Danish
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See also: danish
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- danish (noun; sense Danish pastry)
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Danish (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
(language):
Translations[edit]
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Noun[edit]
Danish (uncountable)
- (collective and in the plural) Natives of Denmark; Danes.
- (informal, countable, chiefly US) Ellipsis of Danish pastry.
Translations[edit]
native of Denmark — see Dane
Danish pastry — see Danish pastry
Adjective[edit]
Danish (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Denmark.
Derived terms[edit]
- Danishness
- Danish axe
- Danish blue
- Danish dog
- Danish longball
- Danish oil
- Danish pastry
- Danish Sign Language
- Danish West Indies
Translations[edit]
of Denmark
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See also[edit]
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Danish terms
- Appendix:Danish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Danish
Further reading[edit]
- ISO 639-1 code da, ISO 639-3 code dan (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Danish, dan
Danish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References[edit]
- “Danish”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams[edit]
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- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English collective nouns
- English informal terms
- English countable nouns
- American English
- English ellipses
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
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