danska

See also: Danska

Faroese

Verb

danska (third person singular past indicative danskaði, third person plural past indicative danskaðu, supine danskað)

1. danicize
2. to translate into Danish

Declension

Conjugation of danska (group v-30)

infinitive	danska
supine	danskað
	present	past
first singular	danski	danskaði
second singular	danskar	danskaði
third singular	danskar	danskaði
plural	danska	danskaðu
participle (a6)1	danskandi	danskaður
	imperative
singular	danska!
plural	danskið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanska/

  Rhymes: -anska

Noun

danska f (genitive singular dönsku, no plural)

1. Danish (language)

Declension

Declension of danska (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	danska	danskan
accusative	dönsku	dönskuna
dative	dönsku	dönskunni
genitive	dönsku	dönskunnar

Old Norse

Adjective

danska

1. inflection of danskr
   1. indefinite singular feminine accusative of danskr
   2. indefinite plural masculine accusative of danskr
   3. definite singular masculine oblique of danskr
   4. definite singular feminine nominative of danskr
   5. definite singular neuter of danskr

Noun

danska f (genitive dǫnsku)

1. Scandinavian (language), Old Norse
2. Danish (language)

Declension

Declension of danska (weak ōn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	danska	danskan
accusative	dǫnsku	dǫnskuna
dative	dǫnsku	dǫnskunni
genitive	dǫnsku	dǫnskunnar

Related terms

• danir m pl (“the Danish”)
• danskr (“pertaining to (the) Danish”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: danska f
• Faroese: danska f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dansk m
• Norwegian Bokmål: dansk m
• Swedish: danska c
• Danish: dansk c

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “danska”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 85; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²danska/

Adjective

danska

1. inflection of dansk:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Noun

danska c

1. (uncountable) Danish (language)

   Talar du danska?

   Do you speak Danish?

2. (countable) a female Dane

   Hon är danska

   She is a [female] Dane / Danish [See vara for why there is no article. "Hon är dansk" also works.]

   två danskor

   two Danish women

Declension

Declension of danska

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	danska	danskas
	definite	danskan	danskans
plural	indefinite	danskor	danskors
	definite	danskorna	danskornas

Derived terms

• dansktalande
• danskspråkig

Related terms

• Danmark
• dansk

References

• “danska”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “danska”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “danska”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• saknad, skadan