Danish

See also: danish

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz.

Alternative forms

• danish (noun; sense Danish pastry)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/

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Proper noun

Danish (uncountable)

2. The language of Danes and Denmark.

Derived terms

• Old Danish
• Middle Danish
• Modern Danish

Translations

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

• Chechen: датхойн мотт (datxojn mott)
• 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)

Adjective

Danish (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Denmark.

Derived terms

• Danish axe
• Danish blue
• Danish dog
• Danish Gambit
• Danish longball
• Danishness
• Danish oil
• Danish pastry
• Danish Red
• Danish seine
• Danish Sign Language
• Danish West Indies

Translations

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)

• Chechen: датхойн (datxojn)
• 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) (daniyagi)
• 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

Noun

Danish (plural Danish)

1. (usually collective) Danes, natives of Denmark.

Translations

native of Denmark — see Dane

Noun

Danish (countable and uncountable, plural Danishes)

1. (informal, chiefly US) Ellipsis of Danish pastry.
   • 1984 March 8, Peggy Speirs, “Doing the birdie on a long, long break”, in Evening Post, number 32,833, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 5:

     Hotel food is reasonably good, and rather British, except for breakfasts, when most hotels serve ensaimades, a puff pastry half way between a croissant and a Danish.

Translations

Danish pastry — see Danish pastry

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Danish terms
• Appendix:Danish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Danish

References

• “Danish”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code da, ISO 639-3 code dan (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Danish, dan ⁠
• Danish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Urdu دَانِش (dāniś), from Classical Persian دَانِش (dāniš).

Proper noun

Danish

1. A male given name.

Etymology 3

From Dan +‎ -ish.

Adjective

Danish (not comparable)

1. (very rare) Characteristic of someone named Dan.

See also

• Danielish

Anagrams

• handis, sandhi

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دانش (“knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛ.neʃ]
• Rhymes: -niʃ, -iʃ
• Hyphenation: Da‧nish

Proper noun

Danish (Jawi spelling دانيش)

1. a male given name from Persian