English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
WiktionaryAlteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz.
Alternative forms[edit]
- danish (noun; sense Danish pastry)
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Danish (uncountable)
- The language of Danes and Denmark.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
language
- Afrikaans: Deens (af)
- Albanian: Danisht
- Amharic: ዴኒሽ (deniš)
- Arabic: دانماركية (ar) f
- Armenian: դանիերեն (hy) (danieren)
- Asturian: danés (ast) m
- Azerbaijani: Данимарка
- Basque: daniera (eu)
- Belarusian: да́цкая мо́ва f (dáckaja móva), да́цкая f (dáckaja)
- Breton: daneg (br) m
- Bulgarian: датски (datski)
- Catalan: danès (ca) m
- Valencian: danés (ca) m
- Cherokee: ᏓᏂᏍ (danis), ᏕᏂᏏ (denisi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 丹麥語／丹麦语 (zh) (dānmàiyǔ)
- Czech: dánština (cs) f, dánský jazyk m
- Danish: dansk (da)
- Dutch: Deens (nl) n
- Estonian: taani keel
- Farefare: Dannɛ
- Faroese: danskt (fo) n
- Finnish: tanska (fi)
- French: danois (fr) m
- Galician: dinamarqués (gl) m, danés (gl) m
- Georgian: დანიური (daniuri), დანიური ენა (daniuri ena)
- German: Dänisch (de) n
- Greek: δανικά (el) n pl (daniká)
- Greenlandic: qallunaatut (kl)
- Hebrew: דנית f (denít)
- Hindi: डेनिश (ḍeniś)
- Hungarian: dán (hu)
- Icelandic: danska (is) f
- Irish: Danmhairgis
- Italian: danese (it) m
- Japanese: デンマーク語 (ja) (denmākugo)
- Kazakh: дат тілі (dat tılı)
- Khmer: ភាសាដាណឺម៉ាក (phiəsaadaanəɨmaak)
- Korean: 덴마크어 (ko) (denmakeueo)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: danîmarkî (ku)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Latvian: Dāņu
- Ligurian: daneïse m, daneise m, danéize m
- Limburgish: Dieënsj n
- Lithuanian: Danų, Daniškai
- Macedonian: дански m (danski)
- Maltese: daniż
- Marathi: डेनिश f (ḍeniś)
- Moksha: данонь (danoń)
- Mongolian: дани (dani)
- Navajo: Déinish Dineʼé bizaad
- Nepali: ड्यानिश (ḍyāniś)
- North Frisian: Dånsch
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dansk (no) m
- Nynorsk: dansk (nn) m
- Occitan: danés (oc) m
- Persian: دانمارکی (fa) (dânmârki)
- Polish: duński (pl)
- Portuguese: dinamarquês (pt) m, danês m
- Romanian: daneză (ro) f
- Russian: да́тский (ru) (dátskij)
- Scots: Dens
- Scottish Gaelic: Danmhairgis f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дански m
- Roman: danski (sh) m
- Slovak: dánčina (sk) f
- Slovene: dánščina (sl) f
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Danšćina
- Upper Sorbian: Dańšćina
- Spanish: danés (es) m
- Swahili: Kideni, Kidenishi
- Swedish: danska (sv)
- Tagalog: Danes (tl)
- Tamil: டேனிஷ் (ṭēṉiṣ)
- Tatar: дания (daniyä)
- Thai: ภาษาเดนมาร์ก
- Tigrinya: ዴኒሽ (deniš)
- Turkish: Danca (tr)
- Ukrainian: да́тська мо́ва f (dátsʹka móva)
- Urdu: ڈینش
- Vietnamese: tiếng Đan-mạch
- Volapük: Danänapük (vo)
- Walloon: daenwès (wa) m
- Welsh: Daneg (cy)
- West Frisian: Deensk (fy) n
- Yiddish: דעניש n (denish)
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Adjective[edit]
Danish (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Denmark.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of Denmark
