Danish–English dictionary

agnostiker

A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.

agnostisisme

The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.

agorafobi

The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.

agorisme

(politics, economics) A revolutionary political philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society by means of counter-economics (i.e. black market).

agronomi

The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.

agronomisk

Of or pertaining to agronomy.

agtelse

(uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).

agterende

(nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.

agterstavn

(nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.

agterstævn

(nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.

agtig

Resembling; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives.

agurk

(vegetable) The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

ah

Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.

aha

Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.

Ahasverus

A king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes.

ahistorisk

Lacking historical perspective or context.

ahorn

A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.

aids

(disease) Acronym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. [from 1982]

airbag

(automotive) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.

Ajax

(Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.

ajle

(agriculture) A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc.

akademia

(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. [from 1956]

akademiker

A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

akavet

Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.

akeleje

Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.

akkord

(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

akkordeon

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

akkumulere

(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.

akrobat

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

akrobatik

The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats.

akrobatisk

Of or pertaining to an acrobat.

akronym

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.

Akropolis

The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)

akrylisk

(organic chemistry) Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile.

aks

(countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.

akse

(geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis.

Aksel

A en given name in quiet use since the 19th century.

akselrøn

Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria (now Aria edulis), native to Eurasia, especially common whitebeam.

akselsplit

A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.

akt

(countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.

aktie

(business) Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.

aktieejer

One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

aktieoption

(finance, legal) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile. [from mid-18th c.]

aktieselskab

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

aktionær

One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

aktiv

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.

aktivere

(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.

aktivisme

The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.

aktivist

One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.

aktuar

A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.

aktuel

In action; actually proceeding; working; in force

akupunktur

The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.

akut

(medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.

akva-

water

akvatisk

Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.

al

(organic chemistry) Forms the names of aldehydes.

al-

Encompassing, including all, or involving all.

Alabama

A state of the United States. Capital: Montgomery. Largest city: Birmingham.

alabast

A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.

alarmerende

Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.

Alban

A en given name.

albaner

A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from 1569?]

Albanien

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana. [from ca. 1503]

albansk

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593]

Albany

The capital city of the state of New York in the United States, and the county seat of Albany County, New York.

Albert

A en given name.

Alberta

A province in western Canada. Capital: Edmonton. Largest city: Calgary.

Albin

A en given name.

albino

(countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.

albue

(transitive) To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.

albueskæl

Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.

album

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

aldeles

(intensifier, sometimes, _, childish) Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.

alder

(countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.

alderdom

(uncountable) The state of being old; the latter part of life.

alderdoms-

Of, or relating to old age.

alderens efterår

(figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.

aldrig

At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.

aldring

The process of becoming older or more mature.

åle

(intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.

ålefisk

Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.

ålekrage

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

alen

The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.

Alexander

A en given name, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

Alexandra

A en given name.

alf

(Germanic mythology) A supernatural being or spirit associated with illness, mischief, and harmful or dangerous magical influence; in later Norse sources, sometimes divided into benevolent light elves (inhabiting Álfheimr) and malevolent dark elves.

alfa

The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.

alfabetisk

According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.

alfaderlig

Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.

alfahan

(zoology, ethology) The dominant male in a group of animals.

alfanumerisk

Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.

Alfons

A en given name.

Alfred

A en given name.

algebraisk

Of, or relating to, algebra.

algerier

A person from Algeria or of Algerian descent.

Algeriet

A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. [from 1575]

algerisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria or the Algerian people.

Algier

The capital and largest city of Algeria.

algoritmisk

(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.

alibi

(legal) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.

Alice

A en given name popular in England since the Middle Ages.

alien

Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

alkali

(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.

alkalitet

(chemistry) The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline.

alkan

(organic compound) Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).

alkohol

Alcoholic beverages in general.

alkoholiker

A person who is addicted to alcohol.

alkoholisk

A person who is addicted to alcohol.

alkoholisme

A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.

alkove

(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

alkymist

One who practices alchemy.

Allah

(Islam) God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

Allan

A en given name.

alle

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

alle tiders

Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.

allehelgensaften

The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.

aller

Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.

aller-

(with superlatives) Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.

allestedsnærværelse

The ability to be, or the characteristic of being, at all places at the same time (usually only attributed to God).

allestedsnærværende

Being everywhere simultaneously.

alliance

(uncountable) The state of being allied.

allieret

Joined as allies.

alligator

Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.

alligevel

(conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet.

allitteration

The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.

allokering

The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

Alma

A en given name, popular in the 19th century.

almanak

(astronomy, navigation) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.

almægtig

Having unlimited power; omnipotent.

almen

(sometimes, _, postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent. [from 14th c.]

almenkendt

Widely known; famous; stereotypical.

almenvelle

(figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.

almindelig

Mutual; shared by more than one.

almindelig anerkendt

Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted. [1640s]

almindelig katteurt

Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.

almindelig merian

The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.

almindelig ørnefisk

An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.

almindelig røn

Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.

almindelig ugedag

Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:

almisse

Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.

alpaka

A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.

alpehue

(headwear) A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

Alper

A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.

Alperne

A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.

Alsace

A cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

alsacer

A native or inhabitant of Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

alsidig

Having varied uses or many functions.

alt

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

alt i alt

(modal, set phrase) Generally, all things considered

alt taget i betragtning

(modal, set phrase) Generally, all things considered