Danish–English dictionary

sprogvidenskabelig

Of or relating to linguistics.

sprogvidenskabsmand

(usually) One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science.

sprød

Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.

sprøjte

A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

sprudlende

(of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy.

spule

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

spurv

A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.

sputnik

(historical) Any of a series of Soviet robotic space satellites, especially the first one in 1957.

spy

(transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,

spyd

A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.

spydig

(figuratively, of a look, word) Incisive; penetrating; piercing.

spygat

(nautical) A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.

spyt

(physiology) A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.

spytslikker

One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.

spytte

(ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

squash

(British, Ireland, uncountable) A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.

stå

(intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.

stå inde for

(transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.

stå op

(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.

stå vagt

(transitive) To watch over as a guard.

stab

(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

stabel

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

stabil

Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.

stade

A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.

stadie

A phase.

stadig

Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

stadion

A venue where sporting events are held.

stådreng

(coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]

stafet

(sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.

staffeli

An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.

stagflation

(economics) Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment. [from 1965]

stak

A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.

stål

(countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

stald

(chiefly, British) A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.

stalde

(transitive) To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.

staldkarl

A person who looks after horses.

Stalin

A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin.

Stalingrad

(historical) Former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961.

stalinisme

The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

stamfader

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.

stamkunde

A frequent customer, client or business partner.

stamme

(intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.

stampe

To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.

stampen

An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.

stand

(historical) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm). [from 14th c.]

standard

(electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory

standart

(heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.

standpunkt

A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.

standse

(transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). [from 14th c.]

stang

A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.

stange

(transitive, of an animal) To pierce with a horn or tusk.

stank

a strong foul smell; a stink.

stanniol

(informal) Aluminium foil.

stanse

(transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.

star

Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.

start

The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.

startbane

(aviation) A section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from.

starte

(transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.

starut

(chiefly, US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.

ståsted

A state of mind.

stat

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

statelig

Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.

station

A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.

stationær redaktion

A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.

stationsmester

(rail) The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads.

statistisk

Of or pertaining to statistics.

stativ

A three-legged stand or mount.

statsborger

A legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role. [from 14th c.]

statsborgerskab

The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.

statskasse

A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.

statsmand

A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.

statue

A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.

status

A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.

status quo

The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.

stav

(military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.

stavbakterie

An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+1⁄2 yards.

stave

(intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]

stavelse

(linguistics) A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.

stavemåde

(countable) A specific spelling of a word.

stavlygte

(Canada, US, Philippines) A battery-powered hand-held light source.

stædig

Adamant; immovable.

stædighed

The state of being stubborn.

stækbar

Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.

stængel

A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.

stænk

(physics, weather) Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.

stænke

(cooking, transitive) To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking.

stær

A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.

stærk

(of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.

stærke side

A strength or talent; a strong point.

stævn

(nautical, precisely) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.

stævne

(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.

stævnemøde

A pre-arranged meeting.

stævning

(law) A writ requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.

stearinlys

A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.

sted

A particular point or place in physical space.

sted-

A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.

stedbror

The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.

steddatter

The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

stedfar

(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.

stedfortræder

A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.

stedord

(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.

stedsegrøn

Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.

stedsøn

The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

stedsøster

The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.

Stefanus

(biblical character) The first Christian martyr.

steg

(slang, metaphor) A physically attractive person, typically a woman.

stege

(transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.

stegemad

(Ireland, British, cuisine) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.

stejl

Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

stejle

(of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.

stemme

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

stemme overens

(intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.

stemmejern

A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.

stemmeret

The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage.

stemmetæller

A person who counts the votes in an election.

stemning

(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

stempel

(mechanics) A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)

stempelmærke

A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.

stemple

(transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).

stemt

(transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce

sten

(uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.

sten-

Constructed of stone.

stenagtig

Having the appearance of stone.

stenblok

(chiefly, UK, Irish) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.

stenbrud

(mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.

stenbuk

Someone with a Capricorn star sign.

Stenbukken

(astrology) The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology).

stendynge

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

stendysse

A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

stene

(transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.

stenet

(slang) High on drugs, especially cannabis.

stenkul

A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.

stentøj

A type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous.

Stephanie

A en given name.

steppe

The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. [from 1671]

stereoanlæg

(by extension) Any object or device equipped with audio components that reproduces sound in stereo, such as a stereo console in the home.

steril

Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.

stetoskop

(medicine) A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.

stewardesse

A member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.

sti

(computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.

stift

A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.

stifter

One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).

stige

(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.

stige i værdi

(intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.

stigma

A mark of infamy or disgrace.

stigning

For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger

stik

(used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.

stikdåse

A block of electrical sockets that attaches to the end of a flexible cable and allows multiple electrical devices to be plugged in.

stikke

(intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities. [from 20th c.]

stikke af

(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.