Danish–English dictionary

dolk

(weapons) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.

dollar

Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.

dom

(legal) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.

domhus

A public building housing courts of law.

dominikaner

A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.

dominikansk

Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people.

dominiker

A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.

dominikisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.

dominion

(sometimes, figurative) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.

domino

A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.

dominobrik

(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]

domkirke

The principal church serving as the office (and some as place of residence) of an archdiocese's/a diocese's archbishop/bishop which is symbolized by an episcopal throne known as the cathedra.

dommer

One who adjudicates.

Dommerbogen

(book of the bible) The seventh book of the Old Testament, and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.

domprovst

A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.

domstol

The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.

don juan

A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

donation

A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

Donau

(with the) A river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania.

donere

(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

donkraft

A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]

donut

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.

dopamin

(neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.

Dorte

A en given name.

Dorthe

A en given name.

Dorthea

A en given name.

dosere

To prescribe a dose.

dosis

A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.

dosmer

(colloquial) A stupid person.

dossier

A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.

doven

Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.

dovendidrik

(informal, derogatory) A lazy and slovenly or obese person.

dovenlars

(slang) A person who is lazy.

dovenskab

The quality of being lazy

Dover

A town, civil parish (with a town council) and major port in Kent, England, the closest point to France (OS grid ref TR3141).

dovne

(transitive) Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose. [from late 18th c.]

downloade

(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.

dø

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

døbe

(Christianity) To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.

døbefont

(Christianity) A large basin used for baptism in or near a church.

død

(degree, informal, colloquial) Very, absolutely, extremely.

dødelig

That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.

dødeligt slag

Specifically, the death blow.

Døden

(often, capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

dødningehoved

These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.

dødsannonce

A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete) , the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published.

dødsfælde

(informal, figurative) An extremely dangerous location, structure, or device.

dødsfødsel

The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.

dødsgave

A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.

dødsleje

The bed on which someone dies.

dødslejegave

A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.

dødtræt

(informal, idiomatic) Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long. [with with or (British English) of]

døende

Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.

døgn

A period of contention of a day or less.

døgnflue

(biology) Existing for only one day, as with some flowers, insects, and diseases.

døje

To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.

dømme

(transitive) To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.

dømmekraft

The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.

dømmesyk

(chiefly, of a person) Inclined to rashly pass judgment, critical.

dønning

A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.

dør

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

dørhammer

(architectural elements) A knocker mounted on a door.

dørklokke

A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.

dørmand

(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.

dørslag

A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.

dørvogter

(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.

døv

Unable (or partially able) to hear.

døvhed

The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.

drab

The act of killing.

drabant

A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one. [from 17th c.]

dråbe

(also, figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.

drabsmand

Any ruthless killer.

drag

(uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment. [from late 19th c.]

drage

In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.

dragende

having to power to allure

dragon

(by extension) Originally (historical) , a soldier armed with a dragoon musket (sense 1.1) who fought both on foot and mounted on a horse; now, a cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets.

dragt

(countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.

dram

(by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now, _, particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.

dramatiker

A writer and creator of theatrical plays.

dramaturgi

(theater) The art of dramatic composition for the stage.

dranker

A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.

draug

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

dræbe

(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

dræbersnegl

Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell. [from early 18th c.]

dræg

(countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.

drægtig

(mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.

drægtighed

The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.

dræn

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

dræne

(transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.

dræning

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

dreadlocks

A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

dreje

To shape with a lathe.

drejebænk

(tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.

drejekors

A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.

drejer

A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.

drejeskive

A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.

drejning

A change of direction or orientation.

drejningsmoment

(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)

dreng

(informal, sometimes mildly derogatory) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).

drengelus

(North America, Australia, colloquial, childish, usually, in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).

drengepige

A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.

drenget

Like a stereotypical boy in appearance or demeanor.

Dresden

The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe. [1735]

dreven

Quickly and critically discerning.

driftsikker

Able, or easily able to be depended on.

drik

A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, usually excluding water.

drikke

The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.

drikoffer

The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.

dril

An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.

drilagtighed

Mischief.

drille

(transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.

drillepind

A person who makes jokes.

drink

A type of beverage (usually mixed).

dristig

Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

drivbænk

A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure, used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants, like a miniature hothouse.

drive

To move or walk lackadaisically.

drive fremad

(transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.

drive landbrug

To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.

drivende omkring

Floating at random.

drivert

One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.

drivgods

Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.

drivhus

A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.

drivkraft

The force that causes something to move or a physical process to occur.

drivrem

A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.

drivtømmer

Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.

drivvåd

Completely wet; sodden

droge

(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.

drom

(literary) Forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.

dromedar

The single-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius).

drone

A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.

dronefly

An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

dronning

(chess) To promote a pawn to a queen.

dronte

A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.

drossel

Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.

drøftelse

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

drøje

(intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.

drømmeagtig

Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.

drømmer

One who daydreams.

drømmeverden

An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.

drøvtygge

(intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.

druehøst

The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.

druesukker

The naturally occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule.

drukken

Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

dryp

(countable) A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.

dryppe

(intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.

drys

A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

du

(archaic, dialectal, literary, religion) . [chiefly up to early 17th c.]

dualis

(mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.

dualistisk

Of or relating to dualism.

Dublin

(metonym) The government of the Republic of Ireland.