Danish–English dictionary

guldgrube

(by extension) A rich source of supply.

guldlaks

Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).

Guldlok

The protagonist of a traditional fairy tale. She is a golden-haired young girl who inquisitively enters the house of three bears and tries their three bowls of porridge, three chairs, and three beds, in each case finding only one that suits her.

guldmedalje

☉ (alchemy)

guldmønt

☉ (alchemy)

guldsmed

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

gulerod

Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.

gullasch

A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.

gullig

Somewhat yellow in colour.

gulne

(intransitive) To become yellow or yellower.

gulsot

(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]

gulvbræt

Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.

gumle

To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

gumme

(often, in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.

gummi

(botany, biochemistry, mostly, uncountable) A viscous water-soluble carbohydrate exudate of certain plants that hardens when it becomes dry, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate.

gummiagtig

Of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency.

gummiged

A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc.

gummihjulslæsser

A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc.

Gunnar

(obsolete) A en given name used in medieval England.

gunst

Goodwill; benevolent regard.

gunstig

Favorable.

Gustav

A en given name.

gusten

(of skin) Yellowish.

gut

A boy or young man.

guvernør

(politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.

gyde

A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.

gylden

Having the color or quality of gold.

gylden farve

☉ (alchemy)

gyldenbrun

Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.

gyldig

Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.

gylle

(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.

gylp

(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.

gylt

(UK, regional) A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.

gymnasium

A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.

gymnastik

A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.

gynge

(transitive, and, intransitive) To move gently back and forth.

gyroskop

An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.

ha

A representation of laughter.

ha en mistanke

(intransitive) To have suspicion.

håbe

To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

håbefuld

feeling hope

habil

Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

habitat

A place in which a person lives.

håbløs

Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.

håbløshed

A lack of hope; despair.

hacke

(transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).

hacker

(computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.

had

A strong aversion; an intense dislike.

hade

(transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.

hadefuld

Full of hatred.

hader

One who hates.

hage

(countable, sometimes, _, noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.

hagekors

(countable) A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.

hagesmæk

An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.

haggis

A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.

hagl

(uncountable) Small metal balls, or other hard objects of various shapes, used as ammunition, especially in shotgun shells or artillery shells.

haglbøsse

(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

hagle

(impersonal) To have hailstones fall from the sky.

haglgevær

(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

haiku

A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

Haiti

A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.

haitianer

A person from Haiti or of Haitian descent.

haitiansk

Of, from, or pertaining to Haiti, its inhabitants, or their language.

haitisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Haiti, its inhabitants, or their language.

hajj

(Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.

hakke

An intermittent noise, as from vibration.

hakke på

(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.

hakkeorden

(idiomatic) A hierarchy.

hal

(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

haleben

(medical, formal) The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.

halefinne

The tailfin of a fish and other aquatic vertebrates.

halerod

The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cutting.

haleror

(aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.

haletudse

A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.

halleluja

An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.

hallo

A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

halløj

A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

hallucination

A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.

halm

(countable) An individual plant stem.

hals

The gullet or windpipe.

halshugge

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

halshugning

An instance of a person being beheaded.

halskæde

A chain worn around the neck.

halspulsåre

(anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.

halstørklæde

A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.

halte

To walk lame, or unevenly.

halv

Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.

halvdel

Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.

halvfærdigt

Not finished.

halvfems

The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.

halvfemsindstyve

The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.

halvfjerds

The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.

halvgud

(mythology) A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.

halvmåne

The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.

halvmaske

The mask itself.

halvø

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

halvtreds

The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

halvtredser

(countable) A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.

halvtredserne

The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.

halvtredsindstyve

The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

halvvokal

(phonetics) A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.

ham

The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

Hamborg

The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.

hamburger

The patty used in such a sandwich.

hamburgerbøf

The patty used in such a sandwich.

Hamlet

The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.

hammer

(firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.

hamp

A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.

hamre

(metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

hamre ned

(transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.

hamster

In particular, a rodent of the species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) or of a species of the genera Cricetiscus and Phodopus (the dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.

hamstre

(transitive) To amass, usually for one's own private collection.

han

An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.

han-

Indicating a male, usually of an animal.

hanæsel

A male ass, male donkey.

hånd

A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.

håndbog

A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.

håndbold

(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.

håndbremse

(mechanical engineering, automotive, railroading) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.

handel

(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

handels-

Of or pertaining to commerce.

handelsmand

The owner or operator of a retail business.

handelsvare

(business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. [from 15th c.]

håndfast

Firmly or solidly built.

håndfæstning

(obsolete) A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.

håndflade

The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.

håndfuld

The amount that can be held in a closed fist.

håndgemæng

(especially, military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.

håndgreb

(firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.

håndgribelig

Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.

handicap-

Made incapable of use or action.

handicappede

(nonstandard) One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)

handicappet

Having a disability.

håndjern

A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

håndklæde

A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.

håndlag

Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

håndlavet

To make by hand and with much skill.

handle

(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.

håndled

(anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

handling

(countable) Something done, a deed.

håndsbred

(obsolete) A hand's breadth; four inches.

handske

(clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

håndskrift

Handwriting; style of penmanship.

håndstand

A headstand.

håndtag

The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.

håndtaske

(now, rare) A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job. [from 19th c.]

håndtere

(transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).

håndtering

A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.

håndtryk

The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.

håndvåben

A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.