Danish–English dictionary

Barcelona

The capital city of Catalonia, Spain.

barchent

Originally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, which is chiefly prepared for menswear.

barde

A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

bardisk

The counter of such premises.

båre

(US) A stretcher having wheeled legs.

baret

(headwear) A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

bårevogn

(US) A stretcher having wheeled legs.

barfodet

Wearing nothing on the feet.

barfred

(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.

barista

A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.

barium

The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.

bark

(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.

barmand

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

barmfager

Having large breasts.

barmhjertighed

A readiness to forgive.

barn

(Scotland, and parts of, _, Northern England) A child or baby.

barndom

(mostly, uncountable) The state of being a child.

barnebarn

A child of someone's child.

barnepige

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

barneplejerske

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

barnlig

Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.

barnløs

Not having any children.

barok

(arts, music) From or characteristic of the Baroque period.

barok-

(arts, music) From or characteristic of the Baroque period.

barokken

(arts, music) A period in Western architecture, art, and music from c. 1600–1760 CE, known for its abundance of drama, rich color, and extensive ornamentation.

barometer

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

baron

A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

baronesse

A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.

barpige

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

barre

(sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.

barriere

A structure that bars passage.

barrikade

A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence

barskab

A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.

bartender

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Bartholomæus

An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)

bås

A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.

basal

Necessary, essential for life or some process.

basalt

(mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.

basar

A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

base

(mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.

baseball

The ball used to play the sport of baseball.

basere

(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

baseret

Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.

basilika

(architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.

basis

(countable, figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.

basisk

(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.

basker

A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.

basketball

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

basketbold

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

baskisk

Relating to the Basque people or their language.

bassin

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

bast

Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.

basta

(chiefly, North America) That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.

Bastian

A en given name.

bastion

A defensive position or effort.

basun

A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).

batong

A short staff, a club; a cudgel.

Batseba

(biblical character) In the Old Testament, the wife of Uriah and later of David.

batteri

A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

bautasten

(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.

bavl

Idle talk; senseless prattle

bavle

(intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.

Bayern

A historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria.

bayersk

Of, from or relating to the state of Bavaria, Germany.

bayrer

A native or inhabitant of the state of Bavaria, Germany.

bæger

(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.

bægerglas

A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.

bæk

A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

bækken

A pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience.

bælg

(botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.

bælte

A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.

bæltedyr

Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.

bændelorm

(countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.

bænkebider

Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.

bærbar

Able to be carried or easily moved.

bærbar computer

(computing) A laptop computer.

bære

(transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.

bæredygtig

Able to be sustained.

bæredygtighed

(ecology) A means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these necessary resources for future generations.

bærende

Effectual or important.

bærepose

(countable, uncountable) In certain phrases: money.

bærer

A person who carries luggage and related objects.

bærme

(figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.

bæst

(figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.

bæver

(countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.

bævre

(intransitive) To spasm or shake violently.

bævren

A spasmodic shaking.

BBC

(preceded by “the”) Initialism of w:British Broadcasting Corporation.

BDSM

Sexual or non-sexual practices or activities involving bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism, or acts of domination and submission.

bearbejde

(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.

bebo

(intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.

beboelig

Endurable, survivable, suitable for living in, inhabitable.

beboer

(by extension) One who has possession of any place.

bebrejde

(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).

bebrejdelse

A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.

bebyrde

To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.

bed

A garden plot.

bedårende

Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.

bedække

(transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).

bedding

(plurale tantum) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.

bede

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

bede om

(transitive) To ask (somebody) to do something.

bedemand

A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

bederoe

Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

bedømmelse

An appraisal or evaluation.

bedøve

(transitive) To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.

bedøvelse

(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.

bedøvelsesmiddel

(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.

bedøvende

Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.

bedrag

An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

bedrage

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

bedrager

A person who performs any such trick.

bedrageri

Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.

bedre

Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.

bedrift

A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.

bedring

A return to normal health.

bedrøvelse

(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.

bedste

(usually, with the) The best or most preferable part.

bedstefar

(informal) grandfather

bedstemor

A mother of someone's parent.

bedugget

Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

beduin

A member of nomadic Arab tribes dwelling in the desert.

bedyre

(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

befale

(transitive) To issue a command to; to charge.

befalingsmand

One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.

befærdet

Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.

befæste

To make stronger or more solid.

befæstning

A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.

befolke

(transitive) To live in; to inhabit.

befolkning

A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.

befordre

(transitive) To advance, promote.

befordring

An act of transporting; conveyance.

befri

To set free from restraint or danger.

befrielse

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

befrier

A person who frees or liberates.

befrugte

(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

befrugtning

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

befuldmægtige

(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.

begå

(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

begå fejl

(intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.

begå røveri

(intransitive) To commit robbery.

begå underslæb

(legal, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.

begavelse

A marked natural ability or skill.

begavet

Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.

begær

Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

begære

(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.

begærlig

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

begejstret

Devoted; loyal; conscientious.

begge

Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.

begivenhed

An occurrence; something that happens.