Danish–English dictionary

ran

The act of stealing property.

ranch

A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.

rancher

A person who operates a ranch.

rand

(topology) (of a set) the set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set

randzone

A transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems).

rang

A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military.

rangle

A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container. [from 16th c.]

rangorden

Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.

ransage

(transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.

råolie

Unrefined oil; as it is found underground, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.

rap

The sound made by a duck.

rappe

To make a noise like a duck.

rappenskralde

(pejorative) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

rapport

A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).

rapportere

(formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.]

rapportering

The creation of reports.

rapsodi

(music) An instrumental composition of irregular form, often incorporating improvisation.

rar

Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.

raritet

A rare object.

rase

(intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.

rasende

In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.

rasere

To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.

raseri

A state of wild activity or panic.

raserianfald

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

raseriudbrud

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

råsilke

Raw silk fibres.

rask

Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.

rasle

A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container. [from 16th c.]

rasp

A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.

raspe

(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

rastløs

Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.

rastløshed

The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.

ratificere

(transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.

ratifikation

The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified.

ration

A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.

rationalitet

The quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

rationel

Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.

rationering

Controlled distribution of scarce resources such as food or fuel; used typically in wartime.

rav

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]

rave

To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.

ravfarve

A yellow-orange colour.

ravfarvet

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

ravgul

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

ravgylden

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

ravine

A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.

ravn

(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax).

razzia

(law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.

ræd

Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

ræddike

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

rædsel

(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.

rædselsfuld

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]

rædsom

Full of something causing dread, whether

række

A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

rækkefølge

(countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

ræsonnere

To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason.

rævegrav

The lair or den (as a hole in the ground) of an animal such as a fox.

rævehvalp

The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.

ræveunge

The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.

re

(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

Reading

A number of other townships, listed under Reading Township.

reagere

(intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.

reaktion

(literal) A suddenly reversed or backward motion, such as of a rope or elastic band when it snaps under tension.

reaktionsdygtig

(chemistry) That readily takes part in reactions.

reaktiv

(chemistry) That readily takes part in reactions.

realisere

(chiefly, passive voice, slightly, _, formal) To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real. [from early 17th c.]

realisme

A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

realismen

A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

realitet

A real entity, event, or other fact.

realkredit

(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.

reb

(uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.

Rebecca

A en given name, in regular use since the Reformation.

rebel

A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

rebus

An arrangement of pictures, symbols, and/or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.

recensent

A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a critic.

recept

(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.

recession

(economics) A period of reduced economic activity

recessiv

(genetics) Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.

recidivist

A prisoner or an ex-prisoner

reciprok

Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.

recitation

The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.

recitere

(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.

red.

Abbreviation of edited or edited by.

redaktør

A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

redde

(transitive) To save, rescue.

redder

A person who rescues someone or something.

rede

(transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.

rede penge

Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.

redegørelse

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.

redelighed

Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.

redigere

To change a text, or a document.

redigering

(computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.

redning

In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.

redningssvømmer

A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.

redskab

A tool or instrument for working with.

reducere

Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.

reel

(music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.

referat

The official notes kept during a meeting.

referent

(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes: what it refers to.

referere

(intransitive, stative) To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.

refleksion

The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

refleksiv

(grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.

reflektere

(transitive) To mirror, or show the image of something.

reform

The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it

reformator

One who reforms, or who works for reform.

refraktion

(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.

refræn

A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.

refugium

A peaceful or tranquil place.

refundere

(transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.

regal

(musical instruments) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.

regel

A regulation, law, guideline.

regelmæssig

Happening at constant (especially short) intervals. [from 17th c.]

regeneration

Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation.

regenerere

(intransitive) To become reconstructed.

regenerering

Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation.

regent

One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]

regentskab

A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.

regere

(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.

regering

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

regeringstid

The period during which a monarch rules.

regime

A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.

regiment

(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units. [from 16th c.]

Regine

A en given name.

region

(usually, capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).

register

(linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.

registrere

(transitive) To make a record of information.

registrering

(countable, uncountable) The act of signing up or registering for something.

regnbue

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

regnbuehinde

(anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See w:Iris (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).

regnbueis

(dated) Describing a variety of ice cream made with eggs as well as cream.

regndråbe

A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.

regne med

(intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.

regneark

(computing) A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.

regnemaskine

A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.

regnfang

A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare.

regnfuld

Pouring with rain; wet; showery

regning

(archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.

regnorm

A worm that lives in the ground.

regnskab

(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.

regnskabsår

(accounting) An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.

regnskyl

A heavy rain.

regnvand

Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.

rehabilitation

The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.

rehabilitering

The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.

Reims

A city in Champagne, Marne department, Grand Est, France.

reinkarnation

Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.

reje

(Commonwealth) A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.

rejnfan

A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare.

rejse

(intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.

rejseguide

A book that provides guidance, but especially one designed for travellers which provides local tourist information about a particular country or area.

rejsehåndbog

A guidebook for travellers.