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baa {interj} (cry of sheep) :: mæh,
baa {v} (to make the cry of sheep) :: bræge
Baba Yaga {prop} (hag who flies through the air in a mortar) :: Baba Yaga
babble {v} (to utter words indistinctly) :: pludre, mumle
babble {v} (to talk incoherently) :: vrøvle, bavle
babble {v} (to talk much) :: sludre, plapre, vrøvle, ævle
babble {v} (to make a continuous murmuring noise) :: mumle
babble {v} (to utter in an indistinct or incoherent way) :: vrøvle
babble {v} (to disclose by too free talk) :: røbe
babble {n} (idle talk) :: pladder, bavl {n}
babble {n} (inarticulate speech) :: mumlen {c}, pludren {c}
babble {n} (the sound of flowing water) :: pludren {c}
babby {n} (baby) SEE: baby ::
babe {n} (baby or infant) SEE: baby ::
babe {n} (darling) SEE: baby ::
Babism {n} (19th-century Persian pantheistical religious sect) :: babisme {c}
baboon {n} (primate) :: bavian {c}
babushka {n} (matryoshka) SEE: Russian doll ::
baby {n} (very young human being) :: spædbarn {n}, baby {c}
baby {n} (immature or infantile person) :: pattebarn
baby blue {adj} (pale blue color) :: babyblå
baby boom {n} (any increase in the birth rate) :: babyboom {n}
baby bottle {n} (bottle with a teat) :: sutteflaske {c}
baby buggy {n} (a wheeled chair for the transport of a baby) SEE: stroller ::
baby carriage {n} (cart that is designed for moving a baby around in a lying position) SEE: pram ::
baby corn {n} (young maize) :: babymajs {c}
baby doll {n} (doll) :: babydukke {c}
baby doll {n} (night-dress) :: babydoll {c}
baby face {n} (face resembling that of a baby) :: babyface {n}
baby face {n} (headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits) :: babyface
baby fat {n} (natural fat of the body of a child) SEE: puppy fat ::
baby food {n} (food designed for babies) :: babymad {c}
baby hatch {n} (hatch for abandoned children) :: babyluge {c}
Babylon {prop} (capital of Babylonia) :: Babylon
Babylonian {adj} (pertaining to the city or empire of Babylon) :: babylonisk, babylonsk
Babylonian {n} (person from the kingdom of Babylonia) :: babylonier {c}, babyloner {c}
baby massage {n} (massage therapy for infants) SEE: infant massage ::
baby monitor {n} (Intercom system) :: babyalarm {c}
baby oil {n} :: babyolie {c}
baby pink {adj} (pale pink color) :: babylyserød
baby powder {n} (astringent powder) :: babypudder {n}
babysit {v} (To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money) :: babysitte
babysitter {n} (baby or child caretaker) :: babysitter, barnepige, aftenvagt
babysitting {n} (work of a babysitter) :: babysitning {c}, babysitting {c}
baby talk {n} (form of speech used when talking to babies) :: babysnak {c}
baby tooth {n} (tooth which will be replaced) SEE: milk tooth ::
baby weight {n} (weight of a baby at birth) SEE: birth weight ::
baccalaureate {n} (bachelor's degree) SEE: bachelor's degree ::
baccarat {n} (card game) :: baccarat
bachelor {n} (unmarried man) :: ungkarl {c}
bachelor {n} (bachelor's degree) :: bachelor {c}, bachelorgrad {c}
bachelor {n} (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) :: bachelor {c}
bachelorette party {n} (bachelorette party) :: polterabend {c}
bachelor party {n} (party) :: polterabend {c}
bachelor's degree {n} (first or lowest academic degree) :: bachelor {c}, bachelorgrad {c}
bacillophobia {n} (fear of microbes) :: bacilleskræk {c}, bacilskræk {c}
back {adv} (to or in a previous condition or place) :: tilbage
back {n} (the rear of body) :: ryg {c}
back {n} (the reverse side) :: bagside {c}
back and forth {adv} (from one place to another and back again) :: frem og tilbage
backbone {n} (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord) :: rygrad {c}
backbone {n} (any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure) :: fundament {n}, basis {c}
backbone {n} (courage, fortitude, or strength) :: rygrad {c}
backbone {n} (backbone) SEE: spine ::
backburn {n} (prescribed burn) :: modbrand {c}
back door {n} (subsidiary entrance to building) :: bagdør {c}
back door {n} (secret, unprotected means of access) :: bagdør {c}
back door {n} (computing: secret means of access) :: bagdør {c}
back door {n} (automotive: rear door) :: bagdør {c}
backdoor {n} (backdoor (all definitions)) SEE: back door ::
backdrop {n} (a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage) :: bagtæppe {n}
backdrop {n} (background of a historical event) :: baggrund {c}
back-formation {n} (linguistic process) :: subtraktionsdannelse {c}
back-formation {n} (word formed by this linguistic process) :: subtraktionsdannelse {c}
backgammon {n} (board game) :: backgammon {n}
back garden {n} (garden at the rear of a property) :: baghave {c}
background radiation {n} (ionizing radiation that is naturally present in the environment) :: baggrundsstråling {c}
backlash {n} (sudden backward motion) :: pludselig reaktion {c}
backlash {n} (violent or abrubt reaction) :: voldsom reaktion {c}, voldsom protestreaktion {c}
backlash {n} (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts) :: spil {n}
backless {adj} (having no back) :: rygløs
backlog {n} (an accumulation or buildup) :: efterslæb {n}, pukkel {c}
backlog {n} (a reserve source or supply) :: reserve {c}, fond {c}
back matter {n} (parts of a book that appear after the text) :: bagtekst
backpack {n} (worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking) :: rygsæk {c}
backrest {n} (back piece of a chair) :: ryglæn {n}
back seat {n} (seat) :: bagsæde {n}
backside {n} (back side of something) :: bagside
backside {n} (buttocks) :: numse, bagdel
back street {n} (small and narrow street) :: baggade {c}
back to front {adj} (reversed) :: bagvendt, omvendt
back vowel {n} (Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth) :: bagtungevokal {c}
backward compatible {adj} (compatible with older systems) :: baglæns kompatibel
backwards {adj} (oriented toward the back) :: bagudrettet
backwards {adj} (reversed) :: bagvendt, omvendt
backwards {adj} (behind current trends) :: efter, efterbliven
backwards {adv} (toward the back) :: baglæns
backwards {adv} (in the opposite direction of usual) :: bagvendt
backwards {adv} (with back preceding the front) :: baglænges
backyard {n} (yard to the rear of a house) :: baggård {c}, baghave {c}
bacon {n} (cut of meat) :: flæsk {n}
bacon beetle {n} (beetle feeding on food) :: flæskeklanner
bacteria {n} (bacteria) :: bakterie
bacterial {adj} (of or caused by bacteria) :: bakteriel
bacteriological {adj} (of or pertaining to bacteriology) :: bakteriologisk
bacteriologist {n} (microbiologist) :: bakteriolog {c}
bacteriology {n} (scientific study of bacteria) :: bakteriologi {c}
bacteriophage {n} (a virus that infects bacteria) :: bakteriofag {c}
bacterium {n} (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles) :: bakterie
Bactria {prop} (Greek name for ancient country) :: Baktrien
bad {adj} (unfavorable; negative) :: dårlig, skod
bad {adj} (not suitable or fitting) :: dårlig
bad {adj} (not appropriate, of manners etc.) :: dårlig
bad {adj} (tricky; stressful; unpleasant) :: dårlig, ubehagelig
bad {adj} (evil, wicked) :: ond, slet, slem
bad {adj} (faulty; not functional) :: dårlig
bad {adj} (of breath: malodorous) :: dårlig
bad {adv} (badly) SEE: badly ::
badass {adj} (belligerent and troublesome) SEE: belligerent ::
badass {n} (belligerent or mean person) :: badass {c}
bad breath {n} (unpleasant breath) :: dårlig ånde {c}
baddie {n} (a person of bad character in a work of fiction) :: skurk {c}
Baden {prop} (former state) :: Baden
Baden-Württemberg {prop} (state of Germany) :: Baden-Württemberg
badge {n} (distinctive mark) :: mærke {n}, emblem {n}
badger {v} (fart) SEE: fart ::
badger {n} (mammal) :: grævling {c}
badlands {n} (arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks) :: badland {n}
bad luck {n} (misfortune) :: uheld {n}
badly {adv} (in a bad manner) :: dårligt
badminton {n} (a racquet sport) :: badminton {c}
badminton court {n} (indoor court) :: badmintonbane {c}
badminton player {n} (a person who plays badminton) :: badmintonspiller {c}
badware {n} (malware) SEE: malware ::
bag {n} (flexible container) :: bærepose, sæk, taske
bag {n} (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) :: pose
bag {n} (ugly woman) :: sæk
bag {n} (suitcase) SEE: suitcase ::
bag {n} (backpack) SEE: backpack ::
bagel {n} (toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked) :: bagel {c}
baggage {n} (luggage) SEE: luggage ::
Baghdad {prop} (city) :: Bagdad
Baghdad Bob {prop} (Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf) :: Komiske Ali [Comical Ali]
bagpipe {n} (bagpipes) SEE: bagpipes ::
bagpiper {n} (one who plays the bagpipes) :: sækkepibespiller {c}
bagpipes {n} (musical wind instrument) :: sækkepibe
bag snatcher {n} (thief who snatches a handbag) :: tasketyv {c}
baguette {n} (a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape) :: flute {n}
Bahamas {prop} (country in the Caribbean) :: Bahamas
Bahamian {adj} (pertaining to the Bahamas) :: bahamansk
Bahamian {n} (person from the Bahamas) :: bahamaner {c}
Bahrain {prop} (country in the Middle East) :: Bahrain
Bahraini {n} (a person from Bahrain or of Bahraini descent) :: bahrainer {c}
Bahraini {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Bahrain or the Bahraini people) :: bahrainsk
baiji {n} (freshwater dolphin) :: kinesisk floddelfin {c}
Baikal {prop} (a large lake in Russia) :: Bajkalsøen
bail {n} (security) :: kaution {c}
bail {n} (release from imprisonment on payment of such money) :: løsladelse mod kaution {c}
bail {n} (person providing such payment.) :: kautionist {c}
bain-marie {n} (pan containing hot water) :: vandbad {n}
Baird's sandpiper {n} (Calidris bairdii) :: bairdsryle
Bajan {prop} (Barbadian) SEE: Barbadian ::
Bajan {adj} (Barbadian) SEE: Barbadian ::
bake {v} (to cook in an oven) :: bage
bake {v} (to dry by heat) :: tørre
bake {v} (to become baked) :: bage
baked beans {n} (food) :: hvide bønner i tomatsauce
baked goods {n} (bread etc.) :: bagværk {n}
baker {n} (person who bakes and sells bread, etc) :: bager {c}
Baker {prop} (Occupational surname) :: Bager
baker's {n} (bakery) SEE: bakery ::
baker's dozen {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin ::
baker's dozen {n} (group of thirteen) :: bagerdusin {n}
bakery {n} (a shop in which bread and such is baked and sold) :: bageri {n}
baking {n} (action in which something is baked) :: bagning {c}
baking powder {n} (dry leavening agent used in baking) :: bagepulver {n}
baking soda {n} (common name for sodium bicarbonate) :: natron {n}
baking tray {n} (oven-proof tray) :: bageplade {c}
baklava {n} (sweet pastry) :: baklava
Baku {prop} (the capital city of Azerbaijan) :: Baku
balaclava {n} (headgear) :: elefanthue
balalaika {n} (Russian instrument) :: balalajka
balance {n} (equilibrium) :: balance {c}, ligevægt {c}
balance {n} (mental equilibrium) :: ligevægt {c}
balance {n} (scales) :: vægtskål {c}, vægt {c}
balance {n} (awareness of both viewpoints) :: afvejning {c}
balance {n} (accounting: list of credits and debits) :: balance {c}
balance {n} (difference between credit and debit of an account) :: saldo {c}
balance {v} (to estimate) SEE: estimate ::
balance {n} (astrology: Libra) SEE: Libra ::
balance beam {n} (gymnastics: narrow wooden rail) :: bom {c}
balance of payments {n} (measure of the flow of money into and out of a country) :: betalingsbalance {c}
balance of power {n} (situation of equilibrium) :: magtbalance {c}
balance of trade {n} (difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time) :: handelsbalance {c}
balance sheet {n} (summary of assets, liabilities and equity) :: balance {c}
balconette {n} (narrow structure extending from a building) :: fransk altan {c}
balcony {n} (structure extending from a building) :: altan {c}, balkon {c}
balcony {n} (structure overlooking a stage) :: balkon {c}
bald {adj} (having no hair) :: skaldet
bald {adj} ((of tyre) whose surface is worn away) :: nedslidt
bald spot {n} (area on the head which has little or no hair) :: måne {c}
bale {v} (to remove water from a boat) SEE: bail ::
Balearic Islands {prop} (group of Mediterranean islands) :: Baleariske Øer {c-p}
Bali {prop} (island of Indonesia) :: Bali
Balkan {adj} (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) :: Balkan
Balkanian {adj} (Balkan) SEE: Balkan ::
Balkanic {adj} (of or relating to Balkan peninsula) SEE: Balkan ::
Balkan Peninsula {prop} (peninsula in southeastern Europe, see also: Balkans) :: Balkanhalvøen {c} [definite form. The indefinite form is not used.], Balkan
Balkans {prop} (geographical region in the southeast of Europe, see also: Balkan Peninsula) :: Balkan
ball {n} (object, generally spherical, used for playing games) :: bold {c}, (hard) kugle
ball {n} (formal dance) :: bal {n}
ballad {n} (narrative poem) :: ballade {c}
ballast {n} (heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel) :: ballast
ball bearing {n} (bearing assembly with spherical balls) :: kugleleje
ball boy {n} (A male person responsible for retrieving balls) :: bolddreng {c}
ballerina {n} (female ballet dancer) :: ballerina {c}
ballet {n} (form of dance) :: ballet {c}
ballet {n} (theatrical presentation) :: ballet {c}
ball game {n} (game played with a ball) :: boldspil {n}
ballgame {n} (ball game) SEE: ball game ::
ballgown {n} (formal gown) :: balkjole {c}
ballistic missile {n} (missile) :: ballistisk missil {n}
ball lightning {n} (a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air) :: kuglelyn
balloon {n} (slang: woman’s breast) SEE: boob ::
balloon {n} (inflatable and buoyant object) :: ballon
balloon {n} (child’s toy) :: ballon
balloon {n} (inflatable object to transport people through the air) :: luftballon
balloon {n} (medicine: sac inserted into part of the body) :: ballon
balloon {n} (speech bubble) SEE: speech bubble ::
balloonfish {n} (blowfish) SEE: blowfish ::
ballot {n} (process of voting) :: afstemning {c}
ballot box {n} (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) :: stemmeurne {c}, valgurne {c}, stemmeboks {c}
ballot paper {n} (voting form) :: stemmeseddel {c}
ball pen {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen ::
ballpoint pen {n} (pen) :: kuglepen {c}
ballroom {n} (large room used for dancing) :: balsal {c}, dansesal {c}
balls {n} (follow the translations in the entry "ball") SEE: ball ::
balls {n} (testicles) :: testikler {c-p}
balm {n} (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants) SEE: balsam ::
balm {n} (plant or tree yielding such substance) SEE: balsam ::
balm {n} (soothing lotion) SEE: balsam ::
balm {n} (figurative: something soothing) SEE: balsam ::
balmy {adj} (soothing or fragrant) :: balsamisk
balmy {adj} (mild and pleasant) :: balsamisk
balsam {n} (soothing ointment) :: balsam {c}
balsam {n} (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens) :: balsamin
Balt {n} (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) :: balter {c}
Baltic {prop} (Baltic Sea) SEE: Baltic Sea ::
Baltic {adj} (of the Baltic region or sea) :: Østersø- [in compound words], baltisk
Baltic {adj} (pertaining to the Baltic languages) :: baltisk
Baltic {adj} (pertaining to the Balts) :: baltisk
Baltic {prop} (Baltic region, Baltic states) :: Baltikum
Baltic herring {n} (Clupea harengus membras) :: østersøsild
Baltic Sea {prop} (a sea) :: Østersøen
balun {n} (electronic device) :: balun
balustrade {n} (row of balusters) :: balustrade
Balzacian {adj} (of or pertaining to Honoré de Balzac or his writings) :: balzaciansk, balzacsk
Bamako {prop} (capital of Mali) :: Bamako
Bambara {prop} (language) :: bambara
bamboo {n} (plant) :: bambus {c}
Bamboo Curtain {prop} (political barrier between communist and capitalist in Asia) :: Bambustæppet
bamboo shoot {n} (edible part of some bamboo types) :: bambusskud {n}
ban {n} (prohibition) :: forbud {n}
Banach space {n} (complete normed vector space) :: Banachrum {n}
banal {adj} (common) :: banal
banana {n} (fruit) :: banan {c}
banana boat {n} (boat meant for towing, often yellow and banana-shaped) :: bananbåd {c}
banana peel {n} (outermost layer of the banana) :: bananskræl {c}
bananaquit {n} (Coereba flaveola) :: banansmutte
banana republic {n} (country) :: bananrepublik {c}, bananstat {c}
banana skin {n} (banana skin) SEE: banana peel ::
banana split {n} (A dessert containing a banana cut in half) :: banana split {c}
band {n} (strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together) :: band
bandage {n} (medical binding) :: bandage {c}
bandage {v} (to apply a bandage to something) :: forbinde
Bandar Seri Begawan {prop} (capital of Brunei) :: Bandar Seri Begawan
bandicoot {n} (small Australian marsupial with a long snout) :: punggrævling {c}
bandit {n} (one who robs others) :: bandit {c}
bandog {n} (guard dog) SEE: guard dog ::
bandwidth {n} (width of a frequency band) :: båndbredde
bandwidth {n} (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) :: båndbredde
bandwidth {n} (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) :: båndbredde
bandy {adj} (bowlegged) :: hjulbenet
bandy {n} (winter sport played on ice) :: bandy {c}
bandy-legged {adj} (bow-legged) :: hjulbenet
bane {v} (to (kill by) poison) SEE: poison ::
bane {n} (killer) SEE: killer ::
bane {n} (source of harm or ruin; affliction) :: bane
bang {n} (A sudden percussive noise) :: brag {n}, knald
bang {n} (A strike upon an object causing such a noise) :: brag {n}, knald
bang {n} (An explosion) :: brag {n}, knald
bang {v} (to make sudden loud noises) :: knalde, brage
bang {v} (slang: to engage in sexual intercourse) :: knalde
bang {interj} (verbal percussive sound) :: bang
banger {n} (woman's breast) SEE: breast ::
Bangkok {prop} (the capital of Thailand) :: Bangkok
Bangla {prop} (Bengali) SEE: Bengali ::
Bangladesh {prop} (country) :: Bangladesh
Bangladeshi {n} (person from Bangladesh or of Bangladeshi descent) :: bangladesher {c}
Bangladeshi {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Bangladesh) :: bangladeshisk
bangs {n} (hair that hangs down over the forehead) :: pandehår
Bangui {prop} (capital of the Central African Republic) :: Bangui
banjo {n} (a musical instrument) :: banjo
Banjul {prop} (capital of the Gambia) :: Banjul
bank {n} (institution) :: bank
bank {n} (branch office) :: bank, bankfilial
bank {n} (storage for important goods) :: -bank
bank {n} (edge of river or lake) :: bred {c}
bank {n} (an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank) :: banke
