Danish–English dictionary

skyggeside

The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette, viewed as a skill of the practised smoker.

skyld

Responsibility for wrongdoing.

skylde

(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

skyldfølelse

A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.

skyldig

Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.

skyldighed

An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.

skyldner

(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.

skylle

(transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.

skynde

(intransitive) To do things quickly.

skynde sig

(intransitive) To do things quickly.

skypumpe

(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

skyskraber

(architecture) A very tall building with a large number of floors. [from 1880s]

skytte

(astrology) Someone with a Sagittarius star sign.

skyttegrav

A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.

skyttel

(weaving) A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.

Skytten

(astrology) Someone with a Sagittarius star sign.

slå

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

slå fejl

(transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)

slå fra

(electronics) To turn power off and back on

slå hø

To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.

slå hul

(transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).

slå ihjel

(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

slå imod

(transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.

slå ind

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

slå sammen

(transitive) Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.

slå sig til tåls med

(intransitive, with in or to (or sometimes with)) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.

slå smut

(transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.

slå til

(electronics) To turn power off and back on

slå til plukfisk

(transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.

slå til ridder

(chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

sladder

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.

sladderhank

One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.

sladdertaske

(mildly, derogatory) Someone who talks excessively.

sladre

(intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.

sladrehank

A person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale.

sladretaske

(informal) One who chats or talks to excess.

slag

(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.

slagge

Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.

slagkraftig

Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.

slagmark

The area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field.

slagord

(advertising) A catchphrase associated with a product or service being advertised.

slags

(type theory) The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.

slagside

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

slagskib

(informal) Any type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.

slagsmål

A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).

slagte

(transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food.

slagteoffer

A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.

slagteri

A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.]

slagteriaffald

The internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.

slagtilfælde

A seizure or convulsion.

slagtøj

(music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.

slambert

A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.

slang

Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.

slange

(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.

slangebøsse

(chiefly, American, AU, Philippines) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.

slangeham

The skin of a snake

slangemenneske

An acrobat who is capable of twisting their body into unusual positions.

slangeskind

The skin of a snake

slank

Thin; slim.

slanke

(intransitive) To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.

slankende

Making a person seem or become slimmer.

slap

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

slappe af

(transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.

slås

(intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

slatten

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

slave

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

slavebinde

(transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.

slaver

A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.

slaveri

The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.

slavinde

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

slavisk

Of the Slavs, their culture or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.

slæbe

(chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.

slæbebåd

(watercraft) A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

slæbegarn

(fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.

slæbevod

(fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.

slæde

The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.

slægt

Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.

slægtled

A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit. [from 14th c.]

slægtning

A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.

slægtsforskning

(countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.

slægtskab

A person's origin or ancestry.

slægtsnavn

The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).

slebet

(of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.

slem

(semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.

slentre

To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.

slesk

Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.

slet

(semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.

slethvar

A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

slette

(transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.

slibe

To form or shape by cutting.

slibesten

A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.

slide

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

slidstærk

Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.

slidstyrke

The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.

slik

(countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.

slikkepind

(motorsport) A sign on a stick held in front of the vehicle during a pit stop.

slikpind

(motorsport) A sign on a stick held in front of the vehicle during a pit stop.

slim

(physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

slimål

Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.

slingre

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

slingrende

Deviating from normal opinions or actions; eccentric; odd.

slips

A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.

slogan

(advertising) A catchphrase associated with a product or service being advertised.

slot

A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.

slotsplads

An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.

slovak

(countable) A person from Slovakia or of Slovak descent.

Slovakiet

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Slovak Republic. Capital and largest city: Bratislava.

slovakisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Slovakia, the Slovak people or the Slovak language.

Slovenien

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Slovenia. Capital and largest city: Ljubljana. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

sløjfe

A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.

slør

A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)

sløre

(transitive) To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing its appearance.

sløret

Not clear; unfocused.

sløring

(military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.

sløse væk

(transitive) To squander or waste.

sløv

Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.

sløvhed

A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

slubbert

A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.

slubre

(transitive) To eat or drink noisily.

slud

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Northeast US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.

sludder

(euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.

sludre

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

sludrechatol

(informal) One who chats or talks to excess.

sluge

(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell. [from 16th c.]

slugt

(geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.

slukke

(figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.

slukke for

(electronics) To turn power off and back on

slukker

One who, or that which, extinguishes something.

slum

(countable, pejorative) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

slumkvarter

(countable, pejorative) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

slumre

(intransitive) To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.

slumrende

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

slup

(nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.

slurk

A small mouthful of drink

sluse

A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.

slynge

(transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult.

slyngel

A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.

små

Small in size.

småbarn

A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old.

smadre

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

småfisk

(childish) .

smag

The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.

smagfuld

(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

smagfuldhed

Restraint and grace of style.

smagløs

(figuratively) Unpleasant.

smagsprøve

(cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.

smal

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

smålig

Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.

småplanet

(astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.

småregne

(impersonal) To rain lightly.