Danish–English dictionary

konformitet

The state of things being similar or identical.

konføderation

An alliance.

konfrontation

The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.

konfrontere

(transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.

Konfucius

An influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘).

Konfutse

An influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘).

kong

A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.

konge

A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.

kongedømme

A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

kongelig

Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.

kongerige

A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

kongeskab

The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.

konjugation

(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.

konkav

Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.

konklusion

The end, finish, close or last part of something.

konkret

(grammar) A noun that denotes something tangible or material, such as a person or place.

konkretisere

(usually, transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).

konkubine

A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.

konkurrence

(countable) A competition.

konkurrencedygtig

(economics) Capable of competing successfully.

konkurrent

A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.

konkurs

(finance, of a person, company, etc.) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent. [from 1565]

konkylie

The empty shell of a marine mollusk.

konnotation

(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

konsekvens

An effect; something that follows a cause as a result.

konsekvent

Consistent; conforming to one standard.

konsensus

General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.

konservatisme

A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.

konservativ

(politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

konservator

One who conserves, preserves or protects something.

konservatorium

A music school or a drama school

konservere

(transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

konserveringsmiddel

Any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.

konservesdåse

(NZ, AU, South African, Irish, British, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.

konsistens

The degree of viscosity of something.

konsistent

Consistent; conforming to one standard.

konsol

(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.

konsortium

An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.

konspiration

(loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.

konstant

Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

Konstantin

A en given name.

Konstantinopel

(historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.

konstatere

(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.

konstruere

(transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

konstruktion

The process of constructing.

konstruktiv

Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.

konsultation

The act of consulting.

konsument

(computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.

kontakt

The act of touching physically; being in close association.

kontakte

(transitive) To establish communication with (something or someone).

kontaktløs

That has no contact or contacts.

kontaminere

(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

kontekst

The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.

kontinent

Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.

kontingent

(military) A quota of troops.

kontinuerlig

Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.

kontinuerligt

Without pause.

kontinuitet

Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.

kontinuum

A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.

konto

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

kontor

(Indian English) A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional.

kontorartkler

Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.

kontorassistent

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

kontorfunktionær

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

kontra

(soccer) The counter-attack.

kontrafej

(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.

kontrakt

(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.

kontraproduktiv

More of a hindrance than a help.

kontrol

(countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.

kontrolgruppe

(in an experiment) The group of test subjects left untreated or unexposed to some procedure and then compared with treated subjects in order to validate the results of the test.

kontrollere

(transitive) To inspect; to examine.

kontrolpost

A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.

kontrolsted

A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.

kontroversiel

Arousing or likely to arouse controversy.

kontur

A line marking the boundary of an object figure.

konurbation

A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.

konveks

Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.

konvektion

(physics) The transmission of heat in a fluid by the circulation of currents.

konvent

A meeting or gathering.

konventikel

A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.

konversation

Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. [from 16th c.]

konversere

(formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.

konvolut

A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.

kooperation

Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.

koordinat

(mathematics, cartography, astronomy, geography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.

koordination

The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.

koordinere

(ambitransitive) To synchronize (activities).

koøje

(nautical) A circular window set in the hull of a ship.

kop te

(countable, Commonwealth, northern, _, US) A cup or (East Asia, Southern, _, US) glass of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, and/or tapioca pearls.

Kopernikus

Nicolaus Copernicus, a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

kopiere

(transitive) To imitate.

kopimaskine

A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.

kopper

(disease) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.

kopulere

(somewhat, _, formal) To engage in sexual intercourse.

kor

The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.

korde

(rail) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.

Korea

A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.

Koreaner

(countable) A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent.

koreansk

Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.

koreanskt

Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.

korherre

A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.

koriander

(UK, Irish) The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.

Korinth

A port city in Greece.

Korintherne

(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.

kork

The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.

korkprop

A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.

korn

(countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.

kornisk

The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

kornkammer

A granary; a store of grain.

kornsort

(countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.

korollar

(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.

korporal

(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.

korps

(military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.

korpus

(specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.

korrekt

Free from error; true; accurate.

korrespondance

(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.

korrespondent

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

korrespondere

(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.

korridor

A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.

korrigere

(transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

korrupt

In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.

korruption

Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.

kors

(Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.

korse

(reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.

korset

A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.

korsets tegn

(reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.

korsfarer

(historical) A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.

korsfæste

To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.

korsfæstelse

An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.

Korsika

An island and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.

korsikaner

A native or inhabitant of Corsica, France.

korsikansk

Of, from or relating to Corsica, France or the Corsican language.

korsridder

(historical) A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.

korstog

Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied it.

korsvej

(figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.

kort

Brief, quick, short.

kort visit

A short stay somewhere.

kortbølge

(of radio waves) Having a wavelength of approximately 10 to 100 meters.

kortege

A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.

kortfattet

Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]

kortgiver

The person who deals the cards in a card game.

korthed

(uncountable) The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.

kortlægge

(transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.

kortlivet

Lasting for a short period of time.

kortsynet

Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.

kortvarig

Lasting only a short time; temporary.

korund

(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.

korvet

(nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.

kosak

A member or descendant of an originally (semi-)nomadic population of Eastern Europe and the adjacent parts of Asia, formed in part of runaways from neighbouring countries, that eventually settled in parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian tsarist Empire and constituted a military caste, particularly in areas now comprising southern Russia and Ukraine.

kosmisk

Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.