Danish–English dictionary

potte

A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.

pottemager

One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.

Poul

In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.

Poula

A en given name.

Poulsen

A surname originating as a patronymic.

pøbel

(collective) The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)

pøl

A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.

pølse

A sausage, typically a frankfurter.

pølseforgiftning

(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.

pølsetysker

(UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person, usually male.

pønal

Of or relating to punishment.

pønitense

A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.

pønitentiær

Of or relating to the punishment of criminals.

pr.

In each; to or for each; per.

Prag

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

pragmatisk

Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.

pragt

Great beauty and splendor.

prakke

(transitive, archaic) To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.

praksis

Custom or established practice.

praktikant

A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.

praktikplads

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

praktisk talt

Almost but not quite.

prale

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

pram

(watercraft) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

præcis

(manner) Without approximation; precisely.

præcision

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

præcist

(manner) In a precise manner; exactly.

prædestination

(theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

prædikant

Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman. In a religious context, usually used only to refer to Protestant Christian clergy.

prædikat

(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.

prædiken

(uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.

prædikestol

(Christianity, countable) A raised platform in a church, sometimes enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon; also, the lectern on such a platform.

præference

The option to so select, and the one selected.

præfiks

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.

præge

(transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.

prægnant

(comparable) Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.

prægtig

(of people) Worthy of respect; dignified, regal.

Prælat

A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.

præmie

An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.

præmiere

(transitive) To give a reward to or for.

præparat

A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.

præparation

(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.

præposition

(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.

prærie

An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

prærieulv

(canid) Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

prærogativ

An exclusive hereditary or official right or privilege.

præsentere

(transitive, chiefly, US) to formally introduce, as to the public

præsident

The head of state of a republic.

præsidentembede

The office or role of president.

præsidenttid

The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.

præst

(Protestantism) A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.

præstation

The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

præstebolig

(obsolete) The house, lands, tithes, etc. set apart for the support of the minister of a parish.

præsteembede

The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.

præstegård

(obsolete) The house, lands, tithes, etc. set apart for the support of the minister of a parish.

præstekjole

(idiomatic, with definite article) The priesthood.

præstekrave

A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).

præstinde

A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions.

prætentiøs

Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

præteritum

(grammar) The past tense.

prævention

The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity.

prekær

(comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.

pres

The act of straining, or the state of being strained.

presbyterianer

A person belonging to a church in the tradition of Presbyterianism.

presbyteriansk

Relating to Presbyterianism.

presenning

(countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.

presentationsbillede

(photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.

presse

(intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.

presserende

Requiring immediate attention.

prestige

The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.

preussisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia.

Priamos

(Greek mythology) The king of Troy during the Iliad

prik

Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.

primaballerina

Ellipsis of prima ballerina (“the star female ballet performer in the company”).

primat

(zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including apes (which include humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.

primær

Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.

primtal

(algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.

primtal-

(mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).

princip

A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.

prins

The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.]

prinselig

Relating to a prince.

prinsesse

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

printe

(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.

prior

In an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy; a prior claustral.

pris

A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.

prise

(transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner.

prisforhøjelse

An addition to the price; rise in price or value.

privat

Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.

privatdetektiv

A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

privateje

Privately owned.

privatlærer

One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.

privatliv

(uncountable) The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.

privilegeret

Having a hereditary or official right or privilege.

privilegie

An exclusive hereditary or official right or privilege.

privilegium

An exclusive hereditary or official right or privilege.

proaktiv

Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

problematik

A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study.

problematisere

(transitive) To consider something as if it were a problem.

problematisk

Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s):

procedere

(intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.

proces

A series of events leading to a result or product.

processor

A device which processes, which changes something (a computer processor, food processor, etc.).

producent

A person or company that manufactures.

producer

(UK, Irish, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.

produktion

The act of producing, making or creating something. [from 15th c.]

produktiv

Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance.

profession

An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.

professor

(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

professorat

(education) The office of a professor.

profet

Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.

profeti

A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.

profetinde

Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.

profit

(finance) Gains on investments; returns.

profitmargin

(uncountable) Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.

program

A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).

programme

(broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.

programmel

(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).

programmering

(programming) The process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.

programmør

(computing) A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

programværtinde

A female anchorperson.

progressivisme

A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society.

projekt

A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

projektor

An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen. [from 19th c.]

projektør

A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood

projektørlys

A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood

proklamere

(Christianity, particularly Evangelicalism) To state that a thing shall happen or affirm a condition in the hopes of seeing it happen spiritually, in contrast to prayer which takes the form of a request.

prokrastinering

The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

proletar

A member of the proletariat.

Prometheus

(Greek god) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.

prominent

Prominent; conspicuous.

promotor

(music) An administrator, for a singer or group.

pronomen

(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.

prop

A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.

propaganda

(religion, historical) The propagation of the faith by the Catholic Church by means of missionary work etc.

propel

A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.

propfuld

Overcrowded; congested.

proppe

(transitive) To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.

proptrækker

An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.

prosa

Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

prosodi

(linguistics) The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.

prostata

The prostate gland. [from 1646]

prostituere

(transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. [from 16th c.]

prostituere sig

(transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. [from 16th c.]

prostitueret

A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]

prostrere

(historical) To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground.

protactinium

A chemical element (symbol Pa) with atomic number 91. A dense, silvery-gray actinide metal.

protektionisme

(politics, economics) A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.

protektorat

The authority assumed by a state over another state deemed inferior or dependent, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty.

protese

(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.

protestant

(Christianity) A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or in some cases later).