Danish–English dictionary

coke

(informal, slang, uncountable) Cocaine.

cola

A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

collage

A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.

collie

Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as sheepdogs

Colombia

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.

colombianer

A native or inhabitant of Colombia.

Colombo

The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

Colorado

A state in the western United States, the 38th state. Capital and largest city: Denver.

comeback

A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.

computer

A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]

computermus

(computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.

computerskærm

(computing) A program for viewing and editing.

Congofloden

A major river in Central Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at times forming the border with the Republic of the Congo and Angola.

connaisseur

A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.

Connecticut

A state in the northeastern United States.

cool

(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.

cornflakes

A breakfast cereal made from toasted flakes of maize.

courgette

(British, Ireland, uncountable) A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.

cowboy

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

cowboybukser

denim trousers

coyote

(canid) Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

crack

(US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.

crash

An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.

crashe

(intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.

crawl

A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.

creme

The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

cremefarve

A yellowish white color; the color of cream.

cremefarvet

Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.

croissant

A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.

Cuba

A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.

cunnilingus

Performance of oral sex upon the vulva or vagina.

curler

A sportsman who plays curling.

curling

(uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).

curlingspiller

A sportsman who plays curling.

cyanid

(inorganic compound, organic compound, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN− anion.

cyborg

(scifi) A being which is part machine and part organic.

cykel

Clipping of bicycle.

cykelstyr

(mostly, in the plural) The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.

cykle

To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.

cykling

(uncountable) The sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.

cyklisk

Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals; cyclical

cyklist

A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.

cyklon

(broadly) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.

cyklus

A complete rotation of anything.

cylindrisk

Shaped like a cylinder.

Cypern

An island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia. Official name: Republic of Cyprus. Capital: Nicosia.

cyste

A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

da

To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.

dåb

(Christianity) A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.

dåd

(countable) Something done, a deed.

daddel

The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. [from 14th c.]

dadel

(uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed

dadle

(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

dådyrfarve

A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.

dådyrfarvet

Of the fawn colour.

dag

A period of contention of a day or less.

dagblad

A newspaper or comic strip etc. that is published every day.

dagdrøm

A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. [from 1657]

dagdrømme

(intransitive) To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

dagdrømmer

One who daydreams.

dage

Life.

dages

(intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

daggry

The beginning of the day; the first moment of daylight.

daglig

That occurs every day, or at least every working day.

daglig tale

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

dagligdags

Commonplace, ordinary.

dagligmærke

(philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand

dagligsprog

(linguistics) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.

dagligt

quotidianly, every day

dagligvarebutik

A shop or store that sells groceries.

dagligvareforretning

A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

Dagmar

A en given name of Danish origin, in occasional use since the end of the 19th century.

dagpleje

Daytime supervision, usually of children or pets.

dagslys

The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.

dagsommerfugl

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

dagsorden

A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).

dagtid

Pertaining to daytime; appropriate to the day.

dahlia

Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.

Dakar

The capital city of Senegal.

daktyl

A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

dal

(mainly, Britain, slightly dated outside Yorkshire etc.) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.

Dalila

The mistress of Samson who betrayed him to the Philistines.

dam

(fishing) A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.

Damaskus

The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.

damp

The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

dampende

Giving off steam.

damper

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.

dampskib

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.

Danmark

A country in Northern Europe. Capital and largest city: Copenhagen; the metropole of the sovereign nation of the same name.

danne

(intransitive) To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.

dans

A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.

danse

(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.

danse vals

(intransitive, transitive) To dance the waltz (with).

danser

(dance) A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.

danserinde

(dance) A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.

danserske

(dance) A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.

dansesal

A large room used for dancing and banquets.

dansk

Of or pertaining to Denmark.

dansker

A person of Danish descent.

Danzig

Gdańsk (especially in reference to the times when it was part of a German-speaking state such as Prussia or Germany).

Dareios

Any of several kings in Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, 6th to 4th century BCE.

dårlig

(semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.

dårlig opførsel

(American spelling) Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.

dårlig vane

Bad or immoral behaviour.

dårligere

(for non-slang definitions)

dårligt

In a bad manner.

dårskab

(mostly, in plural) A quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.

darwinisme

The principles of natural selection set out in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859), more strictly defined by August Weismann and developed by other authors into a central part of the modern evolutionary synthesis.

das

(North America) An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.

dåse

(slang, vulgar) The vagina.

daske

To move or walk lackadaisically.

databank

(general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.

database

(general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.

datamat

A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]

date

A pre-arranged meeting.

datere

(transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

dateret

Marked with a date.

datering

The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.

datid

(grammar) The past tense.

datja

A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.

dato

The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.

datter

One’s female offspring.

datter-

Secondary or subordinate.

datterdatter

The daughter of someone's child.

datterlig

Relating to or characteristic of a daughter.

datterselskab

A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.

dattersøn

A son of one's child.

dav

A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

daværende

Being so at that time.

Davidsen

A suburb of the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

dæk

Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

dække

(military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.

dækketallerken

(kitchenware) A large decorative plate, sometimes used under dinner plates or other savoury-dish vessels in a multi-course meal; also service plate or underplate.

dæksel

A lid.

dækshøjde

(nautical) The vertical distance between the waterline and the uppermost watertight deck of a vessel.

dæmning

A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.

dæmon

A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.

dæmpe

(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.

dæmre

(intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

de

Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.

de ældre

(with, definite article, collective) Older people as a whole.

de hellige tre konger

(Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).

de tre vise mænd

(Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).

de-

reversal, undoing

debat

(uncountable, archaic) Verbal exchange, conversation.

debet

In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.

debil

(psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.

debitor

(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.

debut

A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.

debutant

A person (especially a male) who débuts, or appears for the first time.