Danish–English dictionary

bourgogne

A variety of wine from this region, chiefly red wine made with pinot noir grapes.

bourgognevin

A variety of wine from this region, chiefly red wine made with pinot noir grapes.

bov

(nautical) The front of a boat or ship.

boykot

The act of boycotting.

boykotte

(transitive) To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.

bøddel

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

bøde

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.

bødker

A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.

bøf

(informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.

bøffe

(informal, transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.

bøffel

An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.

bøg

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.

bøgerne

(usually, in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.

bøgetræ

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.

Bøhmen

A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.

bøhmer

A native or resident of Bohemia. [from 16th c.]

bøje

(transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

bøjelighed

The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.

bøjle

(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.

bøjle-bh

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]

bøjning

(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.

bølge

A sudden increase.

bølgebryder

A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

bølgedal

A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.

bølgelængde

(physics) The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.

bølle

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. [from late 17th c.]

bønfalde

(transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.

bønne

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

bønner

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

børnehave

(North America, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]

børnehaveklasse

(North America, Australia, India) The elementary school grade before first grade.

børnehjem

A public institution for the care and protection of children whose parents have died or can no longer care for them.

børnelammelse

(pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

børnelæge

(American spelling) A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

børnepasning

(countable) A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.

børs

A place for conducting trading.

børshandler

A particular type of stock broker or trader.

børsmægler

A stockbroker.

børste

A stiff or coarse hair on a nonhuman mammal or on a plant.

bøsning

(engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.

bøsse

(Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.

bøsseradar

(LGBTQ slang) The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person's appearance, mannerisms, etc. [from early 1980s]

brag

(countable) A loud, sudden sound.

brage

(intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.

brainstorm

A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

brainstorming

A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

brak

(of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.

brak-

(agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.

brakt vand

(of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.

brakvand

(of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.

bramme med

(intransitive, also, figurative) To be full until almost overflowing.

branche

An area in business or of knowledge, research.

brand

(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.

brandbyld

(pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.

brandfarlig

Easily set on fire.

brandmand

(firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.

brandmur

(architecture) A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.

brandsår

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

brandstiftelse

The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.

brandstifter

One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.

brandy

(uncountable) An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.

brase

(transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.

brasilianer

A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.

brasiliansk

Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.

brasiliansk jiu-jitsu

Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a related art, derived from judo.

Brasilien

A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.

brat

Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

Bratislava

The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.

bratsch

A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.

Braunschweig

Synonym of Braunschweig: a city in Lower Saxony, Germany.

bravo

Used to express acclaim, especially to a performer.

bræ

(geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

bræge

To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.

bræk

The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.

brækjern

An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.

brække

(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.

brække sig

(slang, now, rare) To vomit.

brækket

(of a, bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

brændbar

Capable of burning.

brænde

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

brænde op

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

brændemærke

A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.

brændenælde

Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles:

brændende

Burning or glowing.

brændsel

Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.

brændstof

Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.

brændt

(of food) Carbonised.

bræt

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

break

(tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).

bred

(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

bredbånd

(Internet) An Internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or a cable modem.

bredde

The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.

brede

(intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. [from 14th c.]

bredside

(nautical) One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing.

bregne

Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

brems

One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.

bremse

(transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). [from 14th c.]

Bretagne

An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany. [from 20th c.]

brev

A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.

brevkort

(post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.

brevpapir

Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.

brevveksling

(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.

Brexit

(UK politics) Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

bridge

(card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.

brigadegeneral

(military) An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.

Brighton

A coastal city in East Sussex, England.

brik

A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.

briks

(North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.

brillans

Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.

briller

(dated) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

brillere

(intransitive, copulative) To distinguish oneself; to excel.

bringe

(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

bringe skam over

(transitive) To put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.

bringe ud af det

(US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.

brise

A light, gentle wind.

brist

(countable) Lack, absence, deficiency. [(often) with of]

brite

An inhabitant of Great Britain, particularly (historical) a Celt from the area of Roman Britain or (obsolete) a Welshman; a British person.

britisk

(historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.

britisk engelsk

(chiefly, US) The British English language.

bro

(anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.

broccoli

A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.

broche

A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.

brochure

A small or thin book.

broder

(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.

brodere

To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.

broderet

Decorated with embroidery; covered in decorative needlework.

broderi

The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.

broderlig

Of or characteristic of brothers.

brohoved

(military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.

brok

(diseases) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.

brokbind

A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.

brokke

(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.

brolægge

(British) To cover something with paving slabs.

brolægger

A roadworker who lays cobbles.

brolægning

(now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]

brombær

A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

bronchitis

(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.

bronkitis

(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.

bronze

Having a reddish-brown colour.

bronze-

Made of bronze metal.

bronzefarvet

Having a reddish-brown colour.

bror

A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.

brosten

(countable) A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.

browse

(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.

brøde

(law, criminology, US, historical, _, in, _) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.

brødflov

(colloquial, British) mildly hungry

brødfrugttræ

An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

brødkurv

A basket used for storing or carrying bread.

brøk

A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.

brøkdel

A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.