Danish–English dictionary

finansminister

The official title held by the British cabinet minister, who is responsible for all governmental economic and financial matters, including the treasury.

finde

(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.

finde for godt

To decide to act in a certain way.

finde på

(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.

finde sted

To occur, to take place.

finde ud af

(informal) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.

findes

(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality

finer

A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.

finere

(transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.

finger

(anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.

fingerbøl

Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.

fingerere

(transitive) To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on.

fingerfærdighed

Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.

fingernegl

The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

fingerpeg

Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.

fingersætning

(transitive, music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.

fingerspids

The tip of the human finger.

finish

A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.

finkæmme

(transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

finke

Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.

finknuse

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.

Finland

A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

finregn

Light rain.

finsk

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

finskytte

A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.

finslibe

(transitive) To use a hone to produce a precision bore.

fint

(often, followed by for) Well done; often sarcastic in modern use.

finte

(ice hockey) A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.

finter

(ice hockey) A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.

finurlig

Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.

finurlighed

An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.

fipskæg

A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.

firben

(chiefly, in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.

firdelt

(heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.

fire

(countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

firedobbelt

Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.

firkant

A sex act between four people.

firkantet

(figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.

firma

(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

firmament

(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.

firs

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

firsindstyve

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

firtal

(countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

firti

The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.

fis

The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.

fisefornem

Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.

fisk

(card games) A children's card game in which players ask each other for cards of a particular rank, requiring them to "fish" in a pool of additional cards if they do not have the requested card.

fiskal

Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

fiske

(intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.

fiskeagtig

Of, from, or similar to fish.

fiskehandler

(British) A person who sells fish.

fiskemand

(British) A person who sells fish.

fiskeørn

A bird of prey of genus Pandion that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.

fiskeri

(uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.

fiskerkone

(archaic) A woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.

fiskeyngel

Young fish; fishlings.

fission

The process whereby one item splits to become two.

fistel

(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

fitnesscenter

(especially, weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

fix

A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.

fjært

The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.

fjæs

(slang, often, derogatory) The face.

fjæsbogen

(trademark) A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or friends, exchange messages, and post updates.

fjeder

An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.

fjendtlig

(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]

fjendtlighed

(uncountable) The state of being hostile.

fjer

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

fjerbold

(countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.]

fjerde

The ordinal form of the number four.

Fjerde Mosebog

The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

fjerdedel

(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. [from 14th c.]

fjerdedel gallon

A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.

fjerdedelsnode

(music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.

fjerdragt

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

fjerkræ

The meat from a domestic fowl.

fjern

Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

fjerne

(intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).

fjernskriver

(historical) A telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols, typically resembling a typewriter in appearance.

fjernsyn

Broadcast through the medium of television.

fjert

(uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.

fjols

A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.

fjord

A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

fjorten

The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.

fjorten dage

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, _, in North America) A period of 2 weeks.

fjortende

The ordinal form of the number fourteen.

flå

To strip the skin off; to skin.

flabet

Exceeding one's station or position, assuming prerogatives to which one is not entitled.

flad

(of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.

flade

Any surface, especially a front or outer one.

fladebelysning

(chiefly, in the plural) Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.

flademål

(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

fladlus

A parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood.

fladvandet

Extending not far downward.

fladvogn

(rail, US) A railroad freight car without sides and roof.

flag

(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.

flagermus

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

flagning

The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.

flagstang

A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.

flamenco

(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.

flamingo

(countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.

flamlænder

A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

flamme

The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.

flammekaster

A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.

flammende

Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous.

flamsk

Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.

flange

An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.

flåning

The act of removing the skin, as for example from animals killed for meat#Noun, hides, and furs.

flankere

(intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).

flannel

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

flashback

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

flaske

A bottle for feeding milk to babies or to the young of other animals.

flaskegræskar

A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.

flåt

A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

flatterende

Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good.

flænge

A hole or break caused by tearing.

flæsk

Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.

flæskekød

(mostly, uncountable) The meat of a pig.

flæskesvær

Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

flegmatisk

Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.

fleksibel

Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

fleksibilitet

The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.

flerårig

(botany) Of a plant: active throughout the year, or having a life cycle of more than two growing seasons.

flere

Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. [from 13thc.]

flersproget

(of a person) Able to communicate in a number of languages.

flertal

Consisting of or containing more than one of something.

flertydig

Open to multiple interpretations.

fletning

A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.]

fletværk

An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.

flimre

(intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.

flimren

An unsteady flash of light.

flink

Quick and light in movement or action.

flint

A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.

flipper

A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.

flise

A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.

flitig

Hard-working and persistent.

flittig

Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.

flod

(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.

flodbølge

(proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)

floddige

An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.

flodhest

A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae.

flodslette

(geography) An alluvial plain adjacent to a river formed by flooding during periods of high rain.

flok

Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company. [from 13th c.]

flokkes

To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun sense 1).

flomme

The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.

flonel

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

flop

A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.

floppydisk

(computing, dated) A floppy disk.

florentinsk

Of, from or relating to the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

florere

(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.

floretsilke

Raw silk fibres.