| baa {interj} (cry of sheep) | :: mæh, mæ |
| 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)) | :: gø, 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 på |
| 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 |
