skuldrene

(ambitransitive) To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.

trække på snor

(transitive) To put (items) on a string.

trække sig tilbage

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

trække ud

To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

trække vejret

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

trækkerdreng

A male prostitute who sells his services to men.

trækrone

The crown or uppermost branches of a tree.

trækspil

A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).

trækul

A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.

trækvogn

(British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

træl

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

trældom

The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.

trælkone

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

træne

(transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.

træner

(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor.

trænge ind

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.

trængsel

An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.

træning

Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.

træningscenter

(especially, weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

træningspas

An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.

træpindsvin

Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.

træsaft

(uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

træsko

A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.

træsløjd

(uncountable) Working with wood.

træstamme

(botany) The main structural member of a tree.

træt

(informal, idiomatic) Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long. [with with or (British English) of]

træthed

A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

trætte

(transitive) To make sleepy or weary.

trættes

(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. [from 14th c.]

tre

The digit/figure 3.

tre gange

(somewhat, dated, outside, Asia, Canada, Australia, &) Three times.

tredive

The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

tredje

The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

Tredje Mosebog

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.

tredjedel

One of three equal parts of a whole.

tredobbelt

Made up of three related elements, often matching

tredoble

(transitive, dated) To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.

tredve

The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

treenighed

(Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

treer

The digit/figure 3.

trekant

An instance of sexual activity involving three people.

trekantet

Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.

trekløver

The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.

tremme

A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.

trend

An inclination in a particular direction.

tres

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

treti

The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

tretten

The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.

trettende

The ordinal form of the number thirteen.

treven

Sluggish; slow.

triangel

(geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.

triatlon

An athletics event in which contestants compete in swimming, cycling and running in turn.

tribunal

(legal) An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.

tribune

A device to hold something upright or aloft.

tribut

(countable, uncountable) A demonstration of respect, as towards a person after his or her retirement or death.

trick

Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.

trigonometri

(geometry, analysis) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and angles of (in particular) right-angled triangles, as represented by the trigonometric functions, and with calculations based on said relationships.

trilby

narrow-brimmed type of felt hat, described as having a "shorter brim which is angled down at the front and slightly turned up at the back" in comparison to the fedora

trille

To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.

trillebør

(British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

trilling

One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.

trilogi

A set of three connected works, usually dramas, literary pieces, films, or musical compositions, all related by theme, characters, or setting.

trin

A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.

trinbræt

A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.

trinvis

Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees

trio

A group of three people or things.

Tripoli

The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna.

triptykon

(arts) A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.

trisse

(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

trist

Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.

tristhed

(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.