Danish–English dictionary

florin

Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.

florist

A person who sells flowers.

floskler

(uncountable, pejorative) Empty, hypocritical talk.

flot

Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.

flotille

(nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

flov

Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.

fløde

Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.

fløjl

A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.

fløjlsblomst

Any of the New World plants, of the genus Tagetes, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.

fløjt

Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.

fløjte

(colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

fluekneppe

(archaic, literal) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. I nitpicked his hair.

flueknepperi

(figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.

fluesmækker

A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.

flugt

The act of fleeing.

fluktuation

A wavering; unsteadiness.

fluorescerende

Of or relating to fluorescence.

flusmiddel

A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.

flute

A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.

flux

(physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.

fly

(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

flyde

(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.

flydende

Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

flygte

(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.

flygtig

Passing quickly; of short duration.

flygtning

A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.

flyktig

(physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.

flynder

A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole.

flyselskab

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

flystyrt

An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.

flytning

The event of changing one's residence.

flytte

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

flytte sig

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

flyve

(intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.

flyvebur

A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse. [from 16th c.]

flyvemaskine

(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

flyvende

That flies or can fly.

flyveplads

An airfield:

flyver

(aircraft) An airplane; an aeroplane.

flyvinge

(aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

FN

Initialism of United Nations.

fnat

(pathology) An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.

fnis

A high-pitched, silly laugh.

fnise

To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.

fnug

Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

fnuller

Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

fnys

A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.

fnyse

(intransitive, of a person) To make a grunt or grunts.

fobi

An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

fod

Relations among people.

fodbold

A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.

fodboldspil

(uncountable) Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.

fodboldspiller

(American football, US, uncommon, dated) One who plays American football.

foder

(uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.

fodfæste

(climbing) A solid grip with the feet.

fodgænger

(not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.

fodgængerfelt

(US) A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.

fodgængertunnel

(British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).

fodnote

A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.

fodpleje

A cosmetic treatment for the feet and toenails.

fodre

(transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.

fodreb

(mostly, in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.

fodsål

The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.

fodskammel

A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.

fodspor

The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.

fodsti

A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk.

fodtøj

Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc.

fodtusse

(US, military slang) An infantry soldier.

fogedforretning

(legal) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.

fok

(nautical, on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.

fokusere

(transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.

fold

An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

folde ud

(transitive) To undo a folding.

fole

(ambitransitive) To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.

foliering

(topology) A set of submanifolds of a given manifold, each of which is of lower dimension than it, but which, taken together, are coextensive with it.

folkeafstemning

(law, politics) A direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy.

folkedrab

The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people, typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.

folkeforfører

(pejorative) A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.

folkelig

Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public. [from 16th c.]

folkemord

The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people, typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.

folkeskole-

Relating to an elementary school.

folkesprog

Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.

folkestamme

A socially cohesive group of people within a society.

folketælling

(cellular automata) A count of the number of individual patterns within a larger pattern, most often the ash of a soup or a methuselah.

folketingsgruppe

A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

folkmasse

(with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.

fond

A reserve source or supply.

fondshandler

A particular type of stock broker or trader.

fondue

A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.

fonem

(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

fonograf

(British, historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.

font

(Christianity) A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.

fontæne

An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.

for

(formal, literary) Because.

for ... siden

Before now, before the present time

for altid

(idiomatic) In a way that is conclusive and final.

for at

before an infinitive: As a means of achieving the specified end; to.

for det første

(formal) In the first place; before anything else; first.

for det tredje

In the third place; third in a row.

for evig

In a permanent manner; lastingly.

for fanden

An expression of dismay, disgust, anger, surprise etc.

for fremtiden

(formal, temporal) From now on; from this time on.

for helvede

(vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.

for resten

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.

for stedse

In a permanent manner; lastingly.

foragt

(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

foragt for retten

(legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.

foragte

To regard with contempt or scorn.

foragtelig

Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.

foran

In front of in space.

forandre

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

forandring

The act of altering or making different.

foranledige

(transitive) To cause; to produce; to induce

foranstaltning

(in plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans. [from 17th c.]

forår

(countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.

forarbejde

To shape, form, or improve a material.

forårsage

(transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.

forældet

Marked with a date.

forældreløst barn

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

forældremyndighed

The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.

forbande

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.

forbandelse

(ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed. [from early 17th c.]

forbandet

(informal, Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, mildly, _) Used as an intensifier.

forbavse

To surprise greatly.

forbavselse

The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.

forbedre

(transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.

forbedring

An improvement.

forbehold

(often, in the plural) A limiting qualification regarding certainty or risk; a doubt or concern.

forbeholde

To keep in store for future or special use.

forberede

(transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.

forberedelse

(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.

forbi

Along a path which runs past someone or something.

forbier

A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.

forbigående

Lasting only a short time; temporary.

forbildning

(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.

forbinde

To apply a bandage to something.

forbindelse

(uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.

forbinding

(uncountable) The act of connecting.

forbitret

Cynical and resentful.

forblive

(intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.

forbløffe

To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.

forbløffet

Surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.

forbøn

A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help.

forbrænding

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

forbrændingsovn

A furnace that burns refuse.

forbruge

(transitive) To use up.

forbruger

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

forbrydelse

(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.

forbryder

A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

forbud

A prohibition.