danish

See also: Danish

English

A typical Spandauer-type Danish with apple filling and glazing

Alternative forms

• Danish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Danish pastry

English danish

Ellipsis of Danish pastry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪnɪʃ

Noun

danish (countable and uncountable, plural danishes)

1. Danish pastry, light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruit or cheese.

   Get me a coffee and a cheese danish.

   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "1 Night in Gottlieb" (season 1, episode 2):

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Uh-oh, Principal Gottlieb. Looks like somebody forgot their danish, huh?

     Judith Gottlieb: Aw, crap.

     Allen Gregory: Three, two, one, and there's the money shot.

Translations

pastry

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丹麥酥皮餅／丹麦酥皮饼 (Dānmài sūpíbǐng), 丹麥點心／丹麦点心 (Dānmài diǎnxin)

• Danish: wienerbrød
• Faroese: wienarbreyð n
• Finnish: viineri (fi), wienerleipä (fi)
• French: feuilleté (fr) m, danoise (fr) f (Québec, Louisiana, Missouri, New England)
• German: Plunder (de) m, Plundergebäck n
• Japanese: デニッシュ (denisshu)
• Norwegian: wienerbrød n
• Russian: ве́нская бу́лочка f (vénskaja búločka), ве́нская сло́йка f (vénskaja slójka)
• Swedish: wienerbröd (sv) n

See also

• Danish pastry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• handis, sandhi