Danish–English dictionary

blodtørstig

Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.

blodudtrædning

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

blog

(Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)

blogge

(blogging, ambitransitive) To contribute to a blog.

blogger

(blogging) A contributor to a blog (from weblog) or online journal.

blok

A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.

blokade

(by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.

blokfløjte

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

blomme

The fruit and its tree.

blommefarvet

(comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.

blommetræ

The fruit and its tree.

blomst

(botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.

blomsterbutik

A person who sells flowers.

blomsterhandler

A person who sells flowers.

blomstre

(intransitive) To put forth blooms.

blomstrende

(euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).

blomstringstid

A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.

blond

(of a, person) Having blond hair.

blonde

(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.

blondine

(countable) A person with this hair color.

blot

Only, simply, merely.

blotte

(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

blotter

(slang) Someone who exposes themselves indecently; someone who ‘flashes’ their genitals.

blottet

Bare, not covered by clothing.

blottet (for)

Completely without; having none of.

blød

Easily giving way under pressure.

bløde

(intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.

blødgøres

(intransitive) To become soft or softer

blødning

An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.

Bluetooth

(networking, trademark) An industrial specification for wireless personal area networks.

blufærdig

(especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

blunde

(intransitive) To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.

bluse

(clothing) An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

blush

(uncountable, countable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.

blusse

(Internet, ambitransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).

blyant

A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. [from 16th c.]

blyrod

(botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort. [from 17th c.]

bo

(intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.

Bob

A en given name.

boble

A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.

boblende

(of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy.

bod

A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

bofælle

A person with whom one shares a flat.

bog

The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.

bogføre

(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

bogføring

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.

boghandel

A business that sells books.

boghandler

A person engaged in the business of selling books.

bogholder

(accounting) A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.

bogholderi

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.

boghylde

(furniture) A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.

bogie

(by extension, rail transport, also, attributively) One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle.

boglig

Having a love of or aptitude for learning.

bogorm

Any of various insects that infest books.

bogreol

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

bogskab

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

bogstav

A symbol in an alphabet.

bogstavelig

Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.

bogstavelig taget

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

bogstavelig talt

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

bogstaveligt

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

bogstaveligt taget

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

bogstaveligt talt

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

bogstavere

(intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]

boheme

A person, especially an artist or writer, who lives an unconventional or nonconformist lifestyle.

boks

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

bokser

A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.

boksning

(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.

bold

A formal dance.

bolig

A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.

boliglån

(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.

boligløs

Lacking a permanent place of residence.

Bolivia

A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.

bolle

A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.

bolle tyk

(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

bollerne

(anatomy) The sac of skin and muscle that contains the testicles in most placental (boreoeutherian) mammals.

bolsje

(US) A candy prepared from one or more syrups boiled to a temperature of 160°C (320°F), thereafter becoming stiff and brittle at room temperature.

bolsjevik

(historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.

bolsjevisme

The Communist political ideology adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Marxism-Leninism.

bolster

A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.

bolt

A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.

bolværk

A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.

bom

(gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics.

bombardement

The action of dropping bombs from the air.

bombe

An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

bombefly

(aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.

bompenge

A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.

bomuld

Made of cotton.

bon

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

bona fide

In good faith; sincere; without deception or ulterior motive.

Bonaventura

A surname transferred from the given name.

bonde

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.

bondefanger

A confidence trickster.

bondegård

(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

bondehus

A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.

bondejokke

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

bondekarl

Synonym of farmworker.

bondeknold

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

bonderøv

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

bondetamp

(slang, US, usually, pejorative, offensive, ethnic slur) A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.

boner

(coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]

bonsai

(transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.

bonsaitræ

(transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.

bonusfar

(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.

boomerang

A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.

bopæl

A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.

bor

The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.

bord

An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.

borddug

A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.

Bordeaux

The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

bordel

A house of prostitution.

bordfodbold

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) table soccer (US), table football (UK)

bore

(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

boremaskine

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.

boretårn

A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.

borg

An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.

borger

A legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role. [from 14th c.]

borgerskab

(Marxism) The capitalist class.

borgmester

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

borgmesterinde

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

borgtårn

(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.

Borneo

A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.

borsjtj

A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.

bortføre

(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]

bortførelse

(crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

bortfører

A person who kidnaps someone.

bortføring

Leading away; a carrying away. [from early 17th century.]

bortførsel

(crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

bortgang

(formal) Death, departure from life.

bortkastet

Not profitably used.

bortlede

(transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.

bortset fra

Except for; besides, (postposition) apart.

bortskaffe

(intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.

bortskaffelse

(countable) A disposing of or getting rid of something.

bortskære

To cut out; to remove.

bortvise

(transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave.

bortvisning

The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

bosæde

The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies.

bosnier

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

bosniere

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

bosnisk

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Boston

An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.

botanik

(uncountable) A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.

botaniker

(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.

botanisk

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.

Botswana

The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.

botulisme

(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.

bouillon

(uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.

boulevard

A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.

bouquet

The scent of a particular wine.