Danish–English dictionary

forbudt

Not allowed; specifically disallowed.

forbund

(uncountable) The state of being allied.

forbundsfælle

A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.

forbyde

(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

force majeure

(law) An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.

forceret

Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.

fordampe

(ergative) To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.

fordampning

The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.

fordærve

(intransitive, of food or drink) To go bad; to become sour or rancid; to decay. [from 17th c.]

fordel

(obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.

fordelagtig

Being of advantage, beneficial.

fordele

(transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. [from 13th c.]

fordeling

The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution

fordi

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.

fordomsfuld

Having the characteristics of a bigot; strongly prejudiced; forming negative opinions about others without just cause.

fordøje

(transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.

fordøjelse

The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.

fordømme

(transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.

fordømmelse

Eternal damnation.

fordømt

(theology) Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.

fordrejelse, forvridning, forvrængning

An act of distorting.

fordringsfuld

Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.

fordum

at some time in the past

fordummende

(figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.

fordybning

(geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.

foredrag

The manner of speaking or singing.

forefalde

(transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.

foregående

(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.

foregive

To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

foregiven

Being a pretense, simulation, or counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.

forekomme

(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

forekommende

Characterised by careful and conscious thought.

forekomst

(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.

forel

Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.

forelæse

(transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.

forelæsning

A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.

foreløbigt

For a limited period of time; not permanently.

forelskelse

(informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.

forelsket

In love, amorous.

forene

(transitive) To have two or more things or properties that function together.

forene sig

(intransitive) Become one.

forene, fusionere

(transitive, intransitive) To combine into a whole.

forenede

Joined into a single entity.

forening

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

foreningsmængde

(countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.

forenkle

(transitive) To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand.

forenklet

Made more simple; having its complexity reduced.

foresat

A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.

foreslå

(transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit

forespørge

(transitive, or, with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).

forespørgsel

A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).

forestående

(not comparable) Approaching or about to take place.

forestille

(transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.

forestillingsevne

The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.

foretagsomhed

(uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.

foreteelse

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

foretrække

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

forfader

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.

forfald

A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay

forfalde

(intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.

forfalden

Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.

forfalske

To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.

forfalsker

A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.

forfalskning

The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

forfatte

(chiefly, US, sometimes, proscribed) To create a work as its author.

forfatter

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.

forfatterret

(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.

forfatterskab

The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.

forfægte

(transitive) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).

forfængelig

Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.

forfængelighed

Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, achievements, or possessions.

forfærdelig

Full of something causing dread, whether

forfilm

A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.

forfine

To make more acute, intense, or effective.

forfinelse

Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

forfinet

Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:

forflytte

(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.

forflyttelse

(uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.

forfølge

To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.

forfølgelse

(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.

forfølger

A pursuer.

forførende

having to power to allure

forførerske

A woman who seduces.

forføring

The act of seducing.

forfremme

(transitive, colloquial) To promote.

forfremmelse

An advancement in rank or position.

forfriskende

Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.

forgå

To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.

forgænger

One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.

forgæves

(idiomatic) Without success or a result; ending in failure.

forgiftning

The administration of a poison.

forglemmelse

Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention.

forgrening

The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.

forgude

(transitive) To make into a god.

forgylde

(transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.

forgylder

One who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.

forgyldt

Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.

forhåbentlig

(uncomparable) It is hoped that; I hope; we hope. [from 18th c.]

forhale

To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.

forhammer

A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.

forhandler

One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.

forhandling

(business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.

forhastet

Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.

forhekse

(transitive) To cast a spell on.

forhekset

Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously.

forhen

at some time in the past

forhenværende

Previous.

forhindre

(transitive, obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold. [Attested from the early 16th century until the mid 17th century.]

forhindring

An obstacle or impediment.

forhistorisk

(properly) Of or relating to the epoch before written record.

forhold

The manner in which two things may be associated.

forholdningsregel

A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.

forholdsord

(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.

forhør

A question put; an inquiry.

forhøre

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

forhud

(anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other mammals.

foring

The act of attaching such a covering.

fork

Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows:

forkammer

(palynology) A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

forkant

(idiomatic, by extension, often with "on the") The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.

forkaste

(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.

forkastning

(geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

forkæle

(transitive) To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.

forkælet

(of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

forkæmper

A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent [from 18th c.]

forkert

(informal) In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.

forklare

(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.

forklarende

Intended to serve as an explanation.

forklaring

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

forklæde

The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.

forklædning

Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.

forklejne

To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.

forknyt

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

forkorte

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

forkortelse

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

forkortet

Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.

forkølelse

(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

forkrøblet

(informal) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.

forkynde

(transitive) To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically

forlade

(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]

forlange

To request forcefully.

forlæg

A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.

forlægger

A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.

forlængelse

(ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.

forlæns

(nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).

forlegenhed

(transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.

forlis

(countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.

forlokale

A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.

forloren hare

A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.

forlovede

A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.