Danish–English dictionary

udenomsægteskabelig

Occurring outside marriage.

udenretlig

(legal, of a punishment) Carried out without legal authority.

udenretslig

(legal, of a punishment) Carried out without legal authority.

udestående

Unpaid debt.

udfald

A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.

udfladning

(aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.

udflugt

A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.

udfordre

To challenge, to put a strain on (something).

udfordrende

Difficult, hard to do.

udfordrer

One who challenges; especially, one who plays against the current champion of a game or contest in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.

udforske

(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.

udforsker

One who explores something

udforskning

The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.

udføre

(transitive) To execute or perform; to put into operation; to do.

udførelse

The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

udførsel

(uncountable) The act of exporting.

udfri

To set free from restraint or danger.

udgået

No longer fashionable.

udgang

An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.

udgave

(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.

udgive

(intransitive) To issue a medium (e.g. publication).

udglatte

(transitive) To make smooth or even.

udgravning

An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.

udholde

To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.

udholdenhed

The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.

udhus

A building, such as a barn, shed, or garage, that is separate from, but associated with some main building.

udisciplineret

not subjected to discipline, control or correction; uncorrected

udkant

A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb.

udkast

A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.

udkæmpe

(intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.

udkig

A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.

udkigsmand

A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.

udkigspost

A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.

udkigspunkt

A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.

udklip

(countable) A newspaper clipping.

udkørt

Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.

udland

(rare, Scotland) Countries or lands abroad. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

udlæg

(legal) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.

udlægge

(intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

udlændighed

(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country.

udlænding

(sometimes, derogatory) A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.

udlængsel

A strong impulse or longing to travel.

udledning

The act or process by which something is discharged.

udlevere

To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.

udlevering

The act of conveying something.

udlicitere

(chiefly, US, business, management, transitive) To transfer the management or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.

udligne

(intransitive, sports) To make the score of a game equal.

udlove

(transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.

udløb

(British, NZ, AU) End; termination; expiration.

udløbe

(intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.

udløse

(ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).

udløser

(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.

udløsning

(specifically) A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.

udlyd

(music) A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.

udmatning

A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

udmatte

(transitive) To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.

udmattet

Very tired; zonked (out).

udmærkelse

A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.

udmærket

(US, slang, dated) Very good.

udmunding

The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.

udnævne til dronning

(transitive) To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.

udnytte

(law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

udødelig

Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.

udødeliggøre

To make eternally famous.

udødelighed

(religion, mythology, biology) The condition of being immortal.

udøve

(reflexive) To put in vigorous action.

udpege

(transitive) To point out.

udplante

(transitive) To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.

udråb

Words shouted or screamed.

udråbsord

(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.

udrede

(intransitive) To conduct an inquiry or examination.

udregning

(chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

udrensning

A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.

udrustning

A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.

udrydde

(transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.

udsagn

A declaration or remark.

udsagnsord

(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

udsætte

To put off until a later time; to defer.

udsætte sig for

(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

udsættelse

The act of evicting.

udsende

(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.

udsendelse

A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.

udsending

An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

udsendt

Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means.

udsigt

An estimation of a future condition.

udsigtstårn

(architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.

udskældning

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

udskære

To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.

udskæring

A slab or slice, especially of meat.

udskibe

(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.

udskifte

(transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.

udskifter

(sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.

udskiftning

(countable) A replacement.

udskilning

The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.

udskrive

(medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.

udskyde

To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.

udskyldning

The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.

udslette

To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.

udslettelse

The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.

udslukke

(figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.

udsmykning

(figurative) The elaboration of an account, etc. with details, especially when fictitious.

udsøgt

Especially good or preferred.

udspile

(transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.

udspørge

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

udspørger

(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.

udspørgning

A question put; an inquiry.

udspring

The sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically.

udspy

(transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.

udstå

(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.

udstanse

(transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.

udstille

(intransitive) To put on a public display.

udstilling

A public showing; an exhibition.

udstoppe

To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.

udstoppet

Full or packed (with some material or substance).

udstøde

(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]

udstødelse

The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

udstødning

A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.

udstødt

One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper. [from 14th c.]

udstrakt

Extended or stretched out.

udstrække

(intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.

udstrækning

A range of values or locations.

udstrykkelig

Very specific, clear, or detailed. [from 1609]

udstyr

Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.

udstyre

(transitive) To equip with tools.

udtale

The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.

udtalelse

A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially that of a political party.

udtænke

(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.

udtæret

Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.

udtømme

Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.

udtørre

(transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.

udtræk

Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.

udtrækning

(dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.

udtryk

A short written or spoken expression.

udtrykke

(transitive) To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.

udtrykkelig

(comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.

udtryksform

(countable) Any rational expression, reason.

udtryksløs

Deliberately impassive or expressionless.

udtrykt

Expressed in a statement; uttered or written.

udtynding

The process of making something dilute.

uduelig

Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.

udvalgt

(postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.

udvanding

The process of making something dilute.

udvandre

(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.

udvandrer

Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

udvandring

The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

udvælge

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

udve

A strong impulse or longing to travel.

udvej

A way out.

udveksling

An act of exchanging or trading.

udvendig

Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.