Danish–English dictionary

fængselsinspektør

A chief administrative officer of a prison.

fængselsstraf

(uncountable) Confinement in prison.

fængsle

(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.

fængslende

Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.

fængsling

(uncountable) Confinement in prison.

fænomen

A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.

færdig

(ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

færdiggøre

(ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

færdighed

Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent. [from 16th c.]

færdsel

Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.

færge

(watercraft) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

færre

a smaller number.

fært

(hunting) The track of an animal.

fæstne

(ambitransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.

fæstning

A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.

fætter

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

fe

(mythological creature) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.

feature

(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.

feber

An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.

feber-

Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.

feberhed

Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.

febersyg

Feverish, or having a high temperature.

febril

Feverish, or having a high temperature.

febrilsk

Filled with excess energy.

februar

The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.

fed

(typography, of, _, typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.

fedende

That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.

fedme

(pathology) The state of being obese.

fedt

(countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.

fedtbjerg

(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight.

fedtegrever

The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.

fedtet

Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.

fedtklump

(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight.

Fedtmule

A Disney character: a slow-witted anthropomorphic dog with a goofy laugh.

fedtsyl

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

fej

Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.

feje

(transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.

feje benene væk under

(martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.

fejebakke

A flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.

fejhed

Lack of courage.

fejl

(computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.

fejlagtig

Containing an error; inaccurate.

fejlagtigt

Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.

fejlbehæftet

Having one or more defects.

fejle

(transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)

fejlernæret

Suffering from malnutrition.

fejlernæring

A lack of adequate nourishment.

fejlfri

Without fault; free from defect or error.

fejltagelse

(countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.

fejltrin

An error or blunder.

fejre

(transitive) To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly.

fejring

The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.

feldspat

(mineral) Any of a large group of rock-forming aluminosilicate minerals containing potassium, sodium, or calcium that, together, make up about 60% of the Earth's outer crust.

fellatio

Performance of oral sex upon the penis.

felt

A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.

feltflaske

A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.

feltråb

(military, security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.

felttog

A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.

fem

The digit/figure 5.

feminin

Belonging to females; typically used by females.

femininum

(grammar) The feminine gender.

feminisme

A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.

feminist

An advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life.

feministisk

Relating to or in accordance with feminism.

femkamp

(athletics) Ellipsis of modern pentathlon, a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.

femkant

(geometry) A polygon with five sides and five angles.

femling

One of a group of five, particularly babies born from the same mother during the same birth.

femme fatale

An attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman.

femmer

A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.

femtal

The digit/figure 5.

femte

The ordinal form of the number five.

Femte Mosebog

The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.

femten

The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).

femtende

The ordinal form of the number fifteen.

femti

The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

fender

(US) a shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water

Ferdinand

A en given name, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but seldom popular in English.

ferm

(intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.

fermentere

To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.

fermentering

(biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide

fernis

(figuratively, by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.

feromon

(biology) A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect, that affects the development or behavior of other members of the same species, functioning often as a means of attracting a member of the opposite sex.

fersk

(of water) Without salt; not saline.

fertilitet

(countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.

fertilitetskvotient

(countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.

fest

A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.

feste

(transitive, or, intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.

festival

An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.

festlig

Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.

festmåltid

A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.

feta

A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.

fetich

(countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. [from the early 19th c.]

fetish

(countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. [from the early 19th c.]

feudal

Of, or relating to feudalism.

feudalisme

A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.

Fez

A city in Morocco.

ff.

and the following (pages, paragraphs etc.)

fiale

(architectural element) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.

fiasko

State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.

fiber

Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract.

fidus

An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.

fidusmager

A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.

fiffig

Artful, tricky or cunning.

figen

The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds. [from 12th c.]

figentræ

A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. [from 14th c.]

figur

(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.

figurativ

(art) Representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.

Fiji

A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.

fiks ide

An activity or entity that inspires a compulsive and potentially unhealthy fixation, or the fixation thereby inspired.

fikse

(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

fiktion

(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

fiktiv

Invented, as opposed to real.

fil

Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend".

filantrop

A person who loves humankind in general.

filantropi

(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.

file

(transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.

filial

A location of an organization with several locations.

filibuster

(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.

filipens

(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

Filippa

A en given name.

Filippinerne

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.

filippinsk

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

filister

(historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.

film

(film, uncountable) Films collectively.

filmbranche

(film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.

filme

(sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.

filmforfatter

One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.

filmfotograf

(cinematography) A photographer who oversees the operations of the cameras and lighting when making a film. The cinematographer may also double as the camera operator of the movie camera, though this is usually done by a cameraman. The film director may also double as the cinematographer, though this is usually a different person.

filmindustri

(film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.

filmmager

A producer or director of films/movies.

filmmateriale

(usually, uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.

filmproduktion

The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.

filolog

A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

filologi

(philosophy, rare) Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

filologisk

(linguistics) Pertaining to historical linguistics.

filosofisk

Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.

filt

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.

filte

(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, felt.

filthat

A hat made of felt.

fin

(US, slang, dated) Very good.

finale

(North America, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.

financiel

(proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.

financier

A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.

finans-

(proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.

finanser

The science of management of money and other assets.

finansiel

Related to finances.

finansiere

(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.

finanskvinde

A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.

finanslov

(mostly, in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.

finansmand

A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.