Danish–English dictionary

riget

The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.

rigger

One who rigs or dresses; as:

rigmandsvælde

Government by the wealthy.

Rigsdag

(historical) The lower chamber of the federal parliament of Germany until 1945; the building that housed it.

Rigsdagsbygning

(historical) The lower chamber of the federal parliament of Germany until 1945; the building that housed it.

rigsretssag

(countable, law, chiefly, US) The act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct, especially if serious, often with the aim of having the official dismissed from office.

rigtig

Free from error; true; accurate.

rigtighed

Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate. [from 18th c.]

Rikard

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

rikochettere

(intransitive) To ricochet.

rille

A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.

rimelig

Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.

rimelighed

Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".

ring

(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.

ringagte

(transitive, often, reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.

ringe

(ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.

ringvej

(transportation) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.

ris

Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.

risikabel

Dangerous, involving risks.

risikere

To try or risk.

risiko

Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.

rislen

(cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.

rismark

(countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]

rist

A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.

ritual

A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts.

rituel

Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

rival

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

rivalisering

Any competition between two or more things or factors.

rivalitet

Any competition between two or more things or factors.

rive

(transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.

rive ned

To devour; to eat up

rivejern

a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump

ro

(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.

roadie

One of the crew for a musical group or other travelling stage production, especially a stagehand or technician.

robåd

(US) A small open boat propelled by oars (by rowing).

Robert

(rare, _, compared to given name) A French surname originating as a patronymic.

robotteknologi

The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application

robust

Firmly or solidly built.

rock

(music genre) A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards (often), and vocals.

rock'n'roll

(music genre) A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards (often), and vocals.

rocker

A person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles, sometimes a member of a motorcycle club.

rod

a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation

rode

(ambitransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.

rodebutik

(countable) A great mess or clutter.

rogn

Eggs of fish.

rok

A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.

rokade

(chess) A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.

rokere

(usually, _, intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.

rokke

Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like tails.

rolig

(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.

roligt

Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.

rolle

(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.

Rom

A major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire.

roma

A variety of the Romani language (or occasionally) the Romani macrolanguage.

roman

A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]

romanforfatter

An author of novels.

romani

A variety of the Romani language (or occasionally) the Romani macrolanguage.

romansk

Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc.

romantik

A romantic quality, spirit or action.

romantiker

An advocate or follower of romanticism.

rombe

(geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. [from 16th c.]

romer

(historical) A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.

Romerbrevet

(biblical) The sixth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of St Paul to the Christians in Rome.

Romerne

(biblical) The sixth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of St Paul to the Christians in Rome.

Romerriget

(historical) An ancient empire based out of Rome, which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 B.C.E. and 476 C.E. in the west (and until 1453 C.E. in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa, stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf. [from 15th c.]

romersk

Of or from Rome.

rommy

A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

Ronald

A en given name.

roning

The action of the verb to row.

ror

(nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).

rorgænger

(nautical) A member of a ship's crew who is responsible for steering.

rorpind

(nautical) The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.

ros

Praise; accolades.

Rosa

A en given name.

Rosamond

A en given name.

rose

To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.

rosmarin

A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.

Rostov

A city in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.

Rostov oblast

A city in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.

rotte

(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.

rouge

(uncountable, countable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.

rovdyr

An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.

Roxana

The wife of Alexander the Great.

royal

Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.

royalist

A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.

røbe

(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

røbende

Revealing something, especially something not intended to be known.

rød

(tincture) In blazon, of the colour red.

rød gul grøn stop

A children's game in which the players have to stand still without moving while being looked at.

rødding

Any of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.

rødhals

A small passerine Old World bird; Erithacus rubecula.

rødhåret

(of a person) Having red hair.

rødkælk

A small passerine Old World bird; Erithacus rubecula.

rødlig

Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.

rødlos

A North American wildcat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail.

rødme

(intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

røg

(uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.

røge

(transitive) To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.

røgelse

A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.

røget

Of food, treated with smoke, often for flavor or as a method of preservation.

røgrør

A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).

røgslør

Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.

rømme

To forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expell air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorously than to cough.

rømme sig

(transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.

røn

Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.

rønnebærtræ

Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.

rør

(military, marching) In a relaxed position with the feet apart rather than at attention.

rørdrum

Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.

røre

(transitive) To move to emotion.

rørende

Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.

rørledning

A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.

rørt

Emotionally moved; touched.

røse

A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

røst

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character

røve

(transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.

røver

(crime) An outlaw or bandit.

røveri

The act or practice of robbing.

røveriforsøg

(crime) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.

røvslikker

(US, vulgar, slang) Someone who succumbs to authority, doing whatever authority figures ask and attempting to please them in every possible way; (by extension) any contemptible person.

ru

Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.

rubel

The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка, Belarusian: капе́йка). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽.

Rubicon

(historical) A small river in northeastern Italy which flowed into the Adriatic Sea marking the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C.E. began a civil war.

rubin

(uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.

rubrik

A space to be filled in on a form or template.

rucola

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

rude

Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.

ruder

(card games) A card of the diamonds suit.

ruffer

Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.

rufferi

The practise of managing and hiring out prostitutes.

rug

The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. [from 14th c.]

rugby

(Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, southern New South Wales ) Australian rules football.

ruge

(transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.

ruin

(countable, sometimes, in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.

ruinere

(transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.

rulle

To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).

rulle sammen

To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.

rullebord

(dated) A small stand or tray, sometimes with wheels, used to pass something such as a decanter or wine bottle around a tabletop.

rullegardin

A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

rulletrappe

A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.

rum

Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.

rumæner

(countable) A native of Romania.

Rumænien

A country in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Bucharest.

rumænsk

Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.

rumfang

Strength of sound; loudness.

rumfarer

(informal, childish) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.

rumfartøj

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

rumhavn

A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.

rumle

A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.

rummand

(informal, childish) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.

rumme

(transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.