Danish–English dictionary

førnævnt

Previously mentioned.

først

Of or belonging to a first family.

første

Of or belonging to a first family.

første klasse

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

Første Kongebog

One of the various books called Kings in the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

Første Korintherbrev

(biblical) Either of the two books in the New Testament of the Bible that are written as epistles to the people of Corinth and which are attributed to Paul the Apostle, Sosthenes and Timothy.

Første Krønikebog

(book of the bible) A book of the Jewish Tanakh, divided into two Books of Chronicles in the Christian Bible.

Første Mosebog

(religion, book of the bible) The first book in the Hebrew Bible.

førsteklasses

Belonging to the best or top group in a system of classification.

fr.

Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames.

fra

With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.

fra nu af

Starting from this moment and continuing indefinitely.

fråde

(slang, Hawaii) To eat.

fradrag

A sum that can be removed in tax calculations, usually from the taxable amount; something that is written off.

frådser

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

fraflytning

The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]

fragt

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

fragte

(transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).

frakke

(countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.

frakørsel

A way out.

fraktion

(countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.

fraktur

An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.

franker

One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.

frankere

(transitive) To apply postage stamps to.

frankering

(countable) A device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.

Frankfurt

The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.

Frankrig

A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris.

fransk

(chiefly, _, collective, and, in the plural) The people of France; groups of French people.

fransk horeunge

(typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.

franskmand

A man of French birth or nationality.

franskmænd

(chiefly, _, collective, and, in the plural) The people of France; groups of French people.

fraråde

(transitive) To convince not to try or do.

frase

A short written or spoken expression.

fråser

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

fråseri

The vice of eating to excess.

fratrædelse

The act of resigning.

fratræden

The act of resigning.

fravær

Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

fraværende

(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

fravriste

(transitive, legal) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.

fræk

(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.

frækhed

Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.

frænde

A male relative.

frænke

A female relative.

fred

A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

fredag

The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.

fredelig

Showing friendliness or goodwill.

fredeliggøre, formilde, berolige

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).

Frederik

A en given name.

fredløs

(history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.

fredløshed

(legal, historical) A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction. [from 14th c.]

fredsforstyrrer

One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.

fredsommelig

Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.). [from 14th c.]

fredsstifter

A person who restores peace, especially by settling disputes; one who engages in peacemaking.

fredstid

The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.

fregat

(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.]

fregne

A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.

frejdig

Merry; happy.

frekvens

(uncountable, or, countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.

frekventere

(transitive) To visit often.

frelse

(transitive) To save, rescue.

frelser

A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

frem

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

fremad

Onward, forward, with progressive action.

frembringe

(transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.

frembrud

The close of the day; the coming of night.

fremdrift

The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.

fremførelse

The manner of speaking or singing.

fremfusende

Characterized by sudden violence or vehemence.

fremgangsmåde

(figuratively) A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).

fremkalde

To cause an intense dislike for something.

fremlægge

(transitive, legal) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.

fremleje

(property law) A lease sublet by a tenant or lessee to a subtenant.

fremmane

(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

fremme

To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten. [form 15th c.]

fremmed

Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.

fremmedangst

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

fremmedartet

Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

fremmedfjendsk

Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.

fremmedfjendtlig

Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.

fremmedfrygt

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

fremmedgøre

To cause one to feel unable to relate.

fremmedhad

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

fremmedord

A word directly taken into one language from another one.

fremover

Into the future.

fremprovokere

(now, rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify. [from 16th c.]

fremragende

Exceptional; very good.

fremrykning

A forward move; improvement or progression.

fremsætte forslag om

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

fremskaffelse

(countable) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.

fremstille

(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

fremstød

A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

fremsynthed

The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

fremtid

Having to do with or occurring in the future.

fremtidig

Having to do with or occurring in the future.

fremtrædende

celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious

fremtvinge

(archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

fremvise

(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.

freske

(countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.

fresko

(countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.

freskomaleri

(countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.

freudianer

A follower of Freud or his methods.

fri

Free of obstacles.

fri svømning

(swimming, by extension) The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.

fribord

(nautical) The vertical distance between the waterline and the uppermost watertight deck of a vessel.

fribytter

(historical) A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.

fridag

A day of vacation; a day when one does not go to work, school, etc.

frier

One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.

frifinde

(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.

frifindelse

(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. [from 15th c.]

Frigg

(Germanic mythology, Norse goddess) The wife of Odin, and the Norse/Germanic goddess of married love, the heavens, home and hearth, after whom Friday is named (due to her being identified with Venus).

frigøre

To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.

frigørelse

The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).

frigørelser

The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).

frihed

(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.

frihedsstraf

(uncountable) Confinement in prison.

friidræt

(sports, especially, _, US) Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.

frikativ

(phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.

frikendelse

(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. [from 15th c.]

friktion

(physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.

friluftsbad

(British) An outdoor swimming pool.

frimærke

A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.

frimurer

A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), an international fraternal and charitable organization.

frisbee

A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.

frisk

Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.

frisk og rask

(archaic) Alive, living.

friskhed

The state or quality of being fresh.

frislippende

The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

frisør

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

frisørsalon

(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.

frist

Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.

friste

(transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.

fristed

A peaceful or tranquil place.

fristende

Attractive, appealing, enticing.

frisure

A hairdo.

fritage

(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.

fritagelse

The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption.

fritaget

Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.

fritid

Time when one is not working.

fritstående

Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.

fritstille

(transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).

fritte

An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.

friværdi

(legal, finance) Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.

frivillig

Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

Frode

A Latin form of Fróði, the name of a number of Danish kings.

frodig

(of a woman) Curvaceous and sexually attractive.

frokost

A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

frokoststue

(chiefly, US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.

from

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.

front

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.