Danish–English dictionary

manipulere

(transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something

Manitoba

A province in western Canada. Capital and largest city: Winnipeg.

manke

Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion.

mannequin

Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.

manøvre

(military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. [from 18th c.]

manticore

(Greek mythology) A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.

manual

A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.

manusforfatter

One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.

manuskript

A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.

manuskriptforfatter

One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.

maoist

one who advocates Maoism

maori

A member of the indigenous people of New Zealand.

mappe

(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.

mår

Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes.

marchere

(intransitive) To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.

marchfløjte

A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music

marcipan

A confection made from a paste of almonds, sugar and egg white as a binder.

Marcus

A en given name.

mare

(European folklore) A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

mareridt

(European folklore) A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

margarine

A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.

marginalisere

(transitive) To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.

Margrethe

A en given name.

Maria

(Ireland, dated) A male middle name, given in honour of the Virgin Mary.

Mariæ bebudelsesdag

(Christianity) The announcement by the archangel Gabriel to Mary that she would give birth to a son, namely Jesus. Celebrated on 25th March.

Marie

(Ireland, dated) A male middle name, given in honour of the Virgin Mary.

mariehøne

Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.

marijuana

The inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.

marin

Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.

Marina

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Марина (Marina).

marine

(countable) A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel.

marineblå

Having the dark blue colour of navy blue.

mariner

(military, nautical) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.

marinesoldat

(military, nautical) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.

maritim

Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.

Marius

A en given name.

mark

(now, _, archaic, historical, often plural) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.

marked

An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.

markeds-

A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.

markedsføre

(transitive) To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.

markedsføring

(uncountable) The promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service; the work of a marketer; includes market research and advertising.

markedsplads

The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.

markere

(transitive, legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.

markis

A title of nobility for a man ranking beneath a duke and above an earl.

markise

The wife of a marquess.

markør

(computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.

Markus

A en given name.

Markusevangeliet

(biblical) The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.

Marlene

A en given name borrowed from German in early 20th century.

marmelade

(less common in the, _, US, &, Canada) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts

marmor

(uncountable, petrology) A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone. [from 12th c.]

marmorkugle

(countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic. [from 17th c.]

marokkaner

A person from Morocco or of Moroccan descent.

marokkansk

Of, from, or pertaining to Morocco or the Moroccan people.

Marokko

A country in North Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco. Capital: Rabat.

maron

A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

marskalstav

(military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.

Martial

An Anglicized cognomen or given name of the Roman poet Marcus Valerius Martialis, born in Spain in the first century AD and noted for his epigrams.

Martin

A en given name originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.

Martine

A en given name.

Martinique

An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France in the Caribbean. Official name: Department of Martinique.

marts

The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox.

marv

(anatomy) The fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells are produced.

mas

Fuss, ado.

mascara

A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.

mase

A crunching noise.

måske

(modal auxiliary verb, defective) Expressing a present possibility; possibly. [from 13th c.]

maskere

(transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.

maskering

(figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath.

maskine

(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

maskinel

(technology) Electronic equipment.

maskinskriver

A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.

maskinskriverske

A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.

maskinstormer

(by extension, often, pejorative) Someone who opposes technological change.

maskulin

Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.

maskulinitet

The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.

masochisme

The (often sexual) enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation.

Massachusetts

A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Boston.

massage

The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.

massakre

The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.

massakrere

(transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)

masse

(with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.

massefylde

(physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.

massiv

A principal mountain mass.

massør

(massage) A person (especially male) who performs massage.

massøse

(massage) A person (especially male) who performs massage.

mast

(nautical, communications, aviation) A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter). [from 9th c.]

masturbere

(intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm.

mat

(chess) The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.

Matador

(board games) A board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.

matematiker

An expert on mathematics; someone who studies mathematics.

matematisk

Of, or relating to mathematics

materiale

The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.

materialisere

(transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

materie

An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.

materiel

Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.

Mathias

A en given name of biblical origin.

Mathilde

A en given name.

matriark

A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

matrix

(mathematics) A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory.

matros

(especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.

måtte

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

Matthæus

A en given name of biblical origin.

Matthæusevangeliet

(biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.

Matthias

The Apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. (biblical character)

maurer

(historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.

Mauritius

The main island of the country of Mauritius.

mausoleum

A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.

mave

(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.]

mave-

Of or relating to the stomach.

mavepine

Any pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen.

mayonnaise

Any cold dish with that dressing as an ingredient.

mæ

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.

mæander

(geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse

mæcen

An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.

mæe

Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry of baas; of a human, to mimic this sound.

mægler

A mediator between a buyer and seller.

mægtig

Greatly; to a huge extent.

mæh

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.

mælkebøtte

Of a yellow colour, like that of the flower.

mælkemand

A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.

mælkeprodukter

(uncountable) (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

mælkesukker

(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

mængde

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

mængdetal

(math) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)

mærke

(transitive, idiomatic) To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note.

mærkelig

Uncomfortable and weird.

mærkværdig

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

mærs

A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.

mæsk

(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.

mæt

(informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.

mæthed

The state of being satiated.

mættende

Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.

med

On one’s person; nearby the person. [from ca. 1350–1470]

med andre ord

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Stated or interpreted another way; Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification.

med barn

(mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.

med bind for øjnene

Wearing a blindfold

med brus

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

med det samme

In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

med det vuns

In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

med fløde

(of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.

med forsiden opad

Facing upwards.

med frugtsmag

Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.

med hensyn til

Regarding, respecting.

med mælk

(of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.

med rene ord

In an explicit manner.

med svømmehud

(of feet or hands) With the digits connected by a thin membrane.

med tiden

In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.

med undtagelse af

Used to introduce an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

med uret

In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.