Danish–English dictionary

katekumen

A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.

kateter

(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.

Katharina

A en given name.

Katja

A en given name, equivalent to English Kate.

Katmandu

The capital city of Nepal.

katolicisme

The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church.

katolik

A member of a Catholic church.

katte

(nautical, transitive) To hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.

kattedyr

(zoology) Any member of the cat family (Felidae).

kattekilling

(by extension) An adult cat; also (often, childish) , sometimes in the form Kitty: a pet name for a cat of any age.

katteurt

Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.

kaudervælsk

Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

Kaukasus

(geopolitics) A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.

kaustisk

Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.

kaution

(countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.

kautionere

To assume or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation.

kautionist

(legal, UK) The person providing such payment.

kavaler

(historical) A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.

kavaleri

(military, usually, _, historical, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.

kaviar

Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.

Kazan

The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

kazoo

(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.

kæbe

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

kæberasler

A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.

kæde

A chain worn around the neck.

kædesav

(forestry, machinery, DIY) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.

kæft

(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

kæk

Bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy. [from 1799]

kælder

(architecture) A floor of a building below ground level.

kæle

(US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.

kæledyr

An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.

kælenavn

(uncountable) The formation of terms of endearment or pet names.

kælk

(British) any type of sled or sleigh.

kæmme

(transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.

kæmpe

(intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

kæmpe for

(Scots law, in higher courts) To call a case before itself for decision.

kæmpehøj

A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

kæmpepanda

(colloquial, also, attributively) Ellipsis of giant panda (“Ailuropoda melanoleuca”). [from 19th c.]

kæmpestor

Very large.

kænguru

A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia. [from 18th c.]

kæntre

(transitive, nautical) To cause (a ship) to overturn.

kæp

A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.

kæreste

A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

kærkommen

Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

kærlig

(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.

kærlighed

(uncountable) Strong affection.

kærlighedsløs

Without love.

kærnemælk

The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.

kærre

A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.

kærte

A slender wax candle.

kærtegne

(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

kærv

A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.

kætter

Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.

kebab

(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.

kede

(transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.

kedel

A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.

kedelig

Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.

kedelsten

A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.

kedsomhed

(countable) An instance or period of being bored; a bored state.

kejser

An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.

kejserdømme

A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.

kejserinde

The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.

kejserrige

A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.

kelp

The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.

keltisk

A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over Western and Central Europe in the pre-Christian era.

kemi

(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.

kemiker

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

kemisk

Of or relating to chemistry.

kemiske

(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.

kende

(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

kende til

(transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.

kendelse

(law) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

kender

A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.

kendetegnende

Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

kendis

(countable) A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.]

kendo

A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo.

kendsgerning

Something actual as opposed to invented.

kendskab

The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. [from 14th c.]

kendt

(countable) A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.]

kenning

(poetry) A metaphorical compound or phrase, used especially in Germanic poetry (Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way.

kenotaf

A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.

kentaur

(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.

Kenya

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.

kenyaner

A person from Kenya or of Kenyan descent.

kenyansk

Of, from, or pertaining to Kenya or the Kenyan people.

keratin

(protein) The protein of which hair and nails are composed.

Kerberos

(Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.

kerne

(Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.

kernefamilie

A family unit consisting of two parents (traditionally a mother and a father) and their children.

kernetårn

(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.

kerub

(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.

ketchup

(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”).

ketsjer

(countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.

khan

(historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

Khartoum

The capital city of Sudan.

khat

A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.

khmer

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

Khrusjtjov

English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв; usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Nikita Khrushchev.

kidnapning

(crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

kidnappe

(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]

kidnapper

A person who kidnaps someone.

kidnappning

(legal) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [from mid-18th century.]

kigge

To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

kikært

A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

kikærter

A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

kikke

To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

kikkert

A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.

kiks

(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes, Canada, rare) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.

kilde

The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

kildrer

(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]

kile

One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.

kilesten

(architecture) The top stone of an arch.

killing

A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).

kilo

(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

kilo-

(computing, deprecated) .

kilogram

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

kilometer

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

Kim

A en given name.

Kimære

(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

kimono

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

kinamand

(dated, now, offensive) A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent.

Kinaradisen

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

kind

(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

kindtand

A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.

kineser

(dated, now, offensive) A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent.

kinesere

(uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.

kinesisk

(uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.

kinesiske tegn

(uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.

kinetisk energi

(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.

Kingston

The capital and largest city of Jamaica; it is also the capital of its eponymous parish.

kinin

(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]

kiosk

A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.

Kirke

(Greek mythology) An enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs.

kirke-

Of or pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical.

kirkebænk

Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.

kirkegård

A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.

kirkestol

Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.

kirkeværge

(UK) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish.

Kirov

A city, the administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia.

kirsebær

The wood of a cherry tree.

kirsebærfarvet

The wood of a cherry tree.

kirsebærtræ

The wood of a cherry tree.

Kirsten Giftekniv

Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.

kirurg

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

kirurgi

(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

kiste

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

kit

A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.

kitsch

(informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.

kittel

A loose-fitting long coat.

kiwi

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.