- Afrikaans: Deens (af)
- Albanian: danez (sq)
- Arabic: دَنْمَارْكِيّ (danmārkiyy)
- Armenian: դանիական (hy) (daniakan)
- Asturian: danés (ast)
- Azerbaijani: dan (az)
- Basque: daniar
- Belarusian: да́цкі (dácki), да́нскі (dánski)
- Bengali: ডেনীয় (bn) (ḍeniẏo)
- Bulgarian: да́тски (dátski)
- Burmese: ဒိန်းမတ် (din:mat)
- Catalan: danès (ca)
- Valencian: danés (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 丹麥的／丹麦的 (zh) (Dānmài de)
- Czech: dánský (cs)
- Danish: dansk (da)
- Dutch: Deens (nl)
- Esperanto: dana (eo)
- Estonian: taani
- Farefare: dan
- Faroese: danskur
- Finnish: tanskalainen (fi)
- French: danois (fr) m
- Friulian: danês
- Galician: dinamarqués (gl), danés (gl)
- Georgian: დანიური (daniuri)
- German: dänisch (de)
- Greek: δανικός (el) (danikós)
- Hawaiian: Kenemaka
- Hebrew: דני (deni)
- Hindi: डैनिश (hi) (ḍainiś)
- Hungarian: dán (hu)
- Icelandic: danskur (is)
- Interlingua: danese (ia)
- Irish: Danmhargach
- Italian: danese (it)
- Japanese: デンマークの (ja) (Denmāku no)
- Kazakh: дат (dat), дания (daniä)
- Khmer: ដាណឺម៉ាក (km) (daanəɨmaak)
- Korean: 덴마크의 (ko) (denmakeuui)
- Kyrgyz: дан (ky) (dan), дания (daniya), даниялык (ky) (daniyalık)
- Lao: ແດນມາກ (dǣn māk)
- Latvian: dāņu, dānisks
- Lithuanian: danų (lt), daniškas (lt)
- Macedonian: дански (danski)
- Malay: Denmark (ms)
- Marathi: डेनिश (ḍeniś)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dansk (no)
- Nynorsk: dansk (nn)
- Occitan: danés (oc)
- Old English: denisc
- Pashto: ډنمارکي (ḍanmárkí)
- Persian: دانمارکی (fa) (dânmârki)
- Polish: duński (pl)
- Portuguese: dinamarquês (pt), danês
- Romanian: danez (ro)
- Russian: да́тский (ru) (dátskij)
- Scottish Gaelic: Danmhairgeach
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: да̑нскӣ
- Roman: dȃnskī (sh)
- Slovak: dánsky (sk)
- Slovene: dánski (sl)
- Spanish: danés (es), dinamarqués (es)
- Swedish: dansk (sv)
- Tagalog: Danes (tl)
- Tajik: даниягӣ (tg) (daniyagī)
- Tatar: дания (daniyä)
- Thai: เดนมาร์ก (th) (den-màak)
- Turkish: Danimarkalı (tr)
- Turkmen: daniýaly
- Ukrainian: да́тський (dátsʹkyj), да́нський (uk) (dánsʹkyj)
- Urdu: ڈینش (ḍainiś)
- Uyghur: دانىش (danish), دانىيە (daniye)
- Uzbek: dan (uz), daniya (uz)
- Vietnamese: Đan Mạch (vi)
- Yiddish: דעניש (denish)
- Zhuang: Danhmwz
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Danish (plural Danish)
- (usually collective) Danes, natives of Denmark.
Translations[edit]
native of Denmark
— see DaneDanish (countable and uncountable, plural Danishes)
- (informal, chiefly US) Ellipsis of Danish pastry.
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Further reading[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Persian دانش (literally “knowledge, science, wisdom”).
Proper noun[edit]
Danish
- A male given name.
Etymology 3[edit]
Dan + -ish
Adjective[edit]
Danish (not comparable)
- (very rare) The nature or characteristics of someone named Dan.
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Danish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
