Danish–English dictionary

krog

A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.

krokant

A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.

krokodille

Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.

krokus

A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.

krom

A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.

kromatografi

(analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) – the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases affect the separation.

kromosom

(cytology, genetics) A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.

kronblad

(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

krone

(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

krone på værket

(figurative) A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch.

kronik

Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints.

kroning

(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.

kronologi

(uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred.

kronologisk

(films, shows, books, etc) Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.

kronologisk rækkefølge

(countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

krop

(countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. [from 9th c.]

kropsvisitere

(transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.

krøbling

(offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.

krølle

A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.

krøllet

Having curls.

krøltop

a person or animal with curly hair.

krønike

A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.

Krønikebøger

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

krucifiks

An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.

krudt

An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulfur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.

krudthorn

A bed in a gun carriage.

krukke

A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.

krukkeri

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. [from 1548]

krukket

Simulated in order to impress.

krumme

A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

krumsabel

A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.

krumtap

(figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.

krus

A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.A mug

kruset

Having ruffles.

kryb

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

krybdyr

(informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc. [from 19th c.]

krybe

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

krybe til korset

(figuratively) To grovel, act in a very submissive manner; to show obeisance to (someone or something) in such a manner; to bow.

krybende

Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.

krybskytte

A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.

krydd

(cooking) Adding a layer of fat to render the surface of cookware non-stick.

krydder

a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)

kryddernellike

(uncountable, or, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.

krydderurt

(countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.

krydre

(mining) To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.

krydret

(of foods, flavors, or odors) Tangy, zesty, or pungent.

kryds

The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.

kryds-og-tværsopgave

(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.

krydse

(transitive, and, intransitive) To pass from one side or area, physical or abstract, to another.

krydsfiner

(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.

krydsild

(military) An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them.

krydsning

(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.

krydsordsopgave

(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.

krydstogt

A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.

krykke

A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.

krymmel

Small candy or sugar pieces that are sprinkled over other confections.

krympe

(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.

krympe sig

(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.

krypt

An underground vault.

kryptere

To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

kryptografi

The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.

krypton

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

kryptonit

(figuratively) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.

kryptovaluta

A digital currency based on a cryptographic system, usually having no central issuing or regulating authority.

krysantemum

Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.

krystallinsk

Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.

krystallisere

(transitive) To coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.

kryster

A person who lacks courage.

krysteragtig

(archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.

ksi

The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.

ktonisk

Dwelling within the underworld. [from late 18th c.]

kubus

(geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.

kue

(transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.

kuffert

A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.

kugle

A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

kuglefisk

Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.

kugleformet

Spherical, ball-shaped.

kuglelyn

A short-lived glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air and thought to consist of ionized gas associated with thunderstorms.

kugleramme

A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc. [from late 17th c.]

kuglerund

Spherical, ball-shaped.

kujon

A person who lacks courage.

kujonagtig

(archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.

kul

A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.

kuld

The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

kulde

(uncountable) A condition of low temperature.

kuldsejle

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

kule

Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.

kulinarisk

Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.

kuling

(meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.

kuller

A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

kulmule

A species of sea fish, Merluccius merluccius.

kulør

These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).

kulørt

Having prominent colors; colorful.

kulstof

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.

kulsyreholdig

Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks.

kult

(religion) The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.

kultegning

(countable) A drawing made with charcoal.

kultur

An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.

kulturel

Pertaining to culture.

kummefryser

An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

kummerform

Prevented from growing or developing fully and hence shorter and stockier that usual.

kun

Only, simply, merely.

kunde

A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

kundskab

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

kunne

(modal, _, auxiliary, _, verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.

kunne lide

(obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.

kunnen

(uncountable) Skillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency.

kunstgødning

(chemistry) A chemical compound created to have the same effect.

kunstig

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.

kunstmaler

An artist who paints pictures.

kunstværk

(uncountable) Artwork.

kupere

(transitive) To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.

kupering

The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.

kupon

A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.

kuppel

(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.

kur

(countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.

kurder

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

kurdisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family.

Kurdistan

A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.

kurer

A person who delivers messages.

kurfyrste

(historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.

kurfyrstendømme

(historical) The office, or area of dominion, of an Elector; an electorship.

kurfyrstinde

(historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.

kuriøs

Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.

kurs

(nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)

Kursk

A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.

kursorisk

Hasty or superficial.

kursus

(education) A learning programme

kurtisane

A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.

kurtisere

(transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's affection/support.

kurv

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

kurver

A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.

kusine

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

kuskesæde

The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.

kusselæber

folds of tissue at opening of vulva

kutte

A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.

kutter

(nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.

kuvert

A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.

kvad

A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.

kvadrat

Shaped like a square (the polygon).

kvadratisk

Shaped like a square (the polygon).

kvadrere

(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

kvadreret

(heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.

kvaj

(UK, slang) A fool, a nitwit.

kvaksalver

(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]

kvaksalveri

(countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

kvalificering

The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc. [from 16th c.]

kvalifikation

An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. [from 17th c.]

kvalitativ

Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.

kvalm

Nauseated; having an urge to vomit. [from 20th c.]