Danish–English dictionary

arbejdstager

A person who provides labor to a company or another person.

arbitrær

(usually, of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.

arbitrært

In an arbitrary manner.

årbog

(countable) A reference book, published annually.

ard

A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil. [20th c.]

åre

(transport) A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines.

areal

(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

åreladning

(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.

årepresse

(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

Ares

(Greek god) The Greek god of war, considered equivalent to the Roman Mars and usually described as a son of Zeus and Hera, companion of Eris and Enyo, and by Aphrodite father of Deimos and Phobos.

åretag

The movement of an oar or paddle through water: either the cycle of movement as a whole, or the propelling phase (as opposed to the return); the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.

åretold

A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.

årgang

(countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.

årgangs-

(attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.

Argentina

A country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.

argentinsk

Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.

argon

The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.

argumentation

(countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.

argumentere

(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.

argumentere for

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

århundred

A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

århundrede

A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

Ariadne

(Greek mythology) The daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae.

arie

(music) A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.

åring

An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).

aristokrat

One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).

aristokrati

The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

ark

leading, leader

arkade

(architecture) A row of arches.

Arkadien

(figurative) An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.

arkaisk

Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

Arkansas

A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.

arkæolog

Someone who studies or practises archaeology.

arkæologi

The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.

arkeologisk

Relating to the science or research of archaeology.

arki

form of government or rule

arkipelag

(collective, geography) A group of islands.

arkitektonisk

Pertaining to architecture.

arkitektur

The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.

arkiv

A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.

arkivalie

A collection of papers collated and archived together.

arkivar

One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.

arkivere

(transitive) To place (something) into an archive.

Arktis

A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole. [from 17th c.]

årlig

Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.

årligt

Once every year without fail, yearly

arm

(anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

Armageddon

(Christianity, Islam) Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.

armbrøst

A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.

Armenien

(historical) Ancient kingdom in the Armenian Highland southeast of Black Sea and southwest of Caspian Sea; area now divided between Turkey, Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran.

armenier

A person from Armenia or of Armenian descent.

armenisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.

armensk

Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.

armhule

The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

armlæn

A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.

armod

The quality or state of being poor; lack of money

armstol

A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.

Arne

A en given name occasionally used in English.

Arnold

A en given name brought to England by Normans.

aroma

A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

aromaterapi

(alternative medicine) The use of selected fragrances in lotions and inhalants in an effort to affect mood and promote health.

arrangement

The act of arranging.

arrangere

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

arrest

A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

arrestere

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]

arresthus

A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

arrogance

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

arrogant

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

årsag

(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

årsdag

A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.

arsen

A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.

årsløn

A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.

årslønning

A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.

årstid

(North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

art

(type theory) The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.

arterie

(anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.

Arthur

A en given name.

årti

A period of ten years [from 17th c.], particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9. [from 19th c.]

artificiel

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.

artikel

An object, a member of a group or class.

artilleri

An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.

artillerist

(military) A soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery.

artiskok

(countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

årtusinde

(with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.

Aruba

An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea.

arv

An inheritance; property that may be inherited.

arvefølge

A passing of royal powers.

arvehygiejne

(sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with superior genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with inferior genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.

arvestykke

A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.

Arvid

(rare) A en given name.

arving

A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.

asbest

(mineral) Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.

ase

(intransitive) To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance.

aseksuel

(especially, of a person) Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.

asen

A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.

aseptisk

Free of disease-causing microbes.

asfaltere

(transitive) To pave with asphalt.

Asgård

(Norse mythology) The realm of the Æsir gods.

Asher

(biblical character) The eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.

asiat

(US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.

asiatisk

Of, relating to or from Asia.

asie

A small cucumber, often pickled whole.

aske

A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.

askebæger

A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.

askese

(Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.

asket

One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

asketisk

Of or relating to ascetics.

asketræ

(uncountable) The wood of this tree.

asp

A type of European fish (Aspius aspius).

asparges

The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.

aspekt

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. [from 19th c.]

aspetræ

A poplar tree, especially of section Populus sect. Populus, of medium-size trees with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.

aspic

A meat or fish jelly.

assassiner

(historical, , usually, capitalized) A member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period.

assertiv

Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

assimilation

(sociology, cultural studies) The adoption, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture.

assimilering

The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.

assistent

A person who assists or helps someone else.

assistere

(transitive) To assist or support; to back.

associativ

(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a, b and c, (a * b) * c = a * (b * c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.

astat

A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.

asterisk

Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol.

asteroide

(astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.

astma

(pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.

astmatiker

A person who suffers from asthma.

astmatisk

Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough".

astrofysik

The branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with the interaction between matter and radiation in celestial bodies and in the space between them.

astrofysiker

One who studies astrophysics.

astrolog

One who studies or practices astrology.

astrologi

Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies. [from 14th c.]

astrologisk

Of, or relating to astrology.

astronaut

A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.

astronom

(astronomy) One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.

astronomi

The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.

asyl

A place of safety or refuge.

asymmetrisk

Not symmetric.

asymptomatisk

(medicine) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in a case which is subclinical.

asynkron

Not synchronous; occurring at different times.

åsynskundskab

The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.

at

Although; used to introduce a concession; may..but.

até

A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

ateistisk

Of or relating to atheists or atheism.

ateofobi

Fear or hatred of atheism or atheists.

Athen

The capital city of Greece.

Athene

(Greek god) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.

athener

An inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece.

athenienser

An inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece.

athensk

(Greek mythology) Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare.

atju

(onomatopoeia) The sound of a sneeze.

Atlanta

The capital and largest city of Georgia, United States and the county seat of Fulton County, Georgia.