Danish–English dictionary

billet

A citation for a traffic violation.

billetpris

(countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.

billig

(colloquial) Of low quality.

billige

(transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.

billighedsret

(legal) The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so.

billigt

In a cheap manner; without expending much money.

billion

(dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million (times a) million (logic: 1,000,0002): a 1 followed by twelve zeros (1012); a thousand milliard.

bilradio

(countable) Any audio playing device, such as the on-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media; see also car radio.

bilsammenstød

An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.

bind

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

binde

(transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.

bindebue

(music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.

bindeled

A form or state of connection.

bindeleg

(sex) The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.

bindestreg

The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

bingospil

(uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.

bio

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

biograf

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

biografi

A person's life story, especially one published.

biokemiker

A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry

biolog

A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

biologi

The study of all life or living matter.

biologisk

Of or relating to biology.

biom

Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.

biometrisk

Of, relating to, or using biometrics.

biopsi

The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.

biotisk

(biology) Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms.

bipolar

Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.

bipolær

Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.

birdie

(golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.

Birgitte

A en given name.

bisamrotte

A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.

biskop

(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.

bisonokse

A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

bisp

(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.

bispedømme

A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.

bispesæde

A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.

bistå

(transitive) To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.

bistand

(uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.

bistættelse

A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.

bistro

A small casual restaurant or pub, typically serving French-style cuisine.

bitter

Tasting sour or bitter.

Bittersød Natskygge

Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

bittesmå

Very small.

bivoks

A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.

bivuak

An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.

bizar

Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.

bjæffe

(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).

bjælke

A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.

bjergart

(geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.

bjergrig

Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.

bjergskred

A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

bjergtop

The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.

bjørn

(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.

blå

Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.

blå bog

(countable, sometimes, capitalized) A publication containing biographies of well-known or important people.

blad

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

bladbede

(uncountable, culinary) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.

bladgrønt

(biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.

bladkiosk

An open stall, often on a street, where newspapers and magazines are on sale to the public.

bladlus

A sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.

bladre

To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.

blaffer

A person or thing that hitchhikes.

blafre

(transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.

blåfugl

(entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.

blåklokke

A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers.

blande

(transitive) To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).

blanding

A mixture or compound; the result of composing. [from 16th c.]

blandt

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

blank

(archaic) White or pale; without colour.

blanke

(transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.

blanket

A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.

blanko-

(chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.

blår

An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.

blåregn

Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.

blasfemi

An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.

blasfemiker

One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.

blasfemisk

Lacking piety or respect for the sacred; resembling blasphemy.

blåt mærke

A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

Blåtand

The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.

blæk

A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.

blæksprutte

(cooking) Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.

blænde

(transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.

blænder

(astronomy, photography) The diameter of such a hole which restricts the width of the lightpath through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.

blære

A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.

blære sig

(intransitive, often with of) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.

blærehalskirtel

The prostate gland. [from 1646]

blæse

(music) A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.

blæsebælg

A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.

blæsende

Accompanied by wind.

blæst

(transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.

blæsterovn

A forge in which wrought iron is made straight from ore.

ble

(North America, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, out of convenience, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy.

bleg

Without color; pale; pallid.

blege

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).

blegemiddel

(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.

blegnet

That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.

blegt

Light in color.

blender

A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients.

bleskift

(transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).

blid

Of a pleasing disposition.

blide

A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

blidemåned

The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.

blidt

Not loudly; nearly inaudibly.

blik

The ability to notice what others might miss.

blikkenslager

One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.

blimp

(aviation) An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.

blind

(not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.

blind passager

A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport.

blindestok

(countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path

blindgænger

(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.

blindgyde

(idiomatic) A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.

blindhed

The condition of being blind; unable to see.

blindtarmsbetændelse

(pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix

blink

An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.

blinke

(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

blinklys

Anything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.

blishøne

Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.

blitz

(photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene”).

blitzkrig

A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.

blive

(auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.

blive enig

(intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

blive hård

(usually, transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).

blive henrettet i elektrisk stol

(chiefly, US, ambitransitive, slang) To execute, or be executed, by the electric chair.

blive konkret

(usually, transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).

blive rolig

(intransitive) To become calm.

blive stegt

(intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.

blive stenet

(transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.

blive stille

(intransitive) To become calm.

blive træt

(ambitransitive) To make or to become weary.

blive vist i glimt

(transitive) To make visible briefly.

blivende

Lasting for an indefinitely long time.

blod

A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.

blodbad

Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.

blodbadet

Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.

blodbanen

The flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal

blodets bånd

A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.

blodforgiftning

(pathology) A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.

blodhævn

A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.

blodhund

A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.

blodig

(informal, Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, mildly, _) Used as an intensifier.

blodigle

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

blodmangel

(American spelling, uncountable, pathology) A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.

blodplet

A spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed blood.

blodpølse

A cooked sausage made out of meat (most often pork), blood and various other regional ingredients.

blodprøve

(medicine, informal, countable) A blood test or blood sample.

blodsbånd

A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.

blodsudgydelse

A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.

blodsugende

(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.

blodtørst

A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture.