Danish–English dictionary

stridsøkse

An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

stridsplejl

A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.

stridsvogn

A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.

strigle

(transitive) To care for (horses or other animals) by brushing and cleaning them.

strike

(cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.

strikketøj

The action of the verb to knit; the process of producing knitted material.

strisser

(US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.

stroboskop

Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.

strofe

(poetry) A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.

strø

(transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. [from 13th c.]

strødåse

A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

strøg

(golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.

strøm

(Northern England, Scotland) A large stream.

strømer

(informal) A police officer or prison guard.

strømførende

(US, uncomparable) Electrically charged.

strømhvirvel

A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.

strømkreds

A complete circuit for an electric current.

strømme

(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.

strømning

An inclination in a particular direction.

strømpe

(clothing) A knitted or woven covering for the foot.

strømpebukse

A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.

strømpeholder

A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.

strømpistol

(by extension) Any electroshock stun gun.

strømsild

Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).

strømstyrke

(electricity) The amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time.

strube

(archaic) The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.

strubehoste

(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

strubehoved

(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

struds

(ornithology) A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.

struktur

(figurative) The framework underlying a structure.

strukturere

(transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

struktureret

Having structure; organized.

strutteskørt

A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

stryg

A thorough defeat.

stryge

To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.

strygerem

A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor.

strygerne

(music, usually, in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

stub

(countable, and, uncountable) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

stud

(pejorative) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.

studere

To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

studie

Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.

studieværtinde

A female anchorperson.

studium

Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.

studse

(transitive) To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.

studsmus

Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.

studsning

The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.

stuehus

A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.

stuepige

A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).

stuk

(architectural element) A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding.

stum

Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.]

stump

A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.

stundom

On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but not always. [from 16th c.]

stunt

A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.

stuntman

In films, someone who performs stunts that are deemed too dangerous or physically difficult for the main actors to attempt.

stuvning

(uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing. [from 18th c.]

styg

Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.

stykke

A block of any various dense materials.

styld

The act of stealing property.

stylte

Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.

styr

(mostly, in the plural) The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.

styrbord

The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.

styre

(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

styrehus

An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.

styresystem

(computing, software) Software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources to tasks and remote terminals.

styring

(countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.

styrke

(countable) A group organized for the goal of attacking, controling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).

styrmand

(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.

styrt

An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.

styrtdyk

A headfirst fall or jump.

styrtdykning

(economics, etc.) A rapid fall, e.g. in price or value.

styrte

(intransitive, now, archaic) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.

styrtregn

A heavy rain.

styrtsø

(chiefly, in the plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard

Styx

(Greek mythology) The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.

subglacial

Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.

subjekt

(grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.

subjektiv

Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment.

subkutan

Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin.

sublim

(chiefly, poetic, archaic) Of a person: dignified, majestic, noble.

submarin

Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.

subsidiær

Auxiliary or supplemental.

subsidier

Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

substans

Physical matter; material.

substantiv

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

substitut

A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.

subtil

(archaic) Of a person or animal, or of an action or words: clever or skilful in a crafty or devious way; cunning, sly, wily.

succes

The achievement of one's aim or goal. [from 16th c.]

succesfuld

Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.

succesrig

Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.

Sucre

The constitutional capital of Bolivia.

Sudan

Republic of the Sudan, since 1955

sudanesisk

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.

sudoku

(games) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.

suffiks

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

suffragette

(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.

sug

(countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.

sugemærke

(originally, US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. [from 1934]

suggestiv

Tending to suggest or imply.

suk

A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.

sukke

(intransitive) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.

sukkersyge

(disease) Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.]

sule

Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.

sultan

A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1957) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

sulteløn

A meagre allowance of money or wages.

sulten

(colloquial, British) mildly hungry

sum

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

Sumatra

The largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.

sumerer

A person of Sumer.

sumerisk

Of, from or pertaining to Sumer.

sump

(wetland science, specifically) An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.)

sumpskildpadde

(countable) Any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae found throughout the world.

sund

Healthful.

sund fornuft

Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

sundhed

The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. [from 11th c.]

sunni

A follower of Sunni Islam.

super

Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

super-

(slang, augmentative) Super; really; mega-.

superhelt

Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.

superkraft

(countable, originally, fiction) An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.

superlativ

(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing three or more entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the superlative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -est or the word most (e.g. tiniest, most fully); the superlative of inferiority, by adding the word least (e.g. least big, least fully).

supermagt

(countable) A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.

supermarked

A chain of such stores.

supermarkedskæde

A chain of such stores.

supermodel

A highly paid, famous fashion model.

supernova

(star) A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed.

superskurk

A fantasy-fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero.

superstjerne

Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.

suppe

(countable) A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.

sur

Tasting sour or bitter.

sura

Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.

surdej

(obsolete) Leaven; an agent that makes dough rise.

surkål

(countable, uncountable) A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.

surmule

(intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.

surrealisme

(art) An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.

surrealismen

(art) An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.

surrogat

A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.

Susanne

A en given name.

susen

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

sushi

(proscribed) Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.

suspekt

(transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.

suspensorium

(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.

sut

(North America) A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. [from 20th c.]

sutur

A suture.

suveræn

Exercising power of rule.

suverænitet

(by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.

svada

A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.

svag

Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial. [from 18th c.]

svaghed

Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.

svaje

The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.

svale

A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.