Danish–English dictionary

affolke

(transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.

afføde

To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

afføring

(now, _, specifically) Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.

afføringsmiddel

Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.

affyre

(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.

affyring

The act or process by which something is discharged.

afgå

(surfing) To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.

afgå ved døden

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

afgang

A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.

afghaner

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.]

Afghanistan

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768]

afgøre

(ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.

afgørelse

(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

afgørende

Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.

afgørende mål

(sports) A point or goal that wins a competition.

afgrænset

Limited within bounds.

afgrænsning

The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.

afgrøde

(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

afgrund

(geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

afgud

An idol.

afgudsdyrkelse

(religion) The worship of idols.

afhandling

(uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.

afhænge

(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of like independent does) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition

afhængig

Relying upon; depending upon.

afhængighed

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

afhjælpe

(transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.

afholde

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

afholdende

Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.

afholdsmand

(American spelling) A person who completely abstains from alcoholic beverages.

afhopper

One who defects.

afhøre

(transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner

afhøring

A question put; an inquiry.

afise

(transitive) To remove the ice from something.

afisning

(transitive) To remove the ice from something.

afkast

Gain or loss from an investment.

afklæde

(transitive) To remove the clothing of (someone). [from 17th c.]

afkode

(transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text.

afkom

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

afkørsel

A way out.

afkræfte

(transitive) To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.

afkræftelse

An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.

afkriminalisere

(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.

aflad

(Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.

aflæsning

A value indicated by a measuring device.

aflede

(transitive) To divert the attention of.

afledning

(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.

afledningsmanøvre

(military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.

afledt

Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.

aflejring

(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.

afleve

(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.

aflevere

To bring or transport something to its destination.

aflive

(transitive) To put down or euthanize.

aflivning

The act of killing.

afløb

(chiefly, US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)

afløse

(transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.

aflyse

(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.

aflysning

(US) A cancellation.

aflyst

No longer planned or scheduled.

aflytning

A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.

aflytte

Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.

afmilitarisere

(transitive) To remove troops from (an area).

afpresning

The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.

afpresse

(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.

afpresser

Someone who blackmails.

afprøve

(UK, Canada, ambitransitive) To oversee a test or exam.

Afrika

The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

afrikaner

Of or pertaining to Africa.

afrikansk

Of or pertaining to Africa.

afrime

(transitive) To remove frost from.

afro-

African

afrodisiakum

Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.

afsalte

To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply

afsavn

(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

afsætning

The act by which something is unloaded.

afsender

Someone who sends.

afsige

(transitive, or, intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.

afsindig

Insane; mentally ill.

afskaffe

To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

afskaffelse

The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation. [First attested around the early 16th century.]

afskærmning

A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.

afsked

A departure; the act of leaving.

afskedige

(US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.

afskedigelse

The act or process by which something is discharged.

afskibe

(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.

afskrabe

(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

afskrivning

(accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.

afskum

(derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.

afskumme

To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).

afsky

(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.]

afskyelig

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]

afskyelighed

(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [from ca. 1150–1350]

afskyeligt

In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

afskygning

(figuratively) A character; aspect.

afslå

(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).

afslag

The act of refusing.

afslappet

(of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.

afsløre

(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

afslørende

Revealing something, especially something not intended to be known.

afsløring

(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.

afsnit

An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.

afsondre

(transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.

afsondret

Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible.

afsoningstid

(countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

afspærre

(transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.

afspærring

A structure that bars passage.

afspejling

The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

afstå

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

afstamning

A person's origin or ancestry.

afstand

(military) The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.

afstedkomme

(intransitive) To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.

afstemning

The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.

afstemple

(transitive) To apply a postmark on.

afstraffelse

(figuratively) Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling.

aftage

(transitive) To remove.

aftagende

At a lower level than before.

aftagning

(card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.

aftale

(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

aften

The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.

aftenklokke

(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.

aftenvagt

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

aftrækker

(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).

aftvinge

(transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.

afvanding

A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.

afvandingsområde

(geography) An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.

afvæbnende

Charming; likely to put one at ease.

afvejning

(uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.

afvekslende

(transitive) To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.

afvente

(intransitive) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.

afvigelse

A deviation from a plan or procedure.

afviger

A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.

afvikle

(transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.

afvikling

The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.

afvise

(transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.

afvisning

(legal) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.

åg

A yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load.

Agamemnon

(Greek mythology) One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war.

Agathe

A en given name.

agenda

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

agent

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.

agentbureau

The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.

agere

(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.

agerhøne

A game bird in the pheasant family, Perdix perdix.

ågerkarl

Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally. [1900]

agern

(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

aggregat

An object made up of several parts.

aggression

The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

aggressor

The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

agn

Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.

Agnes

A en given name.

agnosticisme

The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.