bank {n} (embankment, an earth slope) :: vold
bank {n} (row or panel of items) :: række, batteri
bankable {adj} (reliable) SEE: reliable ::
bank account {n} (fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank) :: bankkonto {c}
bank card {n} (card issued by a bank) :: hævekort {n} [card which can only be used in the issuing bank]
banked slalom {n} :: banked slalom
banker {n} (one who conducts the business of banking) :: bankier {c}
bank machine {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine ::
banknote {n} (paper currency) :: pengeseddel {c}
bank robber {n} (one who robs or steals from a bank) :: bankrøver {c}
bank robbery {n} (stealing from a bank) :: bankrøveri {n}
bankrupt {adj} (having been legally declared insolvent) :: bankerot, fallit, konkurs
bankruptcy {n} (legally declared or recognised condition of insolvency) :: konkurs {c} [legal], betalingsstandsning {c} [legal, cesession of payment to creditors], fallit {c}, bankerot {c}
bank statement {n} (statement of transactions and balances) :: kontoudtog {n}, kontouddrag {n}, kontoudskrift {c}
banner {n} (flag) :: banner
banner {n} (large sign) :: banner
banner {n} (large piece of cloth with a slogan or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession) :: banner
banner {n} (advertisement on a web page) :: banner {c}, bannerreklame {c}
banner {n} (principal standard of a knight) :: standart, rytterfane
banner {adj} (exceptional; very good) :: fremragende
banquet {n} (a large celebratory meal; a feast) :: middag, banket
banshee {n} (in Irish folklore, a female spirit) :: bansheen
Bantu {n} (language family) :: bantu
baobab {n} (Adansonia digitata) :: baobab {c}, baobabtræ {n}, abebrødtræ {n}
baptise {v} (baptise) SEE: baptize ::
baptism {n} (Christian sacrament) :: dåb {c}
baptismal font {n} (a basin used for baptism) :: døbefont {c}
baptize {v} (To perform the Christian sacrament of baptism) :: døbe
bar {n} (vertical bar mark) SEE: pipe ::
bar {n} (music: section of a staff) SEE: measure ::
bar {prep} (with the exception of) SEE: except ::
bar {n} (solid object with uniform cross-section) :: stang {c}, bom {c}, bjælke {c}
bar {n} (metallurgy: solid object of round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular section) :: stang {c}, bjælke {c}
bar {n} (rail bar at level crossing) :: skranke, bom
bar {n} (cuboid piece of any commodity) :: blok {c}, -bar {c}, -plade {c}
bar {n} (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder) :: felt {n}, linje {c}, stang {c}
bar {n} (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages) :: bar {c}, kro {c}
bar {n} (counter of such a premises) :: bar {c}, bardisk {c}
bar {n} (closet containing alcoholic beverages in a private house or a hotel room) :: hjemmebar {c} [in a hotel room], barskab {n}
bar {n} (official order prohibiting some activity) :: forbud {n}
bar {n} (collective term for lawyers) :: advokatsamfund {n}
bar {n} (nautical: sand formation) :: banke {c}, sandbanke {c}
bar {n} (sports: in high jump and pole vault) :: barre {c}
bar {v} (to obstruct the passage of) :: blokkere
bar {v} (to prohibit) :: forbyde
bar {v} (to lock or bolt with a bar) :: blokkere, afspærre
bar {n} (unit of pressure) :: bar {c}
barb {n} (beard or something that resembles a beard) SEE: beard ::
Barbadian {n} (person from Barbados) :: barbadier {c}
Barbadian {adj} (of or relating to Barbados) :: barbadisk
Barbados {prop} (country in the Caribbean) :: Barbados
Barbara {prop} (cognates and transliterations of female given name) :: Barbara
barbarian {adj} (uncivilized) :: barbar {c}
barbarian {n} (uncivilized person) :: barbar {c}
barbaric {adj} (uncivilised) :: barbarisk
barbarous {adj} (barbarian) SEE: barbarian ::
barbarous {adj} (barbaric) SEE: barbaric ::
Barbary lion {n} (Panthera leo leo) :: Atlasløve
barbecue {n} (cooking instrument) :: barbecue
barbecue {v} (grill) SEE: grill ::
barbecue sauce {n} (type of sauce) :: barbecuesovs {c}
barbed wire {n} (twisted strands of steel wire) :: pigtråd {c}
barber shop {n} (business which offers haircuts to men) SEE: barbershop ::
barbershop {n} (barber's shop) :: frisørsalon {c}, barbersalon {c}
barbiturate {n} (derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system) :: barbiturat
Barcelona {prop} (capital of Catalonia) :: Barcelona
bar chart {n} (graph in the form of boxes of different heights) :: søjlediagram {n}
barcode {n} (set of machine-readable parallel bars) :: stregkode
barcode reader {n} (electronic device) :: stregkodelæser {c}, stregkodescanner {c}
barcode scanner {n} (barcode reader) SEE: barcode reader ::
bare {adj} (naked, uncovered) :: bar
bare-breasted {adj} (having the breasts and nipples exposed) :: barbrystet
barefoot {adj} (wearing nothing on the feet) :: barfodet
barefoot {adv} (wearing nothing on the feet) :: barfodet
barefooted {adj} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot ::
barefooted {adv} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot ::
Barents Region {prop} (the land along the coast of the Barents Sea) :: Barents regionen
Barents Sea {prop} (part of the Arctic Ocean) :: Barentshavet {n} [definite form]
barf {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit ::
barf {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit ::
barge {n} (flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters) :: pram
bar graph {n} (bar chart) SEE: bar chart ::
barista {n} (person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers) :: barista {c}
baritone {n} (male voice) :: baryton {c}
baritone {n} (person, instrument or group) :: baryton {c}
baritone horn {n} (baritone horn) SEE: baritone ::
barium {n} (chemical element) :: barium
bark {v} (to make a loud noise (dogs)) :: , bjæffe
bark {v} (to make a clamor) :: råbe op
bark {v} (to speak sharply) :: råbe, bjæffe [slang]
bark {n} (short, loud, explosive utterance) :: gøen {c}
bark {n} (exterior covering of a tree) :: bark {c}
bark {v} (to strip the bark from, to peel) :: afbarke
bark {v} (to abrade or rub off any outer covering from) :: skrubbe
bark {v} (to cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark) :: tække
bark {n} (small sailing vessel) :: fartøj, bark
bark {n} (three-masted vessel, foremast and mainmast square-rigged, mizzenmast schooner-rigged) :: bark
bark {v} (to girdle) SEE: girdle ::
bark beetle {n} (beetle of Scolytinae) :: barkbille {c}
bark up the wrong tree {v} (bark up the wrong tree) :: tage fejl, være på vildspor, gå galt i byen
barley {n} (Hordeum vulgare or its grains) :: byg {c}
barman {n} (bartender) SEE: bartender ::
barn {n} (child) SEE: child ::
barn {n} (building) :: lade {c} [for storage], stald {c} [for animals]
barnacle {n} (instrument to fix on the nose of a vicious horse) SEE: twitch ::
barnacle {n} (barnacle goose) SEE: barnacle goose ::
barnacle goose {n} (Branta leucopsis) :: bramgås {c}
béarnaise sauce {n} (sauce) :: bearnaisesauce {c}, bearnaisesovs
Barnaul {prop} (city in Russia) :: Barnaul
barn owl {n} (Tyto alba) :: slørugle
barn swallow {n} (species of swallow) :: landsvale {c}, forstuesvale {c}
bar of chocolate {n} (chocolate bar) SEE: chocolate bar ::
bar of chocolate {n} (slab of chocolate) :: plade chokolade {c}
barometer {n} (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) :: barometer {n}
baron {n} (male ruler of a barony) :: baron {c}
baroness {n} (female ruler of a barony) :: baronesse
barony {n} (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) :: baroni {n}
baroque {adj} (laden with detail) :: barok
Baroque {adj} (relating or belonging to the Baroque period) :: barok, barok-
Baroque {prop} (period in architecture) :: barokken {?}
Baroque {prop} (period in art) :: barokken {?}
Baroque {prop} (period in music) :: barok {?}
Baroque guitar {n} (archaic form of guitar from the Baroque era) :: barokguitar {c}
baroque organ {n} (type of pipe organ) :: barokorgel {n}
baroscope {n} (barometer) SEE: barometer ::
barque {n} (sailing vessel, all masts but sternmost square-rigged) :: bark {c}
barquentine {n} (sailing vessel) :: barkentine {?}
barrack {n} (a building for soldiers) :: kaserne
barrack {n} (simple, low structure) :: barak {c}
barracks {n} (buildings used by military personnel) SEE: barrack ::
barracks emperor {n} (emperor who seized power by virtue of his command of the army) :: soldaterkejser {c}
barracuda {n} (predatory competitor) SEE: shark ::
barre chord {n} (a guitar chord) :: barregreb
barrel {n} (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) :: tønde {c}, fad {n}
barrel organ {n} (pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel) :: lirekasse {c}
barricade {n} (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) :: barrikade {c}
barrier {n} (structure that bars passage) :: barriere {c}, afspærring {c}
barrier {n} (obstacle or impediment) :: barriere {c}, forhindring {c}
barrier {n} (boundary or limit) :: grænse {c}
barrier reef {n} (reef separated from the adjacent coast) :: barriererev {n}
barrow {n} (mound of earth and stones raised over a grave) :: gravhøj {c}, kæmpehøj {c}, stendysse {c}, dysse {c}
barrow {n} (small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand) :: trillebør {c}, trækvogn {c}
barrow {n} (castrated boar) :: galt {c}
Barrow's goldeneye {n} (a duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala islandica) :: islandsk hvinand {c}
bartender {n} (person who works in a bar) :: bartender {c}, barmand {c} [male], barpige {c} [younger female]
barter {n} (exchange of goods or services) :: byttehandel {c}, tuskhandel {c} [exchange without money]
Bartholomew {prop} (the Apostle) :: Bartholomæus
baryon {n} (heavy subatomic particle) :: baryon {c}
baryonic {adj} (of or pertaining to baryons) :: baryonisk
Barysaw {prop} (A city in Belarus) :: Barysaw
basalt {n} (hard rock) :: basalt
basaltic {adj} (relating to basalt) :: basaltisk
bascule bridge {n} (type of movable bridge) :: klapbro {c}
base {n} (permanent structure for housing military) :: base {c}
base {n} (headquarters) :: hovedkvarter {n}
base {n} (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid) :: base {c}
base {n} (baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety) :: base {c}
base {n} (lowermost part of a column) :: basis {c}
base {n} (biology: nucleobase in the context of DNA or RNA) :: base {c}
base {n} (electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor) :: basis
base {n} (heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or escutcheon) :: skjoldfod {c}
base {n} (heraldry: lower part of the field) :: skjoldfod {c}
base {n} (math: number raised to the power of an exponent) :: grundtal {n}
base {v} (have as its foundation or starting point) :: basere
base {adj} (describing metals) :: uædel
base {n} (apron) SEE: apron ::
baseball {n} (ball game) :: baseball {c}
based {adj} (founded on) :: baseret
based {v} (being derived from) :: baseret
Basel {prop} (city in Switzerland) :: Basel
baseless {adj} (based on something that is not true) SEE: unfounded ::
basement {n} (floor below ground level) :: kælder
basement {n} (mass of rock) :: grundfjeld {n}
Basenji {n} (Basenji) :: basenji
base year {n} (year chosen for comparison) :: basisår {n}
bash {v} (collide) SEE: collide ::
Bashkir {adj} (of or relating to Bashkortostan or its people) :: Basjkirsk
Bashkir {n} (a Bashkir person) :: Basjkir {?}
Bashkir {prop} (language) :: basjkirsk
Bashkiria {prop} (Bashkortostan) SEE: Bashkortostan ::
Bashkortostan {prop} (federal subject of Russia) :: Basjkortostan, Basjkirien
Bashkortostani {adj} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir ::
Bashkortostani {n} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir ::
basic {adj} (necessary, essential for life or some process) :: basal, grundlæggende
basic {adj} (elementary, simple, merely functional) :: basal, elementær
basic {adj} (chemistry: of a base) :: basisk
basic form {n} :: grundform {c}
basic income {n} (basic income) :: borgerløn {c}
basic research {n} (type of research) :: grundforskning {c}
basil {n} (plant) :: basilikum {c}
basil {n} (herb) :: basilikum {c}
basilean {n} (partisan of a king) SEE: royalist ::
basilica {n} (Christian church building having a nave) :: basilika {c}
basin {n} (wide bowl for washing) :: bassin {n}
basin {n} (area of land that drains into a common outlet) :: afvandingsområde {n}
basis {n} (linearly independent, spanning set of vectors) :: basis {c}
basket {n} (container) :: kurv {c}
basket {n} (notional place to store items before ordering them online) :: indkøbskurv
basket {n} (basketball: hoop from which a net is suspended) :: kurv, ring
basket {n} (basketball: act of putting the ball through the basket) :: scoring
basketball {n} (the sport) :: basketball {c}
basketball {n} (the ball used in the sport) :: basketball {c}
basketball hoop {n} (a hoop use in basketball) :: basketballkurv {c}, basketkurv {c}
basketball player {n} (person who plays basketball) :: basketballspiller {c}
basketmaker {n} (person who weaves baskets) :: kurvemager
basking shark {n} (Cetorhinus maximus) :: brugde {c}
Basque {n} (language) :: baskisk {n}
Basque {n} (member of a people) :: basker {c}
Basque {adj} (relative to the Basque people or their language) :: baskisk
Basque Country {prop} (geographical region in Spain and France) :: Baskerlandet
Basque Country {prop} (the region where the Basque language is spoken) :: Baskerlandet
Basque Country {prop} (autonomous community within Spain) :: Baskerlandet
Basseterre {prop} (capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis) :: Basseterre
Basse-Terre {prop} (capital city of Guadeloupe) :: Basse-Terre
bass fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass ::
bass guitar {n} (stringed musical instrument) :: basguitar
bassoon {n} (musical instrument in the woodwind family) :: fagot {c}
bassoonist {n} (person who plays the bassoon) :: fagottist
bass viol {n} (musical instrument) SEE: double bass ::
bass violin {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass ::
bastard {n} (person born to unmarried parents) :: bastard {c}, uægte barn {n}, horeunge [archaic]
bastard {n} (contemptible etc. person) :: røvhul {n}, skiderik
bastardly {adj} (born outside of wedlock) :: uægte
bastardly {adj} (of no use) :: tarvelig, ubrugelig, værdiløs
Bastian {prop} (Cognates to Bastian) :: Bastian
bastille {n} (prison) SEE: prison ::
bastille {n} (fortress) SEE: fortress ::
bastion {n} (projecting part of a rampart) :: bastion {c}
bastion {n} (well-fortified position) :: befæstning {c}
bastion {n} (person who strongly defends some principle) :: bastion {c}
bat {n} (small flying mammal) :: flagermus {c}
bate {v} (masturbate) SEE: masturbate ::
bath {n} (tub) :: badekar {n}
bath {v} (To wash a person or animal in a bath) :: bade
bathe {v} (to clean oneself with water) :: bade
bathe {n} (act of bathing) :: bad {n}
bathe {v} (to sunbathe) SEE: sunbathe ::
bathhouse {n} (a building with baths for communal use) :: badehus {n}
bathing suit {n} (tight fitting garment for swimming) SEE: swimsuit ::
bathing trunks {n} (pair of shorts or briefs) SEE: swimming trunks ::
bath mat {n} (mat used next to a bathtub) :: bademåtte {c}
bathos {n} (depth) SEE: depth ::
bathos {n} (nadir) SEE: nadir ::
bathos {n} (anticlimax) SEE: anticlimax ::
bathrobe {n} (terrycloth robe) :: badekåbe {c}
bathroom {n} (a room with a bathtub) :: badeværelse {n}
bathroom {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet ::
Bathsheba {prop} (biblical character) :: Batseba {c}
bathtub {n} (large container in which a person may bathe) :: badekar {n}
bathwater {n} (water used in a bath) :: badevand {n}
batik {n} (A method of dyeing fabric) :: batik
baton {n} (military staff of office) :: stav {c}, embedsstav {c}, marskalstav {c} [of a marshal]
baton {n} (music: conductor's stick) :: taktstok {c}, dirigentstok {c}
baton {n} (sports: object transferred by relay runners) :: stafet {c}
baton {n} (club of the police) :: politistav {c}, knippel {c}
battalion {n} (army unit) :: bataljon {c}
batter {v} (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) :: slå, slå ind, banke, smadre
batter {v} (to coat with batter) :: panere
batter {v} (to flatten metal) :: hamre, udbanke
batter {n} (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) :: dej {c}
battering ram {n} (type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls) :: rambuk {c}
battery {n} (device storing electricity) :: batteri {n}
battery {n} (legal: act of unlawful violence) :: legemsbeskadigelse {c}, legemskrænkelse {n}
battery {n} (coordinated group of artillery) :: batteri {n}
battery {n} (array of similar things) :: batteri {n}
battery hen {n} (hen kept in small cage) :: burhøne {c}
battery-powered {adj} (powered by battery) :: batteridrevet
battle {n} (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat) :: slag {n}
battle {n} (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life) :: kamp {c}
battle-ax {n} (battle axe) SEE: battle axe ::
battle axe {n} (electric guitar) SEE: electric guitar ::
battle axe {n} (ancient military weapon) :: stridsøkse {c}
battle cry {n} (something the troops yell out when going to war or battle) :: kampråb {n}, krigsråb {n}
battlefield {n} (field of a land battle) :: slagmark {c}
battleground {n} (location) SEE: battlefield ::
battleground state {n} (swing state) SEE: swing state ::
Battle of Britain {prop} (series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe during World War II) :: slaget om England {n}
battle of the sexes {n} (persistent state of opposition between males and females) :: kønskamp {c}, kønskrig {c}
battle of the sexes {n} (any competition between males and females) :: kønskamp {c}, kønskrig {c}
battleship {n} (warship) :: slagskib {n}
battleship {n} (guessing game) :: sænke slagskibe
bauxite {n} (ore) :: bauxit {c}
Bavaria {prop} (state) :: Bayern
Bavarian {adj} (of or pertaining to Bavaria) :: bayersk
Bavarian {n} (person from Bavaria or of Bavarian descent) :: bayersk
Bavarian {prop} (German dialect) :: bayersk
bay {n} (body of water) :: bugt {c}
bay leaf {n} (herb) :: laurbærblad {n}
Bay of Bengal {prop} (Large bay in the northeastern Indian Ocean) :: Bengalske Bugt
Bay of Biscay {prop} (gulf) :: Biscayen, Biscayabugten
Bay of Mecklenburg {prop} (bay in the Baltic Sea) :: Mecklenburg bugt
bayonet {n} (weapon) :: bajonet {c}
bazaar {n} (marketplace) :: basar
BBC {prop} (British Broadcasting Corporation) :: BBC
BC {adv} (before Christ) :: f.Kr.
Büchner flask {n} (a laboratory flask) :: sugekolbe {c}
Büchner funnel {n} (a piece of laboratory equipment used in filtration) :: büchnertragt {c}
BDSM {n} (sexual practice) :: BDSM
be {v} (occupy a place) :: være
be {v} (occur, take place) :: finde sted, ske
be {v} (exist) :: være, være til
be {v} (elliptical form of "be here", or similar) :: være, være her
be {v} (used to indicate that the subject and object are the same) :: være
be {v} (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same) :: være, være lig med
be {v} (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal) :: være
be {v} (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it) :: være
be {v} (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase) :: være
be {v} (used to form the passive voice) :: blive
be {v} (used to form the continuous forms of various tenses) :: Not used in Danish
be {v} ((archaic) used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs) :: være
be {v} (used to form future tenses, especially the future subjunctive) :: ville
be {v} (used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like) :: være
be able to {v} (have ability to) :: kunne
beach {n} (sandy shore) :: strand {c}
beachhead {n} (area of hostile territory) :: brohoved {n}
beachhead {n} (initial success) :: brohoved {n}
bead tree {n} (Melia azedarach) :: paternostertræ
beak {n} (structure projecting from a bird's face) :: næb
beaker {n} (flat-bottomed vessel) :: bægerglas
beam {n} (large piece of timber or iron) :: bjælke
beam {n} (principal horizontal beam in a building) :: bjælke {c}, drager {c}
beam {v} (to emit light) :: stråle
bean {n} (seed) :: bønne {c}, bønner {p}
bean goose {n} (Anser fabalis) :: sædgås {c}
beanie {n} (cap that fits the head closely) :: hue {c}
beanlike {adj} (having the nature of a bean) :: bønneagtig
beany {adj} (beanlike) SEE: beanlike ::
bear {v} (to give birth) SEE: give birth ::
bear {adj} (finance: characterized by falling prices) :: bjørn
bear {v} (to carry) :: bære
bear {v} (to be equipped with) :: bære, føre
bear {v} (to declare as testimony) :: vidne [bear testimony]
bear {v} (to support or sustain) :: understøtte
bear {v} (to tolerate, to put up with) :: tåle, udstå
bear {v} (to produce or yield) :: bære, frembringe
bear {v} (to be in a specific direction) :: bære, mod
bear {n} (large mammal of family Ursidae) :: bjørn {c}
bear {n} (large hairy man) :: bjørn {c}
bearberry {n} (the genus Arctostaphylos) :: melbærris
bearberry {n} (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) :: hede-melbærris
bearcat {n} (red panda) SEE: red panda ::
bearcat {n} (giant panda) SEE: giant panda ::
bear cub {n} (young bear) :: bjørneunge {c}
beard {n} (facial hair) :: skæg {n}
bearded {adj} (having a beard) :: skægget
bearded tit {n} (Panurus biarmicus) :: skægmejse {c}
bearded vulture {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier ::
bear garlic {n} (ramsons) SEE: ramsons ::
bear hug {n} (any especially large hug, usually friendly) :: bamseknus
bearing {n} (mechanical device) :: leje
bearing {n} (nautical sense) :: pejling {c}
bear with {v} (be patient with) :: bære over med, have tålmodighed med
beast {n} (non-human animal) :: bæst {n}, vilddyr {n}, dyr {n}
beast of burden {n} (animal that carries or pulls a load) :: arbejdsdyr {n}, trækdyr {n}, lastdyr {n}
beat {n} (act of reporting before a rival) SEE: scoop ::
beatification {n} (the act of beatifying) :: saligkåring {c}
beatify {v} (to make blissful) :: saliggøre
beatify {v} (to take step in declaring a person a saint) :: saligkåre
beau {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend ::
Beaufort scale {prop} (measure for the intensity of the wind) :: Beaufort-skalaen {c}
beautiful {adj} (possessing charm and attractive) :: smuk
beauty {n} (quality of pleasing appearance) :: skønhed {c}
beauty {n} (someone beautiful: female) :: skønhed {c}
beauty contest {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant ::
beauty is in the eye of the beholder {proverb} (people have different ideas of what is beautiful) :: skønhed ligger i øjet der ser
beauty is only skin deep {proverb} (a person's character is more important than their outward appearance) :: skønhed kommer indefra
beauty pageant {n} (competition on attractiveness) :: skønhedskonkurrence {c}
beauty parlor {n} (salon with hairdressers and beauticians) :: skønhedssalon {c}
beauty queen {n} (winner of a beauty contest) :: skønhedsdronning {c}
beauty salon {n} (beauty salon) SEE: beauty parlor ::
beauty spot {n} (birthmark) SEE: mole ::
beaver {n} (semiaquatic rodent) :: bæver
beaver {n} (coarse slang: pubic hair/vulva of a woman) :: mis {c}
be awake {v} (awake) SEE: awake ::
be awake {v} (wake up) SEE: wake up ::
be born {v} (to come into existence through birth) :: blive født
be bothered {v} (have enthusiasm) :: gide
be called {v} (to have a specific name) :: hedde
because {adv} (on account) :: på grund af
because {conj} (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that) :: fordi, eftersom, da
because {conj} (as known because; as inferred because; as determined because) :: på grund af
because of {prep} (on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) :: på grund af
because reasons {phrase} (avoid specifying reasons) :: bare fordi
Bechuanaland {prop} (former name for Botswana) :: Bechuanaland, Protektoratet Bechuanaland
beck and call {n} (summons and control, in a position as an attendant or servant) :: hoppe og springe for en, stå på pinde for en
become {v} (to begin to be) :: blive; passe godt
bed {n} (shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear) SEE: pallet ::
bed {n} (piece of furniture) :: seng
bed {n} (garden plot) :: bed
bed and breakfast {n} (guesthouse providing breakfast) :: bed and breakfast {c}
bedbug {n} (small nocturnal insect) :: væggelus {c}
bedclothes {n} (sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed) :: sengetøj {n}
bedcover {n} (decorative cover for a bed) SEE: bedspread ::
bedding {n} (bedlinen) :: sengetøj {n}
bedlam {n} (place or situation of chaos) :: galehus {n}
bedlinen {n} (cloth items used to make up a bed) :: sengelinned {n}, sengetøj {n}
bedouin {n} (desert-dweller) :: beduin {c}
bedpan {n} (chamber pot used while still in bed) :: bækken {n}
bedrock {n} (underground solid rock) :: klippe {c}
bedroom {n} (room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping) :: soveværelse {n}
bedsheet {n} (a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen) :: lagen {n}
bedside table {n} (nightstand) SEE: nightstand ::
bedsit {n} (rented room) :: hybel {c}
bedsore {n} (Lesion caused by pressure) :: liggesår {n}
bedspread {n} (topmost covering of a bed) :: sengetæppe {n}
bedtime {n} (time when one goes to bed to sleep) :: sengetid {c}
bee {n} (insect) :: bi {c}
beech {n} (tree of genus Fagus) :: bøg {c}, bøgetræ {n}
bee-eater {n} (bird in the family Meropidae) :: biæder {c}
beef {n} (meat) :: oksekød {n}
beef {n} (cow, bull) SEE: cow ::
beefy {adj} (muscular) SEE: muscular ::
beehive {n} (home of bees) :: bikube {c}
beekeeper {n} (someone who keeps bees) :: biavler {c}
beer {n} (alcoholic drink made of malt) :: øl {c}
beer {n} (glass of beer) :: øl {c}
beer belly {n} (protruding abdomen) :: ølmave {c}, ølvom {c}
beer bong {n} (funnel) :: ølbong {c}
beer bottle {n} (a bottle designed to contain beer) :: ølflaske {c}
beer can {n} (can containing beer) :: øldåse {c}
beer gut {n} (beer belly) SEE: beer belly ::
beestings {n} (first milk drawn from an animal) SEE: colostrum ::
beeswax {n} (wax secreted by bees) :: bivoks
beet {n} (Beta vulgaris) :: bede {c}
beetle {n} (insect) :: bille {c}
beetroot {n} (normally deep red coloured root vegetable) :: rødbede {c}
beet sugar {n} (sugar made from sugar beet) :: roesukker {n}
before {prep} (earlier than) :: før
before {prep} (in front of in space) :: foran
before {prep} (in front of according to an ordering system) :: før, inden
before {adv} (at an earlier time) :: før, tidligere
before {adv} (in advance) :: forud
before {conj} (in advance of the time when) :: før, inden
before {conj} (rather or sooner than) :: hellere
beforehand {adv} (at an earlier time) :: på forhånd, i forvejen
before long {prep} (soon) SEE: soon ::
beg {v} (to request the help of someone, often in the form of money) :: tigge
beg {v} (to plead with someone for help) :: bede, bønfalde
beget {v} (to cause, to produce) :: afføde, skabe
beget {v} (to procreate) :: [dated] avle
beggar {n} (person who begs) :: tigger {c}, tiggerske {c} [female], betler {c}, betlerske {c} [female]
begin {v} (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something.) :: begynde
behavior {n} (way an animal or human behaves or acts) :: opførsel {c}, adfærd
behavior {n} (way matter or systems behave) :: opførsel {c}
behaviour {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior ::
behead {v} (to remove the head) :: halshugge
beheadal {n} (beheading) SEE: beheading ::
beheading {n} (an instance of beheading) :: halshugning {c}
behest {n} (promise) SEE: promise ::
behind {prep} (at the back of) :: bag ved
behind {prep} (to the back of) :: bag ved, bagefter
behind {prep} (after, time- or motion-wise) :: bagefter, efter
behind {prep} (in support of) :: bag
behind {adv} (at the back part; in the rear) :: bagud
behind {adv} (toward the back part or rear; backward) :: tilbage
behind {adv} (overdue) :: bagefter
behind {adv} (slow; of a watch or clock) :: bagefter, forsinket
behind {adv} (existing afterwards) :: tilbage
behind {n} (rear, back-end) :: bagside {c}
behind {n} (buttocks) :: bagdel {c}, rumpe {c}
behind bars {prep} (in jail or prison) :: bag tremmer
behind the scenes {prep} (in secret; out of public view) :: bag kulisserne
beholder {n} (someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator) :: betragter {c}
beige {n} (colour) :: beige
Beijing {prop} (capital of China) :: Beijing, Peking [uncommon]
being {n} (a living creature) :: væsen
being {n} (the state or fact of existence) :: opstå
Beirut {prop} (capital of Lebanon) :: Beirut
Belarus {prop} (country) :: Hviderusland {n}
Belarusian {adj} (pertaining to Belarus) :: hviderussisk
Belarusian {n} (language) :: hviderusser {c}
belemnite {n} (a member of the extinct order Belemnitida) :: blemnit {c}, vættelys {n} [fossil remain of a belemnite arm, resembling a short candle]
Belgian {n} (Belgian, person from Belgium) :: belgier {c}
Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgium) :: belgisk
Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people) :: belgisk
Belgian Sheepdog {n} (Umbrella term for the four Belgian sheepdog variants) :: belgisk hyrdehund {c}
Belgium {prop} (country in Europe) :: Belgien
Belgorod {prop} (a city in Russia) :: Belgorod
Belgrade {prop} (capital of Serbia) :: Beograd, Belgrad [very archaic]
belief {n} (mental acceptance of a claim as truth) :: tro {c}
believable {adj} (capable of being believed; credible) :: trolig, troværdig
believe {v} (to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)) :: tro
believe {v} (to accept as true) :: tro
believe {v} (to consider likely) :: tro, mene
believe {v} (to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth) :: tro
Belize {prop} (country) :: Belize
Belize City {prop} (Belize City) :: Belize City
bell {n} (percussive instrument) :: klokke {c}
bell {n} (nautical: any of a series of strokes struck to indicate time) :: glas {c}
belladonna {n} (a plant, Atropa belladonna) SEE: deadly nightshade ::
bellboy {n} (A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands) :: piccolo {c}
belletrist {n} (person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres) :: belletrist {c}
bellflower {n} (plant of genus Campanula) :: klokkeblomst {c}
bellflower {n} (flower) :: klokkeblomst {c}
bellicist {n} (warmonger) SEE: warmonger ::
bellicose {adj} (warlike in nature) :: krigerisk
belligerent {adj} (engaged in warfare) :: krigsførende
belligerent {adj} (eager to go to war) :: krigslysten {c}
belligerent {adj} (of or pertaining to war) :: krigs-
belligerent {adj} (hostile, eager to fight) :: stridslysten {c}
bellow {n} (the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise) :: brøl {n}
bellow {v} (to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal) :: brøle
bellow {v} (to shout in a deep voice) :: brøle, larme
bellows {n} (air blower) :: blæsebælg {c}
bell pepper {n} (spicy-sweet vegetable) :: peberfrugt {c}, peber {c}
bell ringer {n} (bell ringer) :: klokker {c}
belly {n} (abdomen) :: bug {c}, mave {c}
bellyache {n} (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen) :: mavepine {c}
bellybutton {n} (the navel or umbilicus) SEE: navel ::
belly dance {n} (form of dance) :: mavedans
belly dancer {n} (person who performs belly dances) :: mavedanser {c}
Belmopan {prop} (Belmopan) :: Belmopan
belong {v} (have its proper place) :: have sin plads, passe, tilhøre
belong {v} (be accepted in a group) :: høre hjemme
belong {v} (be the property of) :: tilhøre, høre til
belong {v} (be the guardian, spouse or partner of) :: henhøre (under)
belong {v} (set theory: be an element of) :: tilhøre
belt {n} (band worn around the waist) :: livrem {c}, bælte {n}
belt {n} (band used for safety purposes) :: sikkerhedssele {c}
belt {n} (band used in a machine to help transfer motion or power) :: drivrem {c}
belt {n} (powerful blow) :: slag {c}, kæberasler {c}
belt {n} (geographical region) :: bælte {n}, område {n}, region {c}
belt {v} (surround) :: omringe, omgive
belt out {v} (belt out) :: skråle
beluga {n} (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas) :: hvidhval {c}
belvedere {n} (raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area) :: udsigtstårn {n}
bench {n} (long seat) :: bænk {c}
benchlet {n} (stool) SEE: stool ::
Benedict {prop} (male given name) :: Bent
Benedicta {prop} (feminine form of Benedict) :: Benedikte
beneficial {adj} (helpful or good to something or someone) :: gavnlig
benefit {n} (advantage, help or aid) :: hjælp
benevolence {n} (disposition to do good) :: velvilje {c}
benevolent {adj} (having a disposition to do good) :: velvillig
Bengal {prop} (region in South Asia) :: Bengalen
Bengali {adj} (of or pertaining to Bengal) :: bengalsk
Bengali {n} (person from Bengal) :: bengaler {c}
Bengali {n} (language) :: bengali
Bengal tiger {n} (Panthera tigris tigris) :: Bengalsk tiger
Benghazi {prop} (Benghazi, Libya) :: Benghazi
Benin {prop} (country) :: Benin
Benjamin {prop} (the youngest son of Jacob) :: Benjamin
Benjamin {prop} (male given name) :: Benjamin
benzene {n} (aromatic compound C6H6) :: benzen {c}
benzine {n} (benzene) SEE: benzene ::
Beograd {prop} (Belgrade) SEE: Belgrade ::
be prepared {phrase} (motto) :: vær beredt
be quiet {interj} (remain silent) SEE: silence ::
Berber {n} (Member of northwest African ethnic group) :: Berber
Berber {prop} (a group of closely related languages) :: berbisk
bereave {v} (To take away someone or something important or close) :: berøve
bergamot {n} (Mentha × piperita) SEE: peppermint ::
beriberi {n} (pathology: ailment caused by deficiency of vitamin B) :: beriberi {c}
be right {v} (be correct in one's judgement or statement about something) :: have ret
Bering Sea {prop} (sea) :: Beringhavet
Bering Strait {prop} (strait between Russia and Alaska) :: Beringstrædet, Beringsstrædet {n}
berkelium {n} (transuranic chemical element) :: berkelium
Berlin {prop} (capital city of Germany) :: Berlin
Berliner {n} (native or inhabitant of Berlin) :: berliner {c}
Berliner {n} (doughnut) :: berliner {c}, berlinerpfannkuchen {c}
Berlin Wall {prop} (wall that parted Berlin) :: Berlinmuren {c}
Bermuda {prop} (island group) :: Bermuda
Bern {prop} (city) :: Bern
berry {n} (small fruit) :: bær {n}
berry sugar {n} (caster sugar) SEE: caster sugar ::
berserk {n} (a crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy) :: bersærk {c}
berserker {n} (Norse warrior) SEE: berserk ::
Bertha {prop} (female given name) :: Bertha
Bertram {prop} (male given name) :: Bertram
beryl {n} (gem) :: beryl {c}
beryllium {n} (chemical element) :: beryllium
beseech {v} (to beg) :: bønfalde
be sick {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit ::
beside oneself {prep} (consumed by an emotion) :: ude af sig selv
besiege {v} (to surround with armed forces) :: belejre
besiege {v} (to vex, to attack continually) :: belejre
be silent {v} (refrain from speaking) :: tie
bespectacled {adj} (wearing spectacles (glasses)) :: bebrillede
Bessarabia {prop} (region) :: Bessarabien
best {adj} (superlative of the adjective good) :: bedst
bestial {adj} (beast-like) :: bestialsk, dyrisk
bestiary {n} (A medieval treatise of animals) :: bestiarium
best man {n} (primary attendant to the groom) :: forlover {c}
best regards {n} (polite closing of a letter) :: med venlig hilsen
bestseller {n} (book or thing sold in large numbers) :: bestseller {c}
bet {n} (a wager) :: væddemål {n}
bet {v} (to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event) :: vædde
beta {n} (letter of the Greek alphabet) :: beta {n}
beta blocker {n} (blocking agent) :: betablokker {c}
beta particle {n} (energetic electron or positron) :: betapartikel {c}
Bethlehem {prop} (City) :: Betlehem
betony {n} (Stachys officinalis) :: lægebetonie {c}, læge-betonie {c}, lægegaltetand {c}
betray {v} (to deliver into the hands of an enemy) :: forråde
betrayal {n} (treason) SEE: treason ::
betrayer {n} (someone who betrays) :: angiver, forræder
better {adj} (comparative of the adjectives good or well) :: bedre
better {adv} (comparative form of the adverb well) :: bedre
better an egg today than a hen tomorrow {proverb} (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush) SEE: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ::
better half {n} (spouse or lover) :: bedre halvdel {c}
better late than never {adv} (it’s better to do something late, than to never do it at all) :: bedre sent end aldrig
Betti number {n} (number that characterises a topological space with respect to a given dimension) :: Bettital {n}
between {prep} (in the position or interval that separates two things) :: mellem
between {prep} (shared in confidence by) :: mellem, imellem
between {prep} (in transit from one to the other) :: mellem
between {prep} (combined by effort or ownership) :: tilsammen (adverb), ved fælles hjælp (by combined forces), i forening
between {prep} (one of, representing a choice) :: mellem
between a rock and a hard place {prep} (having the choice between two unpleasant options) :: (valge) mellem pest og kolera ((choose) between plague and cholera)
betwixt {prep} (between, specifically between two things) :: imellem
beverage {n} (drink) :: drik
bewitched {adj} (Under a spell; entranced) :: forhekset
beyond {prep} (beyond) SEE: above ::
beyond {n} (unknown) SEE: unknown ::
beyond {prep} (on the far side of) :: hinsides
beyond {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife ::
beyond a reasonable doubt {prep} (legal standard) :: hinsides rimelig tvivl
beyond the pale {prep} (behaviour) :: over stregen, over grænsen
bezoar {n} (mass of undigested matter) :: bezoarsten
Bharat {prop} (India) SEE: India ::
Bhutan {prop} (Himalayan country) :: Bhutan
Biafra {prop} (a short-lived secessionist state in southern Nigeria in the late 1960s) :: Biafra
biarchy {n} (rule by 2 people) SEE: diarchy ::
bias {n} (inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality) :: partiskhed {c}, slagside {c}, forudindtagethed {c}
biased {adj} (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) :: tilbøjelig
biathlon {n} (winter sport) :: skiskydning {c}
bib {n} (item of clothing for protecting other clothes while eating) :: hagesmæk {c}, savlesmæk {c}
Bible {prop} (Christian holy book) :: bibel {c}
Bible Belt {prop} (area where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant) :: bibelbælte {n}
Bible Belt {prop} (area in the United States) :: bibelbælte {n}
biblical {adj} (of or relating to the Bible) :: bibelsk
bibliography {n} (section of a written work) :: bibliografi {c}
bibliophage {n} (person who loves books) SEE: bookworm ::
bichon {n} (bichon) :: bichon
bichrome {adj} (having two colours) SEE: bicolour ::
bicker {v} (quarrel in a tiresome manner) :: skændes, mundhugges
bicolour {adj} (having two colours) :: tofarvet
bicoloured {adj} (of two colours) SEE: bicolour ::
bicycle {n} (vehicle) :: cykel {c}
bicycle helmet {n} (helmet worn while riding a bicycle) :: cykelhjelm {c}
bicycle path {n} (segregated path for the use of bicycles) :: cykelsti {c}
bicycle pump {n} (bicycle pump) :: cykelpumpe {c}
bicycle tire {n} :: cykeldæk {c}
bicyclist {n} (rider of bicycle) SEE: cyclist ::
bid {v} (intransitive: to make an offer) :: byde
bid {n} (offer at an auction) :: bud
bidet {n} (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) :: bidet {c}
bidimensional {adj} (two-dimensional) SEE: two-dimensional ::
bidirectional {adj} (moving in two directions) :: bidirektional, toretnings-
bidirectional {adj} (operating in two directions) :: bidirektional, toretnings-
big {adj} (of a great size, see also: large) :: stor
bigamy {n} (state of having two spouses simultaneously) :: bigami
Big Bang {prop} (cosmic event) :: Big Bang
big-breasted {adj} (having large breasts) :: storbarmet, barmfager
big brother {n} (a sibling's older brother) SEE: older brother ::
big data {n} (collection of data sets) :: Big Data
Big Dipper {prop} (bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) :: Karlsvognen {c}
bigger {adj} (comparative of big) :: større
bighorn sheep {n} (a North American wild sheep) :: bighornfår {n}, tykhornsfår {n}
big if {n} :: stort spørgsmålstegn {n}
Big Mac {n} (burger) :: Big Mac
bigoted {adj} (being a bigot) :: snæversynet, fordomsfuld
big sister {n} (a sibling's older sister) SEE: older sister ::
big toe {n} (largest of the toes of the foot of a human) :: storetå
big wheel {n} (Ferris wheel) SEE: Ferris wheel ::
bijective {adj} (both injective and surjective) :: bijektiv
bike path {n} (bicycle path) SEE: bicycle path ::
biker {n} (person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles) :: rocker
biker {n} (person who rides a bicycle) SEE: cyclist ::
bikini {n} (bathing suit) :: bikini {c}
bilberry {n} (type of blueberry from the cowberry family, see also: blueberry) :: blåbær
bildungsroman {n} (a type of novel) :: dannelsesroman {c}
bile {n} (secretion produced by the liver) :: galde {c}
bile {n} (bitterness of temper; ill humour) :: galde {c}
bilingual {adj} (speaking two languages) :: tosproget, tvesproget
bilingual {adj} (written in two languages) :: tosproget, tvesproget
bill {n} (weapon of infantry) :: hellebard {c}
bill {n} (bird's beak) :: næb {?}
bill {n} (beaklike projection) :: landtunge {c}
bill {n} (official statement) :: fortegning {c}, liste {c}
bill {n} (draft of a law) :: lovforslag {n}
bill {n} (invoice) :: regning {c}
bill {n} (advertisement) :: plakat {c}
bill {n} (bill of exchange) :: seddel {c}
bill {n} (piece of paper money) SEE: banknote ::
billfold {n} (wallet) SEE: wallet ::
billiards {n} (a cue sport) :: billard {c}
billiard table {n} (table used for playing billiards etc.) :: billardbord {n}, billard {n}
billion {n} (a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard) :: milliard {c}
billion {n} (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000, see also: trillion) :: billion {c}
billionaire {n} (wealth exceeding one billion (109)) :: milliardær {c}
Billy {prop} (William) SEE: William ::
billy goat {n} (male goat) :: buk {c}, gedebuk {c}
Billy Wix {prop} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl ::
binary {adj} (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off) :: binær
binary star {n} (stellar system in which two stars orbit their center of mass) :: dobbeltstjerne
binary star system {n} (binary star) SEE: binary star ::
binary system {n} (astronomy: system of two celestial objects) SEE: binary star ::
bind {v} (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.) :: binde
bind {v} (transitive connect) :: forbinde
Bindslev {prop} (the town) :: Bindslev
binge eating disorder {n} (medical disorder) :: tvangsoverspisning {c}, nervøs tvangsspisning {c}, BED
bingo {n} (game of chance) :: bingospil
binky {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier ::
binoculars {n} (hand-held device for looking at a distance) :: kikkert {c}
binomial coefficient {n} (binomial coefficient) :: binomialkoefficient {c}
bioaccumulation {n} (the process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms) :: bioakkumulation {c}
biochemist {n} (A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry) :: biokemiker
biochemistry {n} (the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism) :: biokemi {c}
biofuel {n} (biofuel) :: biobrændsel
biography {n} (personal life story) :: biografi {c}
biologic {adj} (biological) SEE: biological ::
biological {n} (of biology) :: biologisk
biological clock {n} (progression from puberty to menopause) :: biologisk ur {n}
biologist {n} (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) :: biolog {c}
biology {n} (study of living matter) :: biologi
biome {n} (biological community) :: biom {n}
biomedical {adj} (pertaining to biomedicine) :: biomedicinsk
biomedicine {n} (a branch of medical science) :: biomedicin
biometric {adj} (of, pertaining to or using biometrics) :: biometrisk
biomolecule {n} (molecules) :: biomolekyle {n}
biophysics {n} (science) :: biofysik {c}
biopsy {n} (removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes) :: biopsi {c}
biotic {adj} (of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms) :: biotisk
bipartite {adj} (graph theory) :: todelt
bipolar {adj} (involving both poles) :: bipolar, bipolær
bipolar disorder {n} (psychiatric diagnostic category) :: bipolær affektiv sindslidelse, bipolar sindslidelse
birch {n} (tree) :: birk
birch {n} (wood) :: birk
bird {n} (animal) :: fugl {c}
bird cherry {n} (Prunus padus) :: hæg {c}, almindelig hæg {c}, majtræ {n}
bird cherry {n} (berry) :: hæggebær {n}, hægebær {n}
birdhouse {n} (aviary) SEE: aviary ::
birdie {n} (badminton: shuttlecock) SEE: shuttlecock ::
birdie {n} (bird, birdling) :: fugleunge {c}
birdie {n} (golf: completion of a hole one stroke below par) :: birdie {c}
birdie {n} (rude gesture with the middle finger) :: finger {c}, fuck-finger {c}
birdlime {n} (serving of a prison sentence) SEE: time ::
bird of paradise {n} (bird) :: paradisfugl {c}
bird of passage {n} (bird) SEE: migrant ::
bird of prey {n} (carnivorous bird) :: rovfugl
bird's-eye view {n} (view from directly or high above) :: fugleperspektiv {n}
birdsong {n} (musical sound made by a bird) :: fuglesang {c}, sang {c}
biro {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen ::
Birobidzhan {prop} (city in Russia) :: Birobidzjan
birth {n} (process of childbearing; beginning of life) :: fødsel {c}
birth certificate {n} (official document certifying the details of a person's birth) :: fødselsattest {c}
birthdate {n} (date of birth) SEE: date of birth ::
birthday {n} (anniversary) :: fødselsdag {c}
birthday {n} (date of birth) :: fødselsdag {c}
birthday cake {n} (a cake made to celebrate a birthday) :: fødselsdagskage {c}
birthday card {n} (greeting card) :: fødselsdagskort {n}
birthday party {n} (a party held to celebrate a birthday) :: fødselsdagsfest {c}
birthday suit {n} (nakedness) :: adamskostume {n} [used of men], evakostume {n} [used of women]
birthmark {n} (a mark on the skin formed before birth) :: modermærke {n}
birthplace {n} (location where a person is born) :: fødested {n}
birth weight {n} (weight of a baby at birth) :: fødselsvægt {c}
birthweight {n} (birthweight) SEE: birth weight ::
Biscay {prop} (Bay of Biscay) SEE: Bay of Biscay ::
biscuit {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: cookie; cracker) :: kiks {c}
bisexual {adj} (hermaphrodite) SEE: hermaphrodite ::
Bishkek {prop} (capital of Kyrgyzstan) :: Bisjkek
bishop {n} (church official, supervisor of priests and congregations) :: biskop {c}, bisp {c}
bishop {n} (chess piece) :: løber {c}
bishopric {n} (diocese) :: bispedømme {c}, stift {n}, bispesæde {n}
bismuth {n} (chemical element) :: vismuth {n}
bison {n} (North American animal, Bison bison) :: bisonokse {c}
Bissau {prop} (capital of Guinea-Bissau) :: Bissau
bissextile {n} (leap year) SEE: leap year ::
bissextile year {n} (year with an extra day) SEE: leap year ::
bistro {n} (small restaurant) :: bistro {c}
bistro {n} (small bar) :: bistro {c}
bit {n} (coin of a specified value) SEE: coin ::
bit by bit {adv} (small amount at a time) :: lidt efter lidt, peu à peu, pø om pø
bitch {n} (female canine) :: tæve {c} [dog]
bitch {n} (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) :: kælling {c}
bitch {v} (complain (about something) spitefully) :: klage
bitch {n} (complaint) SEE: complaint ::
bitch {n} (playful variation on dog (sense "man")) SEE: dog ::
bitch out {v} (to complain) SEE: bitch ::
bite {v} (to cut into by clamping the teeth) :: bide
bite {v} (to attack with the teeth) :: bide
bite {n} (act of biting) :: bid {n}
bite {n} (wound left behind after having been bitten) :: bid {n}
bite {n} (mouthful) :: bid {c}
bite-sized {adj} (small enough to be eaten in one bite) :: mundret
bite the bullet {v} (endure punishment with dignity or accept a negative aspect of a situation) :: bide i det sure æble [bite into the sour apple]
bite the dust {v} (to die) :: bide i graesset
Bithynia {prop} (ancient region) :: Bithynien
Bitola {prop} (city) :: Bitola
bitter {adj} (having an acrid taste) :: bitter
bitter {adj} (harsh, piercing or stinging) :: bidende
bitter {adj} (hateful or hostile) :: bitter
bitter {adj} (cynical and resentful) :: bitter, forbitret
bitter {n} (liquid or powder used in mixed drinks or as tonic) :: bitter
bitter {n} (type of beer) :: bitter
bittercress {n} (plant of Cardamine) :: karse {c}
bittern {n} (bird of the subfamily Botaurinae) :: rørdrum
bitter orange {n} (tree) :: pomeranstræ
bitter orange {n} (fruit) :: pomerans {c}
bitters {n} (beverage) :: bitter {c}
bittersweet {n} (the bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara) :: Bittersød Natskygge
bivouac {n} (encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering) :: bivuak {c}
biweekly {adj} (occurring every two weeks) :: hver anden uge
bizarre {adj} (strangely unconventional) :: bizar
Bjarmaland {prop} (historical territory) :: Bjarmeland
blab {n} (gossip) SEE: gossip ::
blabber {v} (to let out a secret) :: indvie
blabber {n} (A person who blabs) :: sladrehank {c}
black {adj} (absorbing all light) :: sort
black {adj} (without light) :: mørk
black {adj} (relating to people with dark skin) :: sort, mørkhudet
black {adj} (historical: designated for use by those with dark skin) :: neger [offensive]
black {adj} (illegitimate, illegal or disgraced) :: sort
black {adj} (overcrowded) :: sort [slang]
black {adj} (of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener) :: sort
black {adj} (chess, checkers etc.: color opposing "white") :: sort
black {adj} (relating to an initiative whose existence or exact nature must remain withheld) :: formørket, dunkel
black {n} (colour/color) :: sort
black {n} (dye, pigment) :: sværte {c}
black {n} (pen, pencil, etc. with black pigment) :: sort {c}
black {n} (dark-skinned person) :: neger {m}, mørkhudet {c}
black {n} (billiards, snooker, pool: black ball) :: (den) sorte {c}
black {n} (type of firecracker) :: sort stryger {c}
black {n} (chess and similar games: person playing with the black set of pieces) :: sort {c}
black {n} (part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black) :: sort {c}
black alder {n} (Alnus glutinosa tree) :: rødel {c}, rød-el {c}
black bag {n} (plastic bag for the disposal of household waste) SEE: garbage bag ::
Blackbeard {prop} (pirate's name) :: Sortskæg
blackberry {n} (shrub) :: brombær {n}
blackberry {n} (fruit) :: brombær {n}
blackbird {n} (Turdus merula: blackbird) :: solsort {c}
blackboard {n} (a surface that can be written upon with chalk) :: tavle {c}
blackcap {n} (Sylvia atricapilla) :: munk {c}
black-capped chickadee {n} (Poecile atricapillus) :: amerikansk fyrremejse
black child {n} (black child, see also: pickaninny) :: negerbarn {n}
black coffee {n} (coffee served without cream or milk) :: sort kaffe
black-crowned night heron {n} (Nycticorax nycticorax) :: nathejre {c}
black currant {n} (berry) :: solbær
Black Death {prop} (14th century pandemic outbreak) :: den sorte død
black elder {n} (Sambucus nigra) SEE: elder ::
black eye {n} (bruised eye) :: blåt øje, sæbeøje {n}
blackfly {n} (fly of the Simuliidae) :: kvægmyg
Black Forest {prop} (German forest and mountain range) :: Schwarzwald {c}
Black Forest gâteau {n} (type of gâteau originating in the Black Forest region of Germany) :: Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
black grouse {n} (Lyrurus tetrix) :: urfugl {c}
black guillemot {n} (black guillemot) :: tejst {c}
black-headed gull {n} (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) :: hættemåge {c}
black hole {n} (celestial body) :: sort hul
black humor {n} (subgenre of comedy) :: sort humor {c}
black ice {n} (invisible film of ice) :: islag {n}
black lead {n} (graphite) SEE: graphite ::
blackleg {n} (strikebreaker) SEE: strikebreaker ::
black-legged kittiwake {n} (Rissa tridactyla) :: ride {c}
blackmail {n} (extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure) :: afpresning {c}, pengeafpresning {c}
blackmail {v} (to extort money) :: afpresse
blackmailer {n} (someone who blackmails) :: afpresser {c}, pengeafpresser {c} [for money]
Black Maria {n} (a police van for transporting prisoners) :: salatfad {n}
black market {n} (trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls) :: sort marked {n}
black mulberry {n} (tree) :: sort morbær
black mulberry {n} (fruit) :: morbær
black-necked grebe {n} (black-necked grebe) :: sorthalset lappedykker {c}
black powder {n} (simple form of gunpowder) :: sortkrudt {n}
black pudding {n} :: blodpølse {c}
black rhinoceros {n} (Diceros bicornis) :: sort næsehorn
Black Sea {prop} (an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor) :: Sortehavet {n} [definite form. The indefinite form is not used.]
black sheep {n} (disliked person) :: sort får {n}
blackshirt {n} (member of a fascist party) SEE: fascist ::
blackshirt {n} (uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party) :: sortskjorte {c}
blacksmith {n} (iron forger, see also: smith) :: smed {c}
black stork {n} (Ciconia nigra) :: Sort Stork
black-tailed godwit {n} (Limosa limosa) :: stor kobbersneppe {c}
black-throated diver {n} (Gavia arctica) :: sortstrubet lom {c}
black-throated loon {n} (black-throated diver) SEE: black-throated diver ::
black vulture {n} (Coragyps atratus) :: ravnegrib {c}
black vulture {n} (Aegypius monachus) SEE: Eurasian black vulture ::
black widow {n} (species of venomous spider) :: sort enke {c}
black-winged kite {n} (Elanus caeruleus) :: blå glente
black-winged pratincole {n} (Glareola nordmanni) :: sortvinget braksvale
black woodpecker {n} (Dryocopus martius) :: sortspætte {c}
bladder {n} (flexible sac in zoology) :: blære {c}
bladder {n} (urinary bladder) SEE: urinary bladder ::
bladder cherry {n} (Physalis alkekengi) :: jødekirsebær {n}
Blagoveshchensk {prop} (city in Siberia) :: Blagovesjtjensk
blame {v} (place blame upon) :: skylde, bebrejde, dadle
blame {n} (responsibility) SEE: responsibility ::
bland {adj} (Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating) :: sød {c}
blank {adj} (without color) :: farveløs, tom, blank
blank {adj} (free from writing, printing or marks) :: tom, ubeskrevet
blank {n} (void space on a paper) :: tom plads {c}
blank {n} (space to be filled in on a form or template) :: rubrik {c}
blank {n} (piece of metal) :: råemne {n}
blank {n} (piece or division of a piece) :: blanko-
blank {n} (space character) :: mellemrum {n}
blank {n} (simulation cartridge) :: løs patron {c}
blank {v} (to make void) :: strege
blank check {n} (signed check) :: blankocheck {c}
blank check {n} (grant of complete authority) :: blankocheck {c}, carte blanche {c} {n}
blanket {n} (fabric) :: tæppe {n}
blanket term {n} (word or phrase used to describe multiple groups of related things) SEE: umbrella term ::
blaspheme {v} (to speak against God or religious doctrine) :: bespotte
blasphemer {n} (One who commits blasphemy) :: blasfemiker {c}, gudsbespotter {c}
blasphemous {adj} (lacking piety or respect for the sacred) :: blasfemisk
blasphemy {n} (Irreverence toward something sacred) :: blasfemi {c}
blast {n} (explosion) :: eksplosion {c}, sprængning {c}
blast {n} (loud, sudden sound) :: brag {n}
blather {v} (to talk rapidly without making much sense) :: skvadre, jappe, pludre
blazon {n} (a description of a coat of arms) :: blasonering {c}
blazon {v} (to describe of a coat of arms) :: blasonere
bleach {v} (to treat with bleach) :: blege
bleach {n} (chemical) :: blegemiddel {n}
bleat {n} (cry of a sheep or a goat) :: mæh
bleat {v} (to make the cry of a sheep or goat) :: bræge, mæe
bleed {v} (lose blood) :: bløde
bleed {n} (incident of bleeding) :: blødning {c}
bleed out {v} (die due to excess bloodloss) :: forbløde
blend {n} (in linguistics) SEE: portmanteau word ::
blender {n} (machine) :: blender
bless {v} (confer blessing on) :: velsigne, [archaic] signe
blessing {n} (divine or supernatural aid or reward) :: velsignelse {c}
blessing {n} (pronouncement invoking divine aid) :: velsignelse {c}
bless you {interj} (said to somebody who has sneezed) :: prosit
bless you {interj} (short for "God bless you") SEE: God bless you ::
blind {adj} (unable to see) :: blind
blind {n} (covering for a window) :: gardin {n}, rullegardin {n}
blind {v} (make temporarily or permanently blind) :: blænde
blind alley {n} (street that leads nowhere) SEE: dead end ::
blindfold {n} (a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes) :: bind for øjnene
blindfolded {adj} (wearing a blindfold) :: med bind for øjnene
blind gut {n} (caecum) SEE: caecum ::
blind tiger {n} (speakeasy) SEE: speakeasy ::
blister {n} (bubble on the skin) :: vable {?}, blære {?}
blitzkrieg {n} (fast military offensive) :: blitzkrig {c}, lynkrig {c}
blizzard {n} (severe snowstorm) :: snestorm {c}
block {n} (distance from one street to another) :: karré {c}, karre {c}
block {v} (to prevent passing) :: spærre, blokere
block {n} (stupid fellow) SEE: blockhead ::
blockade {n} (the isolation of something) :: blokade {c}
blockage {n} (state of being blocked) :: forstoppelse {c}
block and tackle {n} (system of several pulleys) :: talje {c}
blockhead {n} (stupid person) :: dosmer {c}
Bloemfontein {prop} (city) :: Bloemfontein
blog {n} (a personal or corporate website) :: blog {c}
blog {v} (to contribute to a blog) :: blogge
blogger {n} (contributor to a blog) :: blogger {c}
bloke {n} (man) :: fyr {m}
blond {adj} (having blond hair) :: blond
blond {n} (fair-haired person) :: lyshåret; blond, blondine
blonde {n} (blond) SEE: blond ::
blonde {adj} (blond) SEE: blond ::
blood {n} (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies) :: blod {n}
blood {n} (family relationship due to birth, e.g. between siblings) :: blod {n}, blodets bånd {n}, blodsbånd {n}
blood {n} (blood test or blood sample) :: blodprøve {c}
blood bank {n} (place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored) :: blodbank {c}
bloodbath {n} (indiscriminate killing or slaughter) :: blodbad {n}, blodbadet
blood cell {n} (any of the cells normally found in the blood) :: blodcelle {c}, blodlegeme {n}
blood clot {n} :: blodprop {c}
blood corpuscle {n} (blood cell) SEE: blood cell ::
blood donor {n} (person who donates blood) :: bloddonor {c}
blood feud {n} (feud between clans or families) SEE: vendetta ::
blood group {n} (blood type) SEE: blood type ::
bloodhound {n} (dog) :: blodhund {c}
blood is thicker than water {proverb} (relationships are stronger within the family) :: blod er tykkere end vand
bloodletting {n} (ancient medical practice) :: åreladning {c}
bloodletting {n} (large amount of blood likely to be spilled through violence) :: blodsudgydelse {c}, åreladning {c}
blood loss {n} (loss of blood) :: blodtab {n}
bloodlust {n} (the desire for bloodshed) :: blodtørst {c}
blood money {n} (money paid to the family of someone killed) SEE: wergeld ::
blood orange {n} (type of orange) :: blodappelsin
blood pressure {n} (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) :: blodtryk {n}
blood pudding {n} (blood sausage) SEE: blood sausage ::
blood red {adj} (of a deep vivid red colour) :: blodrød
bloodroot {n} (plant) :: blodurt
blood sausage {n} (type of sausage) :: blodpølse {c}, blodpudding {c}
bloodsucker {n} (vampire) SEE: vampire ::
bloodsucker {n} (parasite) SEE: parasite ::
bloodsucker {n} (animal that drinks the blood of others) :: blodsuger {c}
bloodsucking {adj} (that draws off blood) :: blodsugende
blood, sweat and tears {n} (person's determination and hard work) :: blod, sved og tårer
blood test {n} (a serologic analysis of a sample of blood) :: blodprøve {c}
bloodthirsty {adj} (thirsty for blood) :: blodtørstig
blood transfusion {n} (taking blood from one and giving it to another individual) :: blodtransfusion {c}
blood type {n} (blood classification) :: blodtype
blood vessel {n} (component of the circulatory system that carries blood) :: blodåre {c}
blood work {n} (blood test) SEE: blood test ::
bloody {adj} (covered in blood) :: blodig
bloody {adj} (characterised by great bloodshed) :: blodig
bloody {adj} (intensifier) :: forbandet, skide [vulgar], blodig [injustice]
bloody hell {interj} (expression of dismay) :: for fanden, hold da kæft
bloody mary {n} (cocktail made from vodka and tomato juice) :: bloody mary {c}
bloom {n} (flower) SEE: flower ::
blot {n} (blemish, spot or stain) :: plet {c}, klat {c} [ink]
blot {n} (stain on someone's reputation or character) :: plet {c} [on honour]
blotter {n} (piece of blotting paper) SEE: blotting paper ::
blotting paper {n} (absorbent paper used to dry ink) :: trækpapir {n}, klatpapir {n}
blotto {adj} ((very) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk ::
blow {v} (to produce an air current) :: blæse, puste
blow {v} (to propel by an air current) :: blæse, puste
blow {v} (to be propelled by an air current) :: blæse
blow {v} (to blow a musical instrument to make it give a sound) :: blæse, trutte [trumpet]
blow {v} (to explode) :: sprænge
blow {n} (cocaine) SEE: snow ::
blow-dry {v} (dry with a hair dryer) :: føntørre
blow-dryer {n} (an electrical device used for drying hair) SEE: hairdryer ::
blower {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone ::
blowfish {n} (any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe) :: kuglefisk
blow up {v} (to explode (transitive)) :: sprænge i luften
blow up {v} (to explode (intransitive)) :: springe i luften, eksplodere
blow up {v} (to enlarge) :: forstørre
blue {adj} (blue-colored, see also: dark blue; light blue) :: blå
blue {n} (colour) :: blå
blue {n} (argument) SEE: argument ::
blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky ::
blueberry {n} (fruit) :: blåbær {n}
blueberry {n} (plant) :: blåbær {n}
blue-black {n} (very dark blue) :: blåsort
blue-black {n} (black with bluish highlights) :: blåsort
bluebottle {n} (cornflower) SEE: cornflower ::
blue cheese {n} (kind of cheese with bluish mold) :: blåskimmelost {c}
blue-eyed {adj} (having blue eyes) :: blåøjet
blue mussel {n} (Mytilus edulis) :: blåmusling {c}
blueprint {n} (any detailed technical drawing) :: plan {c} [technical]
blueprint {n} (any detailed plan of action) :: plan {c}
blue screen of death {n} (screen indicating a system error) :: BSOD, blå skærm, blå skærm af død
bluestocking {n} (member of the Blue Stocking Society) :: blåstrømpe {c}
bluestone {n} (limestone) SEE: limestone ::
bluestone {n} (basalt) SEE: basalt ::
bluethroat {n} (bird) :: blåhals {c}
blue tit {n} (Cyanistes caeruleus) :: blåmejse {c}
Bluetooth {prop} (nickname of a Danish king) :: Blåtand {c}
Bluetooth {prop} (personal area wireless network) :: Bluetooth {c}
blue whale {n} (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) :: blåhval {c}
blunderbuss {n} (old style of firearm with a distinctive large opening at the muzzle) :: espingol {c}
blunt {adj} (having a thick edge or point, not sharp) :: sløv
blunt {adj} (dull in understanding; slow of discernment) :: sløv
blunt instrument {n} (object lacking sharp surfaces used to cause injury) :: stump genstand {c}
blush {n} (makeup) :: rouge {c}, blush {c}
blush {v} (to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment) :: rødme
boa {n} (snake) :: boa {c}
boa {n} (scarf) :: boa {c}
boa constrictor {n} (snake) :: kongeboa {c}
boar {n} (wild boar) SEE: wild boar ::
boar {n} (male pig) :: orne, galt [castrated]
board {n} (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material) :: bræt {n}
board game {n} (game played on a board) :: brætspil {n}
boarding pass {n} (a document to board a plane, ship, etc.) :: boardingpas, boardingkort
boarding school {n} (school which provides board and lodging) :: kostskole {c}
boardroom {n} (room where the board meets) :: bestyrelseslokale {n}
boast {n} (brag) :: pral {n}
boast {v} (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself) :: prale
boat {n} (water craft) :: båd {c}, skib {n}
boathook {n} (hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things, see also: setting pole) :: bådshage {c}
boathouse {n} (building for boats) :: bådehus {n}, bådeskur {n}
boat lift {n} (mechanism) :: skibshæveværk
boat shed {n} (boathouse) SEE: boathouse ::
boatyard {n} (shipyard) SEE: shipyard ::
bob {n} (curtsey) SEE: curtsey ::
bobbin {n} (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) :: spole {c}, kniplepind {c} [relating to the making of bobbin lace]
bobbin {n} (small spool in a sewing machine) :: spole {c}
bobcat {n} (North American wild cat) :: rødlos {c}
Boche {n} (German) SEE: German ::
Boche {n} (derogatory: German) SEE: Fritz ::
bodily fluid {n} (biofluid) :: kropsvæske {c}
bodkin {n} (dagger) SEE: dagger ::
body {n} (physical structure of a human or animal) :: krop {c}
body {n} (corpse) :: lig {n}
bodybuilder {n} (a person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique) :: bodybuilder
bodybuilding {n} (sport of muscle development) :: bodybuilding
body clock {n} (biological clock) SEE: biological clock ::
body corporate {n} (corporation) SEE: corporation ::
bodyguard {n} (person responsible for protecting an individual) :: livvagt {c}
body hair {n} (androgenic hair) :: kropsbehåring {c}, kropshår {n}
body image {n} (subjective inner picture of one's physical appearance) :: kropsbillede {c}
body language {n} (non-verbal communication) :: kropssprog {n}
body odour {n} (unpleasant smell on a perons's body) :: kropslugt {c}
body part {n} (anatomy: part of organism) :: kropsdel {c}, legemsdel {c}
Boeotia {prop} (a district in Greece) :: Bøotien
bog {n} (expanse of marshland) :: mose, sump
bog {n} (coarse slang for toilet) SEE: shitter ::
bog bilberry {n} (shrub) :: mose-bølle
bogey {n} (booger) SEE: booger ::
bogeyman {n} (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories) :: bussemand {c}, bøhmand {c}
bogeyman {n} (any make-believe threat) :: bussemand {c}, bøhmand {c}
bogie {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette ::
bogie {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost ::
bogie {n} (booger) SEE: booger ::
bog iron {n} (bog iron ore) SEE: bog iron ore ::
bog iron ore {n} (deposit) :: myremalm
Bogotá {prop} (Bogota) SEE: Bogota ::
Bogota {prop} (capital of Colombia) :: Bogotá
bogue {n} (Boops boops) :: okseøjefisk {c}
Bohemia {prop} (The region of the Czech Republic) :: Bøhmen {n}
bohemian {n} (unconventional person) :: boheme {c}
Bohemian {n} (native or resident of Bohemia) :: bøhmer {c}
bohemium {n} (rhenium) SEE: rhenium ::
bohrium {n} (chemical element) :: bohrium
boiled {adj} (angry) SEE: angry ::
boiled {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk ::
boiled egg {n} (boiled egg (generic)) :: kogt æg
boiled sweet {n} (hard sweet) SEE: hard candy ::
bokeh {n} (subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image) :: bokeh
Bokmål {n} (language) :: bokmål {n}
bold {adj} (courageous, daring) :: modig, tapper
bold {adj} (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface) :: fed
bolide {n} (fireball) :: ildkugle {c}
Bolivia {prop} (country in South America) :: Bolivia
bollard {n} (post to secure mooring lines) :: pullert {c}
bollard {n} (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) :: pullert {c}
bollock {n} ((vulgar, slang) testicle) :: nosse {c}
bollocks {n} (testicles) :: nosser {c-p}
Bolshevik {n} (a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917) :: bolsjevik {c}
Bolshevism {n} (Communist political ideology) :: bolsjevisme {c}
bolster {n} (a large cushion or pillow) :: bolster
bolt {n} (metal fastener) :: bolt {c}
bolt {n} (bar to prevent a door from being forced open) :: slå {c}
bolt {n} (sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm) :: bundstykke {n}
bolt from the blue {n} (something totally unexpected) :: som et lyn fra en klar himmel (like a lightning bolt out of a clear sky)
bomb {n} (device filled with explosives) :: bombe {c}
bomb {v} (attack with bombs) :: bombe
bomb {n} (success) SEE: success ::
bomb calorimeter {n} (bomb calorimeter) :: bombekalorimeter {n}
bombproof {n} (air-raid shelter) SEE: air-raid shelter ::
bomb shelter {n} (air-raid shelter) SEE: air-raid shelter ::
Bonaire {prop} (island) :: Bonaire
Bonaparte's gull {n} (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) :: Bonapartemåge
bon appétit {phrase} (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat) :: velbekomme, god appetit
Bonaventure {prop} (male given name) :: Bonaventura
bondage {n} (The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery) :: slaveri {n}
bondage {n} (The practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure) :: bindeleg {c}
bone {n} (material) :: knogle {c}, ben {n}
bone {n} (component of a skeleton) :: knogle {c}, ben {n}
bone china {n} (type of porcelain) :: benporcelæn {n}
bone marrow {n} (bone marrow) :: knoglemarv, marv {c}
boner {n} (who bones) :: udbener {c}
boner {n} (erect penis) :: boner {c}, stivert {c}, stådreng {c}
boner {n} (rigid state of penis or clitoris) SEE: erection ::
Boniface {prop} (male given name) SEE: Bonifatius ::
Bonifatius {prop} (male given name) :: Bonifatius
bonjour {interj} (hello) SEE: hello ::
bonnet {n} (type of women's and children's hat) :: kyse {c}
bonnet {n} (second stomach of a ruminant) SEE: reticulum ::
bonnie {adj} (Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe) :: frejdig
bonobo {n} (pygmy chimpanzee) :: bonobo {c}, dværgchimpanse {c}
bonsai {v} (a miniaturized tree or plant) :: bonsai {c}, bonsaitræ {n}
bonsai {v} (the art of growing miniaturized trees or plants) :: bonsai {c}
bon vivant {n} (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) :: levemand {c}, livsnyder {c}
bon voyage {interj} (wish of good journey) :: god rejse
boob {n} (breast (colloquial)) :: babs {c}
booby trap {n} (an unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall) SEE: pitfall ::
booger {n} (a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus) :: bussemand {c}
book {n} (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) :: bog {c}
book {n} (convenient collection of small paper items, such as stamps) :: album {n}
book {n} (major division of a published work, larger than a chapter) :: bind {n}
book {n} (usually in plural: records of the accounts of a business) :: bogføring {c}, bøgerne {c-p}
book {v} (to reserve) :: reservere, bestille
book {v} (to write down, register, record) :: nedskrive, notere, bogføre
bookbinder {n} (person whose profession is binding books) :: bogbinder {c}
bookcase {n} (furniture displaying books) :: bogreol, bogskab {c}
bookend {n} (object designed to keep books upright) :: bogstøtte {c}
bookkeeper {n} (person responsible for keeping records) :: bogholder {c}
bookmark {n} (strip used to mark a place in a book) :: bogmærke {n}
bookmark {n} (record of the address of a file or page) :: bogmærke {n}
bookmobile {n} (bookmobile) :: bogbus {c}
bookrack {n} (rack for books) SEE: bookshelf ::
bookseller {n} (person) :: boghandler {c}
bookseller {n} (business) :: boghandel {c}
bookshelf {n} (shelf for storing books) :: bogreol {c}
bookshop {n} (shop that sells books) :: boghandel {c}
bookstore {n} (bookshop) SEE: bookshop ::
bookworm {n} (avid reader) :: bogorm {c}, læsehest {c}
boom barrier {n} (gate at level crossing) :: skranke, bom
boomerang {n} (flat curved airfoil) :: boomerang {c}
boom gate {n} (boom barrier) SEE: boom barrier ::
boot {n} (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg) :: støvle {c}
boot {n} (kick) SEE: kick ::
boot {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car) SEE: trunk ::
bootblack {n} (shoeshiner) SEE: shoeshiner ::
booth {n} (A small stall for the display and sale of goods) :: bod
bootstrap {v} (to load the operating system) SEE: boot ::
boot up {v} (to start computer by bootstrap procedure) SEE: boot ::
Bordeaux {prop} (a city in France) :: Bordeaux
bordello {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel ::
border {n} (the line or frontier area separating regions) :: grænse {c}
border {v} ((transitive) to put a border on something) :: begrænse
border {v} ((transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border) :: grænse
border guard {n} (person) :: grænsevagt {c}, grænsegendarm {c} [historical]
borderline personality disorder {n} :: borderline-personlighedsforstyrrelse, boerderline-personlighedsstruktur
bore {v} (to make a hole) :: bore
bore {v} (to inspire boredom) :: kede
bored {adj} (suffering from boredom) :: kede
boredom {n} (state of being bored) :: kedsomhed {c}
boric acid {n} (White crystalline solid soluble as a weak acid) :: borsyre {c}
boring {adj} (causing boredom) :: kedelig
born {v} (be born) SEE: be born ::
Borneo {prop} (island) :: Borneo
Bornholm {prop} (Danish island in the Baltic Sea) :: Bornholm {c}
Bornholmsk {prop} (the Danish dialect or language) :: bornholmsk
born with a silver spoon in one's mouth {adj} (born rich or in a wealthy family) :: født med sølvske i munden
boro {v} (borrow) SEE: borrow ::
boron {n} (chemical element) :: bor
borough {n} (administrative district) :: borg {c}
borrow {v} (receive temporarily) :: låne
borrowing {n} (loanword) SEE: loanword ::
borscht {n} (beetroot soup) :: borsjtj {c}
Bose-Einstein condensate {n} (gaseous superfluid) :: Bose-Einstein-kondensat {n}
bosk {n} (thicket; small wood) SEE: thicket ::
Bosnia {prop} (northern part of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a geographic and historical entity) :: Bosnien
Bosnia {prop} (short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina') :: Bosnien
Bosnia and Herzegovina {prop} (country on the Balkan peninsula) :: Bosnien-Hercegovina, Bosnien og Hercegovina
Bosnian {n} (the people) :: bosnier, bosniere {p}
Bosnian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) :: bosnisk
bosomy {adj} (having a large bosom) SEE: big-breasted ::
Bosphorus {prop} (a strait that passes through Istanbul) :: Bosporus, Bosporusstrædet {n} [definite form]
Boston {prop} (city in Massachusetts) :: Boston
bot {n} (robot) SEE: robot ::
botanic {adj} (pertaining to botany) SEE: botanical ::
botanical {adj} (Of or pertaining to botany) :: botanisk
botanist {n} (a person engaged in botany) :: botaniker {c}
botanize {v} (do the work of a botanist) :: botanisere
botany {n} (scientific study of plants) :: botanik
botfly {n} (insect) :: bremse {c}, brems {c}, hestebremse {c}
both {determiner} (each of two; one and the other) :: begge
both {conj} (both...and...) :: både...og...
Bothnian Sea {prop} (southern part of the Gulf of Bothnia) :: Bottenhavet {n}
Botswana {prop} (Republic of Botswana) :: Botswana
bottle {n} (container) :: flaske {c}
bottle {n} (contents of such a container) :: flaske {c}
bottle {n} (container with a rubber nipple) SEE: baby bottle ::
bottleneck {n} (neck of a bottle) :: flaskehals {c}
bottleneck {n} (narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay) :: flaskehals {c}
bottleneck {n} (part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome) :: flaskehals {c}
bottle opener {n} (device to open bottles) :: flaskeåbner {c}, øloplukker
bottom {n} (abyss) SEE: abyss ::
bottom {n} (lowest part) :: bund
bottom {n} (gay sexual slang: penetrated partner in sex) :: passiv
bottomless {adj} (having no bottom) :: bundløs
bottomless {adj} (extremely deep) :: bundløs
bottomless {adj} (naked from the waist down) :: bar underkrop
botulism {n} (medical condition) :: botulisme {c}, pølseforgiftning {c}
bough {n} (tree branch) :: gren {c}
bouillon {n} (a clear seasoned broth) :: bouillon {c}
bouillon cube {n} (cube) :: bouillonterning {c}
boulder {n} (large mass of stone) :: kampesten
boulevard {n} (broad, landscaped thoroughfare) :: boulevard {c}
bouncer {n} (member of security personnel) :: dørvogter {c}, dørmand {c}
bound {adj} (constrained by something, or constrained to something) :: begrænset
boundary {n} ((topology) the set of points in the closure, not belonging to the interior) :: rand {c}
boundary condition {n} (boundary condition) :: randbetingelse {c}
boundless {adj} (without bounds, unbounded) :: grænseløs, ubegrænset
bounty {n} (generosity) SEE: generosity ::
bouquet {n} (bunch of flowers) :: buket {c}
bouquet {n} (scent of wine) :: bouquet {c}
bourdon {n} (bumblebee) SEE: bumblebee ::
bourgeois {adj} (of or relating to the middle class) :: borgerlig
bourse {n} (stock exchange) SEE: stock exchange ::
bovine spongiform encephalopathy {n} (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) :: kogalskab {c}, bse {c}
bow {n} (weapon used for shooting arrows) :: bue {c}
bow {n} (bend in a rod or planar surface) :: bue {c}
bow {n} (rod used for playing stringed instruments) :: bue {c}
bow {n} (type of knot with two loops) :: sløjfe {c}
bow {v} (to play music on an instrument using a bow) :: stryge
bow {v} (to become bent) :: bue
bow {v} (to bend a thing) :: bøje
bow {v} (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference) :: bukke, bøje sig
bow {n} (gesture made by bending forward at the waist) :: buk {n}
bow {n} (front of a boat or ship) :: bov {c}
bow and arrow {n} (weapon) :: pil og bue
bowhead {n} (Balaena mysticetus) :: grønlandshval {c}
bowhead whale {n} (a whale, Balaena mysticetus) SEE: bowhead ::
bowleg {n} (leg that curves outward from the knee) :: hjulben {n-p}
bow-legged {adj} (having a bowleg) :: hjulbenet
bowling alley {n} (a building which contains bowling lanes) :: bowlinghal
bowman {n} (archer) SEE: archer ::
bowtie {n} (necktie shaped like a bow) :: sløjfe {c}, butterfly {c}
bow wave {n} (a wave coming off the bow of a ship as it moves through the water) :: bovbølge {c}
box {n} (cuboid space; container) :: kasse {c}, æske {c}, boks {c}, skrin {n}, dåse {c}
box {n} (compartment to sit inside) :: loge {c}, bås {c}
box {n} (driver’s seat on a coach) :: kuskesæde {n}, buk {c}
box {n} (small rectangular shelter) :: skilderhus {n}, jagthytte {c}
box {n} ((slang) television) :: kassen {c}
box {n} ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) :: dåse {c}
box {n} ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals) :: skridtbeskytter {c}
box {n} ((engineering) cylindrical casing) :: bøsning {c}, kasse {c}
box {n} (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) :: ramme {c}
box {v} (to place inside a box) :: lægge i en æske, pakke i en æske, kasse
box {n} (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus) :: buksbom {c}
box {n} (blow with the fist) :: bokseslag {n}, slag {n}
box {v} (to strike with the fists) :: slå
box {v} (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) :: bokse (med)
box {v} (to participate in boxing) :: bokse
box {n} (wood from a box tree) SEE: boxwood ::
box {n} (fish of the genus Boops) SEE: bogue ::
boxcar {n} (enclosed railroad freight car) :: godsvogn {c}
boxful {n} (as much as a box will hold) :: æske {c}
boxing {n} (the sport of boxing) :: boksning
Boxing Day {n} (the day after Christmas: 26 December) :: anden juledag
boxthorn {n} (plant of the genus Lycium) SEE: wolfberry ::
boxwood {n} (Buxus sempervirens) :: buksbom {c}
boy {n} (young male) :: dreng {c}
boy {n} (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive) :: knægt {c}
boy {n} (adult male found attractive) :: fyr {c}
boy {n} (male friend) :: drengene {c-p}
boy {interj} (surprise or pleasure) :: mand!
boycott {v} (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) :: boykotte
boycott {n} (the act of boycotting) :: boykot {c}
boyfriend {n} (male partner in a romantic relationship) :: kæreste
bra {n} (brassiere) :: brystholder, bh {c}, (underwired bra) bøjle-bh {c}
brace {n} (system to correct crooked teeth) SEE: braces ::
brace {n} (curly bracket) SEE: curly bracket ::
bracelet {n} (a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament) :: armbånd {n}
braces {n} (handcuffs) SEE: handcuffs ::
braces {n} (device for straightening teeth) :: bøjle {c}, tandbøjle
brachium {n} (upper arm) SEE: upper arm ::
bracket {n} (item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf) :: hyldeknægt {c}, hyldebærer {c}
bracket {n} (engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part) :: konsol {c} [architecture]
bracket {n} (generically any of "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<" and ">") :: parentes {c}
bracket {n} (one of several ranges of numbers) :: interval {n}
bracket {n} (square bracket) SEE: square bracket ::
brackish {adj} (slightly salty) :: brak, [brackish water] brakt vand, brakvand {n}
brag {v} (to boast) :: prale, blære sig
brag {n} (boast) SEE: boast ::
braid {n} (weave of three or more strands) :: fletning {c}
braille {n} (system of writing using raised dots) :: punktskrift {c}
brain {n} (organ) :: hjerne {c}
brain cell {n} (cell in brain) :: hjernecelle {c}
brain damage {n} (injury to the brain) :: hjerneskade {c}
brain-dead {adj} (in medicine: having cessation of brain activity) :: hjernedød
brain-dead {adj} (colloquially: having no useful thoughts) :: hjernedød, åndssvag
brain death {n} (irreversible cessation of brain activity) :: hjernedød {c}
brained {adj} (having a particular kind of brain, figurative) :: hjernet
brainpower {n} (mental ability) SEE: intelligence ::
brain stem {n} (part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum) :: hjernestamme {c}
brainstorm {n} (brainstorming) SEE: brainstorming ::
brainstorming {n} (method of problem solving) :: brainstorming {c}, brainstorm {c}
brain surgery {n} (something complex) :: raketvidenskab {c}
brainwash {n} (effect upon one's memory, belief or ideas) :: hjernevask {c}
brainwash {v} (to affect one's mind) :: hjernevaske
brain-washing {n} (form of indoctrination) :: hjernevask {c}
brake {n} (device used to slow or stop a vehicle) :: bremse {c}
brake {n} (something that slows or stops an action) :: bremse {c}
bramble {n} (diverse Rubus shrubs) SEE: blackberry ::
brambling {n} (bird) :: kvækerfinke {c}
branch {n} (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk) :: gren {c}
branch {n} (location of an organization with several locations) :: filial {c}
branch {n} (area in business or of knowledge, research) :: område, gren {c}, branche {c}
branch {v} (to divide into separate parts or subdivisions) :: opdele
branch office {n} (office separate from the headquarters of the business) :: filial {c} [commercial], afdeling {c} [commercial and organizations], lokalafdeling {c} [organizations]
brand {n} (mark made by burning) :: brændemærke {c}
brand {n} (name, symbol, logo) :: mærke {n}, varemærke {n}
brand {n} (a specific product, service, or provider so distinguished) :: kvalitet {c}
brand {n} :: kvalitet {c}
brand {v} (burn the flesh) :: brændemærke
brand {v} (mark with proof of ownership) :: brændemærke
brand {v} (impress on the memory or senses) :: indprente
brand {v} (stigmatize) :: stemple
brand new {adj} (utterly new) :: splinterny
brand spanking new {adj} (brand new) SEE: brand new ::
Brasília {prop} (The capital of Brazil) :: Brasilia
brass {n} (alloy of copper and zinc) :: messing {c}
brassiere {n} (bra) SEE: bra ::
brass knuckles {n} (weapon which reinforces the fist) :: knojern {n}
brat {n} (a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child) :: unge, møgunge
Bratislava {prop} (The capital of Slovakia) :: Bratislava
Braunschweig {prop} (Brunswick) SEE: Brunswick ::
brave {adj} (strong in the face of fear) :: modig
brave new world {n} (ambitious, often utopian, vision of the future) :: fagre nye verden {c}
bravery {n} (being brave) :: mod {n}, tapperhed {c}
bravo {interj} (interjection) :: bravo
brawny {adj} (characterized by brawn) :: kraftig, muskuløs
brazen bull {n} (ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death) :: messingoksen {c}
Brazil {prop} (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) :: Brasilien
Brazilian {n} (person from Brazil) :: brasilianer {c}
Brazilian {adj} (pertaining to Brazil) :: brasiliansk
brazil nut {n} (tree) :: paranød {c}
brazil nut {n} (nut) :: paranød {c}
Brazzaville {prop} (the capital of the Republic of the Congo) :: Brazzaville
breach of contract {n} (failure to perform) :: kontraktbrud {n}
bread {n} (baked dough made from cereals) :: brød {n}
bread {v} (to bread) :: panere
bread and circuses {n} (food and entertainment provided by the state) :: brød och skuespel
breadbasket {n} (stomach) SEE: stomach ::
breadbasket {n} (basket for storing or carrying bread) :: brødkurv {c}
breadbasket {n} (food bowl) SEE: food bowl ::
breadfruit {n} (tree) :: brødfrugttræ {n}
breadfruit {n} (fruit) :: brødfrugt {c}
bread knife {n} (knife designed to cut bread) :: brødkniv {c}
breadmaker {n} (baker) SEE: baker ::
bread roll {n} (miniature round loaf of bread) :: rundstykke {n}
breadstick {n} (slender loaf of crisp bread) :: brødstang {c}
breadth {n} (width) SEE: width ::
breadwinner {n} (primary income-earner in a household) :: familieforsørger {c}, forsørger {c}
break {v} (intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces) :: gå i stykker, gå itu
break {v} (transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces) :: sønderslå, ødelægge, smadre, knuse
break {v} (intransitive, of a bone: to crack) :: brække
break {v} (transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack) :: brække
break {v} (to divide (money) into smaller units) :: veksle, dele
break {v} (to ruin financially) :: ruinere
break {v} (transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)) :: bryde, krænke [violate]
break {v} (gaming: to design or make a powerful, unbalancing but legal move) :: ødelægge
break {v} (intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether) :: bryde sammen, gå i stykker, gå itu
break {v} (transitive: to cause to stop functioning) :: ødelægge, smadre
break {v} (to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily) :: holde pause, pause
break {v} (to win a game as receiver in tennis) :: bryde
break {v} (to reduce the military rank of) :: degradere
break {v} (to counter-attack) :: knække
break {v} :: knække, knuse
break {n} (instance of breaking something into pieces) :: brud {n}
break {n} (physical space that opens up in something or between two things) :: åbning {c}, hul {n}
break {n} (rest or pause, usually from work) :: pause {c}
break {n} (temporary split in romantic relationship) :: afbrud {n}
break {n} (interval between two parts of performance) :: pause {c}
break {n} (tennis: game won by receiving party) :: break {n}
break {n} (soccer: counter-attack) :: kontra {c}
breakable {adj} (fragile) SEE: fragile ::
breakable {adj} (able to be broken) :: skrøbelig
break a leg {interj} (expression of best wishes to a performer) :: knæk og bræk!, pøj, pøj!
break down {v} (to cease to function) :: bryde sammen, gå itu, gå i stykker
break down {v} (to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise) :: bryde sammen, kollapse, gå ned
break down {v} (to become weak and ineffective) :: bryde sammen, nedbryde
break down {v} (to decay) :: nedbryde
break down {v} (to digest) :: nedbryde
breakfast {n} (first meal of the day) :: morgenmad {c}
break-in {n} (act of entering to commit an offense) :: indbrud {n}
breaking strain {n} (amount of strain which can break something) :: brudstyrke {c}
break of dawn {n} (daybreak) SEE: daybreak ::
breakthrough {n} (military advance) :: gennembrud {n}
breakthrough {n} (major progress) :: gennembrud {n}
breakthrough {n} ((engineering) penetration of a physical barrier) :: gennembrud {n}
break up {v} (to end a relationship) :: gå fra hinanden, slå op
breakwater {n} (construction in or around a harbour) :: mole {c}, bølgebryder {c}
bream {n} (fish of the genus Abramis) :: brasen
bream {n} (Abramis brama) :: brasen {c}
breast {n} (milk-producing organ) :: bryst {n}
breastfeed {v} (feed a baby milk via the breasts) :: amme
breast implant {n} (medical prosthesis) :: brystimplantat {n}
breast milk {n} (milk produced by humans) :: modermælk, [rare] brystmælk
breastpin {n} (brooch) SEE: brooch ::
breaststroke {n} (swimming stroke) :: brystsvømning
breathe {v} (to draw air in and out) :: ånde, trække vejret
breathing {n} (act of respiration) :: vejrtrækning {c}, åndedræt {n}
breathlessness {n} (difficult respiration) SEE: shortness of breath ::
breathtakingly {adv} (in a breathtaking manner) :: betagende, fascinerende
breed {v} (to sexually produce offspring) :: avle, reproducere [humans], forplante sig [humans]
breed {v} (of animals, to mate) :: avle
breed {v} (to keep animals and have them reproduce) :: avle
breed {v} (to arrange mating of animals) :: avle
breed {v} (to propagate or grow plants) :: avle [fruit], dyrke [grain]
breed {v} (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) :: opfostre
breed {v} (to yield or result in) :: avle
breed {n} (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) :: race {c} (of animals), sort {c} (of plants)
breed {n} (race or lineage) :: race {c}, sort {c} (of plants)
breeding {n} (copulation) SEE: sexual intercourse ::
breeding-ground {n} (place where animals breed) :: legeplads {c}
breeze {n} (a light, gentle wind) :: brise {c}
breezefly {n} (horsefly) SEE: horsefly ::
Bremen {prop} (state) :: Bremen
Bremen {prop} (city) :: Bremen
brent goose {n} (Small member of the goose family) :: mørkbuget knortegås {c}
Breslau {prop} (Wroclaw) SEE: Wroclaw ::
Brest {prop} (a city in Brittany) :: Brest
Brest {prop} (a city in Belarus) :: Brest
brethren {n} (the body of members) :: broder {c}
Breton {n} (the language) :: bretonsk
breviary {n} (a book containing prayers and hymns) :: breviar
brew {n} (beer) SEE: beer ::
brew {v} (to make beer) :: brygge
brew {v} :: brygge
brew {n} (hill) SEE: hill ::
brewer {n} (someone who brews) :: brygger {c}
brewery {n} (building where beer is produced) :: bryggeri
Brexit {prop} (withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU) :: Brexit
bribe {n} (inducement to dishonesty) :: bestikkelse
bribe {v} (to give a bribe) :: bestikke
brick {n} (hardened block used for building) :: mursten {c}
brick {n} (a building material) :: mursten {c}
brick {n} (term for a helpful, reliable person) :: sveske {c}, knag {c}
brick {adj} (made of brick(s)) :: murstens-
bricklayer {n} (craftsman) :: murer {c}
bridal couple {n} (bride and bridegroom) :: brudepar {n}
bride {n} (woman in the context of her own wedding) :: brud {c}
bridegroom {n} (bridegroom, groom) :: brudgom {c}
bride price {n} (sum paid to the family of the bride) :: brudepris {c}
bridesmaid {n} (woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony) :: brudepige {c}
bridge {n} (construction or natural feature that spans a divide) :: bro {c}
bridge {n} (bony ridge of the nose) :: næseben {n}
bridge {n} (replacement for teeth) :: bro {c}
bridge {n} (nautical) :: bro {c}
bridge {n} (piece on string instruments) :: stol {c}
bridge {n} (card game) :: bridge
Bridget {prop} (female given name) :: Birgitte
Bridgetown {prop} (capital of Barbados) :: Bridgetown
bridle {n} (headgear for horse) :: bidsel {c}
bridled tern {n} (Onychoprion anaethetus) :: Brilleterne
brief {adj} (of short duration) :: kort
brief {adj} (concise) :: kortfattet
briefcase {n} (case used for carrying documents) :: portefølje {c}
brigand {n} (bandit) :: røver {c}
bright {adj} (visually dazzling, luminous, radiant) :: lys, funklende, klar
bright {adj} (intelligent) :: opvakt, kvik
bright {adj} (vivid) :: munter, livlig
bright {adj} (happy) :: munter
Brighton {prop} (town in East Sussex) :: Brighton
brill {n} (Scophthalmus rhombus) :: slethvar {c}
brimstone {n} (sulfur) SEE: sulfur ::
brimstone {n} (butterfly species) :: citronsommerfugl
brine {n} (salt water) :: saltlage {c}
brine {n} (the sea or ocean) :: havvand {n}, saltvand {n}
bring {v} (to transport toward somebody/somewhere) :: bringe
bring about {v} (To cause to take place) :: tilvejebringe
bring about {v} (To accomplish) :: tilvejebringe
bring owls to Athens {v} (to undertake a pointless venture) SEE: carry coals to Newcastle ::
bring to light {v} (expose) :: bringe frem i lyset
bring up {v} (to raise children) :: opdrage
brinjal {n} (an aubergine) SEE: eggplant ::
brink {n} (edge) :: kant, rand
briny {n} (sea) SEE: sea ::
briquet {n} (small brick) :: briket {c}
brisket {n} (a cut of meat from an animal chest) :: spidsbryst {n}
bristle {n} (stiff or coarse hair) :: børste {c}
bristle {n} (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.) :: børste {c}, børstehår {n}
Brit {n} (British person) SEE: Briton ::
Britain {prop} (United Kingdom) SEE: United Kingdom ::
Britain {prop} (island, see also: Great Britain; British Isles) :: Storbritannien [only full name is used for the island]
Britain {prop} (Brittany) SEE: Brittany ::
britches {n} (pants) SEE: pants ::
British {prop} (citizens or inhabitants of Britain) :: brite {c}
British {prop} (the citizens or inhabitants of the UK) :: brite {c}
British {prop} (history: ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain) :: brite {c}
British {prop} (the British English language) :: britisk engelsk
British {adj} (of Britain) :: britisk
British Columbia {prop} (province of Canada) :: Britisk Columbia {?}
British Empire {prop} (empire) :: det britiske imperium {n}
British English {n} (English language as in Britain, especially in England) :: britisk engelsk
British Isles {prop} (group of islands) :: Britiske Øer {c-p}
British Virgin Islands {prop} (British overseas territory) :: Britiske Jomfruøer {c-p}
Briton {n} (inhabitant of Great Britain) :: brite
Brittany {prop} (region of North West France) :: Bretagne
brittle {adj} (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure) :: skrøbelig, skør
brittle {n} (confection of caramelized sugar and nuts) :: krokant {c}
brittle fracture {n} (fracture with plastic deformation) :: sprødt brud {n}
Brno {prop} (city in Czech Republic) :: Brno
bro {n} (a male sibling) SEE: brother ::
broach {n} (spit) SEE: spit ::
broach {n} (brooch) SEE: brooch ::
broach {n} (architecture: spire) SEE: spire ::
broad {adj} (wide) SEE: wide ::
broad {n} (whore) SEE: whore ::
broadband {n} (high-capacity internet connection) :: bredbånd
broadside {n} (one side of a warship) :: bredside
broadside {n} (printed lyrics) :: skillingsvise {c}
broccoli {n} (plant Brassica oleracea var. italica) :: broccoli {c}
brochure {n} (booklet of printed informational matter) :: brochure
brocket {n} (young stag with straight horns) :: spidsbuk {c}
broke {adj} (lacking money; bankrupt) :: flad
broken {adj} (fragmented) :: brækket, knust
broken {adj} (having the bone in pieces, fractured) :: brækket
broken {adj} (of a line: dashed) :: stiplet
broken {adj} (not working properly) :: defekt
broken {adj} (completely defeated and dispirited) :: knust
broken {adj} (poorly spoken) :: gebrokken [language very poorly spoken]
broken {adj} (having no money) :: fallit, flad [person, informal]
broken {adj} (disconnected) :: afbrudt
broker {n} (mediator between a buyer and seller) :: mægler {c}
broker {n} (stockbroker) :: børsmægler {c}
brome {n} (grass of Bromus) :: hejre
bromine {n} (nonmetallic chemical element) :: brom {n}
bromomethane {n} :: methylbromid, brommethan
bromothymol blue {n} (4,4'-(3H-2,1 benzoxathiol-3-ylidene) bis [2 bromo-3-methyl-6-(1-methylethyl)phenol] S,S-dioxide) :: bromthymolblåt
bronchitis {n} (inflammation of the lungs) :: bronkitis
Bronx cheer {n} (synonym of raspberry) SEE: raspberry ::
bronze {v} (to tan) SEE: tan ::
bronze {n} (alloy) :: bronze
bronze {n} (colour) :: bronze {c}
bronze {n} (work of art made of bronze) :: [rare] bronze {c}
bronze {adj} (made of bronze) :: bronze-
bronze {adj} (having a bronze colour) :: bronzefarvet
bronze {v} (to plate with bronze) :: bronzere
bronze {v} (to color bronze) :: bronzere
bronze {n} (bronze medal) SEE: bronze medal ::
Bronze Age {prop} (archaeology) :: Bronzealder {c}
bronze medal {n} (medal made of, or having the colour of, bronze) :: bronzemedalje {c}
brooch {n} (jewellery with pin) :: broche {c}
brood {n} (the young of certain animals) :: kuld {n}
brook {n} (a small stream) :: bæk {c}
broom {n} (domestic utensil) :: kost {c}
broomstick {n} (the handle of a broom) :: kosteskaft {n}
broth cube {n} (bouillon cube) SEE: bouillon cube ::
brothel {n} (house of prostitution) :: bordel, horehus {n}
brother {n} (male sibling) :: broder {c}, bror {c}
brother {n} (male having parents in common) :: broder {c}, bror {c}
brotherhood {n} (state of being brothers or a brother) :: broderskab {n}
brotherhood {n} (an association of any purpose, a fraternity) :: broderskab {n}
brotherhood {n} (persons of a like kind) :: broderskab {n}
brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's brother) :: svoger {c}
brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's brother) :: svoger {c}
brother-in-law {n} (one's sister's husband) :: svoger {c}
brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's sister's husband) :: svoger {c}
brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's sister's husband) :: svoger {c}
brow {n} (forehead) SEE: forehead ::
brow {n} (eyebrow) SEE: eyebrow ::
brown {n} (colour) :: brun
brown {adj} (having a brown colour) :: brun
brown {v} (to become brown) :: brune
brown {v} (to cook until brown) :: brune
brown {v} (to tan) SEE: tan ::
Brown {prop} (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion) :: Brun, Bruun
brown bear {n} (Ursus arctos) :: brun bjørn {c}
brown coal {n} (lignite) SEE: lignite ::
brown dwarf {n} (starlike object) :: brun dværg
Brownian motion {n} (random motion of particles suspended in a fluid) :: brownsk bevægelse
brownie {n} (mythical creature) :: nisse
brownnose {v} (fawn) SEE: fawn ::
brown rice {n} (unpolished rice) :: brune ris {c-p}
Brownshirt {n} (a uniformed member of the Nazi party) :: brunskjorte {c}
brown sugar {n} (partially refined sugar) :: farin
brown sugar {n} (refined sugar with molasses) :: farin
browse {v} (scan, casually look through) :: skimme [very quickly], gennemse [thoroughly], bladre [books or documents], ose [in a shop]
browse {v} (navigate through hyperlinked documents) :: browse, gennemblade
browse {v} (move about while eating parts of plants) :: græsse
browser {n} (web browser) SEE: web browser ::
Børselv {prop} (village in Norway) :: Børselv
Brunei {prop} (a country in Southeast Asia) :: Brunei {n}
brunette {adj} (having brown or black hair) :: mørkhåret
brunette {n} (a person, especially female, with brown or black hair) :: brunette {c} [female]
brunion {n} (nectarine) SEE: nectarine ::
Bruno {prop} (male given name) :: Bruno {c}
Brunswick {prop} (Braunschweig, Germany) :: Braunschweig, Brunsvig [historiographic]
brush {n} (implement) :: børste {c}
brush {n} (act of brushing) :: børste
brush {v} (to clean (with a brush)) :: børste
brushmaker {n} (a person who makes brushes) :: børstenbinder
brusque {adj} (rudely abrupt, unfriendly) :: brysk
Brussels {prop} (capital of Belgium) :: Bruxelles, Bryssel [uncommon]
Brussels lace {n} (a type of lace originating in the Brussels area) :: brysselerknipling {c}
Brussels sprout {n} (vegetable) :: rosenkål {c}
brute {n} (animal destitute of human reason) :: udyr {n}, bæst {n}
brutish {adj} (Of, or in the manner of a brute) :: dyrisk
brutish {adj} (Bestial; lacking human sensibility) :: brutal
Bryansk {prop} (city in Russia) :: Brjansk
bête noire {n} (an anathema) :: banemand
bubble {n} (Greek) SEE: Greek ::
bubble {n} (spherically contained volume of air or other gas) :: boble
bubble {v} (to rise up in bubbles) :: boble
bubble {v} (to cry, weep) SEE: weep ::
bubble {v} (to cheat, delude) SEE: cheat ::
bubble level {n} (tool) SEE: spirit level ::
bubonic plague {n} (disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis) :: byldepest {c}
Bucephalus {prop} (the warhorse of Alexander the Great) :: Bukephalos
Bucharest {prop} (The capital of Romania) :: Bukarest {?}
buck {n} (ram) SEE: ram ::
buck {n} (male deer, goat, etc.) :: buk {c}
bucket {n} (container) :: spand {c}
bucket {n} (amount held in this container) :: spand {c}
bucket {n} (part of piece of machinery) :: skovl {c}
bucket {n} (old car) :: spand {c}
bucket {n} (basketball: basket) :: kurv {c}
Buckingham Palace {prop} (the official London residence of the British monarch) :: Buckingham Palace
buckle {n} (belt clasp) :: spænde {n}
buck's party {n} (bachelor party) SEE: bachelor party ::
buckwheat {n} (fruit of this plant as cereal) :: boghvede {c}
bud {n} (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) :: knop {c}
Budapest {prop} (the capital city of Hungary) :: Budapest
buddha {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana ::
Buddha {prop} (spiritual and philosophical teacher) :: Buddha {c}
Buddhism {n} (religion and philosophy) :: buddhisme {c}
Buddhist {adj} (of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism) :: buddhistisk
Buddhist {adj} (of, relating to a Buddhist, Buddhists) :: buddhistisk
Buddhist {n} (practitioner of Buddhism) :: buddhist
Buddhistic {adj} (of, relating to Buddhism) :: buddhistisk
budgerigar {n} (species of parakeet) :: undulat
budget {n} (the amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame) :: budget {n}
Buenos Aires {prop} (capital of Argentina) :: Buenos Aires {?}
buffalo {n} (Old World mammals) :: bøffel {c}
buffalo {n} (North American bison) :: bison {c}
buffalo {v} (hunt buffalo) :: jage bøfler, gå på jagt (gå på bøffeljagt)
buffalo {v} (outwit, confuse) :: forvirre, bringe ud af det, sætte til vægs
buff-breasted sandpiper {n} (Calidris subruficollis) :: prærieløber
buffer {n} (solution to stabilize pH) :: puffer {c}, buffer {c}
buffered {adj} (chemistry: dissolved in a buffer solution) :: bufferet
buffer solution {n} (buffer solution) :: pufferopløsning
bug {n} (a colloquial name for insect) :: insekt {n}, kryb {n}
bugger {n} (heretic) SEE: heretic ::
buggery {n} (anal sex) SEE: anal sex ::
build {v} ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts) :: bygge
builder {n} (a bodybuilder) SEE: bodybuilder ::
building {n} (act or process of building) :: byggeri {n}, opførelse {c} (af en bygning)
building {n} (closed structure with walls and a roof) :: bygning {c}
building site {n} (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) :: byggeplads
built-in {adj} (constructed as a non-detachable part) :: indbygget
Bujumbura {prop} (former capital of Burundi) :: Bujumbura
bulb {n} (bulb-shaped root) :: løg {n}
bulb {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb ::
Bulgaria {prop} (country) :: Bulgarien
Bulgarian {adj} (relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language) :: bulgarsk
Bulgarian {n} (native of Bulgaria) :: Bulgarer, Bulgarere {p}
Bulgarian {n} (language) :: bulgarsk
bulk {n} (dietary fibre) SEE: dietary fibre ::
bull {n} (uncastrated adult male bovine) :: tyr {m}, okse {c}
bull {n} (adult male animal) :: han {c}
bull {n} (large, strong man) :: tyr {m}
bull {n} (finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices) :: haussespekulant {?}, haussist {?}
bull {n} (slang: policeman) :: strisser {?}
bull {adj} (large and strong) :: stor og stærk
bull {v} (force oneself) :: presse
bull {v} (lie) :: ligge
bull {v} (polish boots to a high shine) :: pudse
bull {n} (seal) :: segl {n}
bull {n} (nonsense) :: sludder {c}, sniksnak {c}, nonsens {c}
bullace {n} (European plum) SEE: damson ::
bullcrap {n} (bullshit) SEE: bullshit ::
bulldozer {n} (tractor) :: bulldozer
bullet {n} (projectile) :: kugle {c}, projektil {n}
bullet {n} (typography: printed symbol in the form of a solid circle) :: bullet {c}, punkttegn {n}
bullet hole {n} (wound) :: skudsår {n}
bullet hole {n} (hole) :: skudhul {c}
bulletproof {adj} (capable of withstanding a bullet) :: skudsikker
bull fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass ::
bullfinch {n} (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) :: dompap {c}
bullfrog {n} (bullfrog) :: oksefrø {c}
bullshit {n} (deceitful statements, etc) :: pis {n}
bully {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp ::
bully {n} (person who is cruel to others) :: bølle, tyran
bully {v} (to intimidate) :: herse med, mobbe
bully {v} (act aggressively towards) :: tyrannisere
bully {adj} (very good; excellent) :: fin, udmærket
bully {interj} (well done!) :: fint, udmærket
bulwark {n} (defensive wall or rampart) :: bolværk {n}
bulwark {n} (defense or safeguard) :: bolværk {n}
bulwark {n} (breakwater) SEE: breakwater ::
bumblebee {n} (genus of bee) :: humlebi {c}
bumfodder {n} (toilet paper) SEE: toilet paper ::
bumfuck {v} (sodomize) SEE: assfuck ::
bumfuck {n} (assfuck) SEE: assfuck ::
bumpkin {n} (yokel) :: bondejokke {c}, bondeknold {c}, bonderøv {c}
bun {n} (newbie) SEE: newbie ::
bun {n} (A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced) :: bolle {c}
bunch {n} (a cluster of grapes) :: klase {c}
bung {n} (bribe) SEE: bribe ::
bungalow {n} (single-storey house) :: bungalow
bungee jump {n} (instance of bungee jumping) :: bungee jump {n}
bungee jump {v} (to participate in bungee jumping) :: hoppe bungee jump
bunk bed {n} (two or more beds fixed on top of one another) :: køje {c}
bunkbed {n} (bunk bed) SEE: bunk bed ::
Bunsen burner {n} (small laboratory gas burner) :: bunsenbrænder
buoy {n} (moored float) :: bøje {c}
buoyance {n} (buoyancy) SEE: buoyancy ::
buoyancy {n} (physics: upward force on an immersed body) :: opdrift {c}
bupkis {n} (absolutely nothing) :: bar røv at trutte i {c}
burden {n} (heavy load) :: byrde {c}, læs {n}
burden {n} (responsibility, onus) :: belastning {c}, last {c}, byrde {c}
burden of proof {n} (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) :: bevisbyrde {c}
burden of proof {n} (obligation of the person making a claim to provide evidence for their position) :: bevisbyrde {c}
burdock {n} (any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium) :: burre
bureau {n} (for the collection and provision of information) :: bureau
bureaucracy {n} (system of administration) :: bureaukrati
bureaucracy {n} (excessive red tape) :: bureaukrati
bureaucrat {n} (An official in a bureaucracy) :: bureaukrat
bureaucratic {adj} (of or pertaining to bureaucracy) :: bureaukratisk
bureau de change {n} (a place where foreign currency can be exchanged) :: vekselbureau
burette {n} (glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.) :: burette {c}
Burgas {prop} (city in Bulgaria) :: Burgas
burger {n} (informal: hamburger) :: burger {c}
-burger {suffix} (suffix used to make names for hamburger-like dishes) :: -burger {c}
burger bar {n} (fast-food restaurant primarily selling hamburgers) :: burger-bar {c}, burgerbar {c}
burglary {n} (the crime of breaking into) :: indbrud
Burgundy {prop} (region) :: Bourgogne [modern area and as wine region], Burgund [historiographic]
Burgundy {prop} (medieval duchy in France and the Netherlands) :: Burgund
Burgundy {n} (wine) :: bourgogne {c}, bourgognevin {c}
burial {n} (interment) :: begravelse {c}
burka {n} (female garment that covers the whole body) :: burka {c}
Burkina Faso {prop} (country) :: Burkina Faso
burlesque {n} (variety adult entertainment show) :: varieté {c}
Burma {prop} (Southeast Asian country (former name), see also: Myanmar) :: Burma, Myanmar
Burmese {adj} (Of or relating to Burma) :: burmesisk
Burmese {n} (a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent) :: burmeser {c}
Burmese {n} (cat) :: burmeser {c}, burmeserkat {c}
Burmese {prop} (language) :: burmesisk
Burmese {prop} (script) :: burmesisk
burn {n} (physical injury) :: brandsår, forbrænding
burn {n} (act of burning something) :: afbrænding {c}
burn {v} (to cause to be consumed by fire) :: brænde
burn {v} (to be consumed by fire) :: brænde, brænde op
burn {v} (to feel hot due to embarrassment) :: brænde
burn {n} (stream, see also: stream) :: bæk, strøm
burn {n} (vegetable disease) SEE: brand ::
burning bush {n} (Euonymus in general) SEE: spindle ::
burning bush {n} (biblical object) :: brændende tornebusk
burning bush {n} (Dictamnus albus) SEE: gas plant ::
burn one's bridges {v} (burn one's bridges) :: [to burn all bridges] brænde alle broer, [to break all bridges] bryde alle broer, [to burn all bridges behind oneself] brænde alle broer bag sig, [to break all bridges behind oneself] bryde alle broer bag sig
burnt {adj} (carbonized) :: brændt
burocratic {adj} (of or pertaining to bureaucracy) :: bureaukratisk
burp {n} (a softer belch) :: bøvs {n} {c}
burp {v} (to emit a burp) :: bøvse
burqa {n} (burka) SEE: burka ::
bur-reed {n} (a marsh plant) :: pindsvineknop
burrow {n} (a tunnel or hole) :: jordhule {c}
Burundi {prop} (a country in Eastern Africa) :: Burundi
bury {v} (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb) :: begrave
Buryat {n} (language) :: burjatisk
Buryatia {prop} (Buryatia, Russia) :: Burjatien
bus {n} (medical slang: ambulance) SEE: ambulance ::
bus {n} (vehicle) :: bus {c}
bus {n} (electrical conductor) :: bus {c}
bus driver {n} (driver of a bus) :: buschauffør {c}
bush {n} (category of woody plant) :: busk
business {n} (commercial enterprise or establishment) :: forretning {c}
business {n} (occupation, work or trade of a person) :: branche {c}
business {n} (commercial, industrial or professional activity) :: forretning {c}
business card {n} (small card) :: visitkort {n}
businessman {n} (a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution) :: forretningsmand {c}
business plan {n} (summary) :: forretningsplan {c}
business trip {n} (business trip) :: handelsrejse {c}
busk {v} (nautical: to tack) SEE: tack ::
busker {n} (street performer) :: gøgler {c}, gademusikant {c}
bus lane {n} (lane for bus) :: busbane {c}
bus route {n} (set route of bus service) :: buslinje {c}, busrute {c}
bus stop {n} (a stop for public transport buses) :: busstoppested {n}, stoppested {n}
bust {n} (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) :: buste {c}
bustard {n} (any of several birds of the family Otididae) :: trappe {c}
busty {adj} (having large breasts) :: store bryster
busy {adj} (crowded with business or activities) :: befærdet
busy {adj} (doing a great deal) :: travl
but {conj} (rather) :: men
but {conj} (although) :: men
but {conj} (except) :: undtagen, uden
butch {n} (masculine lesbian) :: betonlebbe {c}
butcher {n} (a person who prepares and sells meat) :: slagter
butchery {n} (abattoir) SEE: abattoir ::
butt {n} (buttocks) :: bagdel {m}, rumpe {m}, røv {m} [vulgar]
butt {n} (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) :: skod {n}
butte {n} (hill) :: butte {c}
butter {n} (soft foodstuff made from milk) :: smør {n}
butter {v} (to spread butter on, see also: spread; butter) :: smøre brødet
butterbur {n} (herb) :: hestehov {c}
buttercup {n} (flower of the genus Narcissus) SEE: daffodil ::
butterfly {n} (insect) :: sommerfugl {c}, sommerflue [North Jutland], skurvefugl [South Jutland]
butterfly effect {n} (technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory) :: sommerfugleeffekt {c}
butterfly knife {n} (folding pocket knife) :: butterflykniv {c}
butterfly nut {n} (butterfly nut) SEE: wing nut ::
buttermilk {n} (traditional buttermilk) :: kærnemælk {c}
buttfuck {v} (sodomize) SEE: assfuck ::
butthole {n} (anus) SEE: anus ::
butt-naked {adj} (naked) SEE: naked ::
buttock {n} (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body) :: balde {c}, balle {c}
button {n} (knob or small disc serving as a fastener) :: knap {c}
button {n} (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger) :: knap {c}
button {v} (to fasten with a button) :: knappe
buttonhole {n} (hole for a button) :: knaphul {n}
buttonhole {n} (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) :: knaphulsblomst {c}
buxom {adj} (having a full, voluptuous figure) :: barmfager
buy {v} (to obtain something with money) :: købe
buyer {n} (person who makes purchases) :: køber {c}, køberinde {f}
buying power {n} (purchasing power) SEE: purchasing power ::
buzz {n} (whisper) SEE: whisper ::
buzzard {n} (bird of the genus Buteo) :: musvåge
buzzard {n} (scavenging bird) SEE: vulture ::
buzzword {n} (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon) :: modeord {n}
by {prep} (near, or next to) :: ved
by {prep} (not later than) :: inden
by {prep} (indicates the agent of a passive verb) :: af
by {prep} (indicates creator of a work) :: af
by {prep} (indicates a means) :: ved, ved at
by {prep} (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy) :: med
by {prep} (indicates steady progression) :: efter
by {prep} :: efter
by {adv} (along a path) :: forbi
by and by {adv} (soon) SEE: soon ::
by and large {adv} (mostly, generally; with few exceptions) :: i det store og hele, i det store hele, stort set
Byblos {prop} (port city in Lebanon) :: Byblos
by chance {prep} (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) :: tilfældigt
Bydgoszcz {prop} (a city in Poland) :: Bydgoszcz
by dint of {prep} (because of; by reason of) SEE: because of ::
by ear {prep} (to learn or perform using only hearing) :: efter gehør
by-election {n} (special election) :: suppleringsvalg {n}
Byelorussian SSR {prop} (Soviet republic) :: Hviderussiske SSR {c}, Hviderussiske Socialistiske Sovjetrepublik {c}
by foot {adv} (on foot) SEE: on foot ::
by heart {prep} (knowing completely) :: udenad
by hook or by crook {prep} (by any means possible) :: koste hvad det vil [no matter the cost], med hiv og sving [by a great effort]
byname {n} (nickname) :: tilnavn {n}
by no means {prep} (certainly not) :: ingenlunde, på ingen måde
bypass {n} (road) :: omfartsvej {c}
byre {n} (a barn, especially one used for keeping cattle) :: stald {c}
by the by {prep} (by the way) SEE: by the way ::
by the Grace of God {prep} (By divine right) :: af Guds nåde
by the skin of one's teeth {prep} (barely, closely) :: på et hængende hår
by the time {prep} (when) SEE: when ::
by the way {prep} (incidentally) :: for resten, forresten
by virtue of {prep} (because of) :: i kraft af
Byzantine {adj} (of or pertaining to Byzantium) :: byzantinsk
Byzantine {adj} (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire) :: byzantinsk
Byzantine {adj} (overly complex or intricate) :: byzantinsk
Byzantine {n} (native of Byzantine Empire) :: byzantiner {c}
Byzantine Empire {prop} (Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region) :: Byzantinske Rige {n}, Østromerske Rige {n}
Byzantium {prop} (Byzantine Empire) SEE: Byzantine Empire ::
Byzantium {prop} (ancient Greek city) :: Byzans