Danish–English dictionary

neurolog

A doctor or scientist who practices or specializes in neurology.

neurologi

The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.

neuron

(cytology) A cell of the nervous system which conducts nerve impulses; a neuron.

neurotiker

(medicine) A person who has a neurosis.

neurotisk

(informal) Overly anxious.

neurovidenskab

The scientific study of the nervous system.

neutral

(now, uncommon) Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.

neutralisere

(transitive) To make even, inactive or ineffective.

neutralitet

The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.

neutrino

An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.

neutron

(particle) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.

neutrum

(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.

Nevada

A state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas.

nevø

A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).

nexus

A centre or focus of something.

ngo

Initialism of non-governmental organization.

ni

The digit or figure 9.

Nicaragua

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Nicaragua. Capitalː Managua.

Nice

A coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France.

niche

(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

niece

A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

Niels

A en given name.

Nielsine

A en given name.

niende

The ordinal form of the number nine.

nier

(card games) A playing card with nine pips.

Nigeria

A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).

Nike

(Greek god) The goddess of victory and triumph; Athena's companion.

nikke

(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

nikkel

(uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.

Niklas

A en given name.

Nikoline

A en given name.

niks

(colloquial) Nothing. [from 1789]

Nilen

A large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world.

Nina

A en given name in continuous use since the 19th century.

ninja

(martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.

Nintendo

(video games) A Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo.

nip

A small mouthful of drink

nippe

(transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.

nisse

(folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them. [from 1510s]

nital

The digit or figure 9.

niti

The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.

nitrat

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitric acid.

nitrogen

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.

nitte

A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.

nitten

The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".

nittende

The ordinal form of the number nineteen.

nittendedel

One of nineteen equal parts of a whole.

nittener

The person or thing in the nineteenth position.

niv

The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

nive

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

niveau

(military) A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, etc., in diagonal parallel rows. [from late 18th c.]

nivellere

(transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.

No'omi

(biblical character) The mother-in-law of the Biblical figure Ruth.

nocebo

(pharmacology, also, _, attributive) A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive. [from 1961]

node

A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.

nogen

Any or some other, similar in likeness or in effect, instead.

noget

(degree) Somewhat, quite; to an unexpected degree. [from 16th c.]

nok

Sufficiently.

Nokia

A town and municipality of Pirkanmaa, Finland, near Tampere.

nomade

(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.

nomadisk

(anthropology) Of or related to itinerant herdsmen.

nomenklatur

A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.

nominere

To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.

nonchalant

Casually calm and relaxed.

nonsens

(euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.

nor

(geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

nordlig

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.

nordmand

A native of Norway.

nordøst

The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east; specifically at a bearing of 45°.

nordvest

The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.

Norge

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Norway.

normal

According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.

normalitet

(US) The state of being normal; the fact of being normal; normality.

norsk

A native of Norway.

Northumbrien

(historical) An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the Northeast of England; in full, Kingdom of Northumbria.

nosser

(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

nostalgi

(transferred sense) A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past. [from 20th c.]

nostalgiker

A person who displays nostalgia for something.

nostalgisk

Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.

notar

(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.

notat

A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.

note

A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.

notebog

(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.

notere

(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

notesbog

(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.

notits

(countable) A written or printed announcement.

nougat

The softer hazelnut-based form of nougat common to central and eastern Europe

november

The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December.

novice

Of a beginner; unfamiliar or unexperienced in a particular subject.

nød

Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

nøddeskal

The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.

nødløgn

(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.

nødsage

(transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.

nødsituation

Serious danger.

nødstilfælde

(sometimes, attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

nødvendig

Impossible to avoid or prevent.

nødvendiggøre

(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]

nødvendighed

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.

nøgen

Bare, not covered by clothing.

nøgenbadning

Swimming in the nude, as opposed to with a swimsuit.

nøgenbillede

A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.

nøgenhed

The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.

nøgle

(music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

nøgleben

(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

nøglefærdig

Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture).

nøglehul

Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.

nøglekort

A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.

nøgleord

(cryptography) Any word#Noun used as the key to a code.

nøglering

An ornamental piece holding such a chain or ring.

nøgletal

(economics) A measure, such as unemployment rate, which can be used to predict economic trends.

nøgtern

(phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.

nøjagtig

Consistent with reality.

nøjagtighed

The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness

nøjsom

Of something which is consumed (such as money, goods, etc.): Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste.

nøjsomhed

The quality of being frugal; prudent economy.

nøle

(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.

nørd

(pejorative, slang) A quirky, silly or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends and typically has unfashionable hobbies. (Overlaps conceptually with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence.) [from the 20th c.]

nr.

Abbreviation of number.

nu

Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.

nu om stunder

At the present time; in the current era. [from 14th c.]

nu til dags

At the present time; in the current era. [from 14th c.]

nuance

The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.

Nubien

(by extension) The former polity ruling that region.

nubisk

Pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language.

nudel

(usually, in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.

nudisme

The belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.

nul

(racquet sports, billiards) Zero, no score.

nul og niks

A feeling or sense.

nul og nix

A feeling or sense.

nul-

The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.

nulevende

Still in existence; not having disappeared.

nullermænd

Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

nullerne

(chiefly, UK, sometimes, capitalized) The decade consisting of the last year of the previous century and the first nine years of the next: from 1900 to 1909, 2000 to 2009, etc.

nulpunkt

The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.

nulstille

To set to zero.

numerale

(linguistics) A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.

numerisk

(relational) Of or pertaining to numbers.

numinøse

Of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity. [from mid 17th c.]

nummer

(US, _, slang, dated) Synonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs to a potential dating partner.

nummer to

Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.

nummertegn

(typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

numse

(euphemism) A person's buttocks.

nuppe

(figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

Nürnberg

A major city in Bavaria, Germany.

nurse

A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children.

Nuser

Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz; often representing doggish soulfulness.

nutella

A sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, generically called chocolate spread.

nutid

The current moment or period of time.

nutids-

Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).

nuttet

Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.