Danish–English dictionary

visualisere

(chiefly, medicine) To make (a hidden or unclear body part, process, or object) visible by optical methods (such as endoscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, or X-rays), or other techniques.

visuel

Related to or affecting the vision.

visum

A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.

vitalisme

The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.

vitamin

Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.

vits

An amusing story.

vittighed

An amusing story.

Vladivostok

A city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai.

vod

(countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.

vodka

A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.

vogn

A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.

vognbane

A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.

vognhjul

The wheel of a cart.

vognmager

(historical) A person who builds and repairs wagons.

vogte på

(transitive) To be wary or cautious of.

vogte sig

(defective, ambitransitive) To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).

voivodskab

(countable, uncountable) The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a countship or a county.

vokabular

The stock of words used in a particular field.

vokabularium

The collection of words a person knows and uses.

vokalist

A singer; a person who likes to sing.

voks

Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.

vokse

(intransitive) To appear or sprout.

voksen

An animal that is full-grown.

vokslys

A slender wax candle.

voksning

(countable) A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.

volapyk

An artificial language (constructed language) created in 1879 by Johann Martin Schleyer.

vold

(geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

volde

(transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.

voldgrav

A ditch or moat.

voldsom

Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.

voldtage

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]

Volga

A river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea.

voliere

A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse. [from 16th c.]

volleyball

(countable) The inflated ball used in such a game.

volt

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V

volumetrisk

Pertaining to measurement by volume.

voluminøs

Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.

volut

(architectural element) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.

vom

The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.

vombat

Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.

voodoo

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

vor

(colloquial, may seem patronising) That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.

vores

(colloquial, may seem patronising) That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.

vorte

(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

vortesvin

(zoology) A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa.

vortesvinet

(zoology) A wild pig of the genus Phacochoerus, native to Africa.

voter

A person from Votia or of Votic descent.

vov

Representing the sound of a dog barking.

vovse

(countable, childish, or, endearing) A dog, especially a small one.

vølve

A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.

vrag

A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.

vraggods

Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed.

vrangforestilling

That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.

vrangvillig

Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.

vrænge

(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.

vred

Displaying or feeling anger.

vrede

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

vredesanfald

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

vridbor

A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.

vride

(transitive) To pull or twist violently. [from 13th c.]

vride sig

(intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.

vrikke

(transitive, intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.

vrikke på hofterne

(slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.

vrikken

A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.

vrinsk

The cry of a horse.

vrøvl

Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

vrøvle

(intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.

vue

A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.

vuf

The sound a dog makes when barking; a bark.

vugge

(transitive, and, intransitive) To move gently back and forth.

vuggestue

(UK, chiefly British) An institution for small children who not yet have begun primary school during daytime (when their parents work); a daycare centre.

vuggevise

A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.

vulgær

Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.

vulkan

A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

vulst

(heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge.

vulva

(anatomy) The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.

vurdere

(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.

vurdering

An appraisal or evaluation.

vvs-mand

(dated) One who works in or with lead.

wagon

(British) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.

Wales

One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.

waliserne

(collectively, in the plural) The people of Wales. [from 11th c.]

walisisk

Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. [from 16thc.]

walkman

A portable personal audio cassette player with headphones.

Warszawa

The capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.

wasabi

A pungent green Japanese condiment made from the plant Eutrema japonicum (syn. Wasabia japonica).

Washington

A placename:

watt

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

WC

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet.

web

the World Wide Web.

webkamera

(computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.

website

(Internet) A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

websted

(Internet) A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

weekend

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

welf

(historical, politics) In the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Pope in a long struggle against the Ghibellines and the Holy Roman Emperor.

Wellington

(card games) In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.

western

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westernfilm

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whisky

(Ireland, US, England) A drink of whiskey.

Wien

A state of Austria, including the city, within the state of Lower Austria.

wiener

An inhabitant or resident of Vienna.

wienerbrød

A sweet and flaky yeast-raised roll made from a dough using butter or margarine and filled with remonce (butter and sugar) or custard.

wiki

A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

Wikiordbog

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

Wikipedia

A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Wiktionary

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

Wisconsin

A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

wok

(cookware) A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.

Wolfgang

A German en given name.

wolfram

A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74.

Worms

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Wyoming

A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.

Xenia

A en given name of mainly historical use in English.

xenofobi

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

xenofobisk

Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.

xenon

The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

xylofon

(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

yacht

(watercraft) A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.

yak

An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.

yakokse

An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.

yams

Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.

yamsrod

Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.

Yangtze

The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.

yde

(transitive) To furnish or equip with.

yderligere

More, additional.

ydermere

In addition; besides; further; what's more (i.e. to denote additional information).

yderpol

The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.

yderside

Any surface, especially a front or outer one.

ydmyg

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

ydmyge

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]

ydmyghed

The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.

ydre

Outside; external.

Yemen

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.

Yggdrasil

(Norse mythology) An immense ash tree that is central in Norse cosmology, believed to connect the nine worlds.

yndig

Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.

yndlingsaversion

(colloquial) Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.

yngel

Young fish; fishlings.

yngling

(countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.

yngre søn

(chiefly, history) A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.

yngre stenalder

Of or relating to the New Stone Age.

yngst

Most recently begun or formed.

yngste

Most recently begun or formed.

yngstemand

The lastborn of a family; the youngest sibling, irrespective of age.

ynkelig

Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.

yoga

Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.

yoghurt

A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.

yppig

(of a, woman) Having shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy.

ytre

Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.

yver

An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.

Yvonne

A en given name borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.