Danish–English dictionary

inhalator

(medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.

inhalere

(intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.

inhuman

Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

initialisere

(computing) To format a storage medium prior to use.

initiativ

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

initiativløs

Lacking purpose.

injektion

The act of injecting, or something that is injected.

inka

A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.

inkludering

(uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.

inklusion

(uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.

inkompatibel

Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.

inkompetence

Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.

inkontinens

(urology) The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces).

inkvisitor

(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.

inscenesætte

To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.

insekt

(gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.

insektæder

Insect-eating animal or plant.

inseminere

(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

inshallah

(Islam) Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.

insinuation

A derogatory hint or reference to, or (often sexual) insinuation about, a person or thing.

insinuere

(transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.

insolvens

(finance) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay their debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business.

insolvent

Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.

instinkt

A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.

institut

A subdivision of an organization.

institutionel

Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.

instruere

(transitive) To teach by giving instructions.

instruktør

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

instrument

A device used to produce music.

instrumentbræt

(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.

insulin

A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism (in various animals including humans).

intakt

Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged.

integritet

Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.

intellekt

(uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.

intellektuelt

In an intellectual manner.

intelligent

(formal, dated, except, poetic) Possessing discernment and wisdom; learned, wise.

intelligentsia

(politics) The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.

intens

Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.

intensivere

(intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

intention

Resolution; determination.

interaktion

The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.

interaktiv

Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.

interdependens

The condition of being interdependent.

interessant

(uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.

interesse

(uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity. [from later 18th c.]

interessent

A share or interest in a business or a given situation.

interessere

(obsolete, often, _, impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.

interesseret

Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity).

intergalaktisk

(astronomy) Occurring between galaxies.

interjektion

(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.

interkontinental

Taking place between two or more continents.

intern

Of the inner nature of a thing.

internat

A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.

internationale

(politics) A transnational organization of political parties of similar ideology.

internet

The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.

interpersonel

Between two or more people.

interplanetarisk

Existing or occurring between planets.

interstellar

Between the stars.

interval

One of several ranges of numbers.

intervention

The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.

interventionisme

(politics) The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.

interviewe

(intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

intet

Not any thing; no thing.

intethed

The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.

intetkøn

(grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.

intetkønsord

(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.

intetsigende

Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

intetsteds

In no place.

intimitet

(uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.

intonation

(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

intramuskulær

Inside a muscle or the muscles.

intravenøs

Inside the veins.

intrige

A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.

intrigere

(intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.

introducere

(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).

introduktion

The act or process of introducing.

inuit

the people

inuitisk

Of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture.

invadere

(transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.

invasion

A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.

inventar

(now usually, _, uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.

investor

A person who invests money in order to make a profit.

invitere

(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.

ion

An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.

Iowa

A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines.

iøjnefaldende

(of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable.

iøjnespringende

(idiomatic) That attracts the attention; attention-grabbing.

iørefaldende

(of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable.

IP-adresse

(Internet) A number assigned to each computer's or other device's network interface, which are active on a network. supporting the Internet Protocol, in order to distinguish each network interface, and hence each networked device) from every other network interface anywhere on the network.

iPhone

(trademark) A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device.

ir

A blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals.

Irak

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.

iraker

A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.

Iran

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.

iraner

A person from Iran or of Iranian descent.

iransk

(linguistics) Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.

Irene

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

irer

A man from Ireland.

iridium

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.

iris

(botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See w:Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).

irlænder

A man from Ireland.

ironisk

(of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.

irrational

(mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.

irrationel

Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed.

irrelevant

(archaic) Not pertaining or related to (something or someone); Irrelevant or useless.

irritabel

(colloquial) irritable; crotchety

irritation

(uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.

irritationsmoment

(countable) That which annoys.

irritere

(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

irriterende

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

irriterende handling

(countable) An act or instance of annoying.

irriteret

Experiencing a feeling of irritation.

irsk

(uncountable) The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.

Isabella

A en given name.

Isaj

(biblical character) The son of Obed and the father of king David.

især

(focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.

isbjerg

A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

isbryder

(watercraft) A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.

iscenesætte

To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.

isdækket

Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.

isenkram

Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.

ishus

A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.

isk

In the style or manner of; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives.

iskælder

A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.

iskæmi

(cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).

iskias

(pathology, neurology) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.

isklump

A lump or cube of ice.

islam

A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.

Islamabad

The capital city of Pakistan, located within the Islamabad Capital Territory.

islamisk

Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

Island

An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe.

islandsk

Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland.

islandsk ryle

One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).

ismand

(historical) A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration.

isme

Used to form names of a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology, or principle or lack thereof.

isolation

(chiefly, uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.

isoleret

Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible.

isotop

(nuclear physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic number but a different mass number.

isotropi

(geometry, physics) The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.

ispind

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving.

israeler

A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.

israelitisk

(rare, chiefly, in, _, Protestantism) Of or pertaining to the descendants of the patriarch Jacob.

israelsk

Of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people.

isse

The topmost part of the head.

ist

one who subscribes to a particular theological doctrine or religious denomination;

Istanbul

A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).

istap

A drooping, tapering shape of ice.

ister

Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

istid

A glacial period (colloquially known as an ice age).

Istrien

A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula.