Danish
See also: danish
Contents
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- danish (noun; sense Danish pastry)
EtymologyEdit
Alteration of Middle English Denish (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisc (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Danish (uncountable)
- The language of Danes and Denmark.
- (regarded as plural) Natives of Denmark; Danes.
- (informal, (countable?)) A Danish pastry.
Derived termsEdit
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TranslationsEdit
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native of Denmark — see Dane
Danish pastry — see Danish pastry
AdjectiveEdit
Danish (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Denmark.
Derived termsEdit
- Danishness
- Danish axe
- Danish blue
- Danish dog
- Danish longball
- Danish oil
- Danish pastry
- Danish Canadian, Danish-Canadian
- Danish Sign Language
- Danish West Indies
TranslationsEdit
of Denmark
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See alsoEdit
- Wiktionary's coverage of Danish terms
- Appendix:Danish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Danish
Further readingEdit
- ISO 639-1 code da, ISO 639-3 code dan
- Ethnologue entry for Danish, da
ReferencesEdit
- “Danish” (US) / “Danish” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.