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Definition of Danish in English:
Danish
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adjective
Relating to Denmark or its people or language.
‘the series was critically acclaimed as one of the best Danish dramas’- ‘the chair is made of Danish timbers such as oak, ash, or walnut’
- ‘We are a Danish company and in Denmark there are duties on bags and in Germany also, so we are used to it.’
- ‘DENMARK - Danish astronomer has found what appears to be the thirteenth planet, orbiting just outside the orbit of the earth.’
- ‘Karl Skaarup's visit to Orkney is believed to be the first trip outside Denmark and a Danish film crew will follow him to the festival.’
- ‘The next day I meet former islander Joseph who now lives in Denmark with his Danish wife.’
- ‘The recent successes can be traced to a general conviction in Denmark that Danish voices should be heard in the wider world while also remaining true to their own visions.’
- ‘Nielsen, in her Danish language debut, is radiant as Sarah and about as far from Hollywood as you get, her clear-skinned face bare of makeup, dressed simply in jeans and trainers.’
- ‘HMS Norfolk has returned to her home port of Devonport after taking part in a two-week NATO exercise run by the Danish navy off Denmark.’
- ‘Harald Bluetooth was a Danish king who unified Denmark and Norway in the 10th century.’
- ‘Further prerequisites include learning the Danish language and attending integration courses.’
- ‘It was also based on my experiences living in Denmark with the Danish people.’
- ‘Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg this week joined the succession of supplicants in a visit to Denmark for meetings with Rassmussen and other Danish leaders.’
- ‘Donaldson becomes Crown Princess Mary, a Danish citizen and member of Denmark's State Lutheran Church.’
- ‘I lived with a Danish family, while attending high school in Denmark.’
- ‘He fled to Bergen, now in Norway but then part of Denmark, and was arrested as a pirate by the Danish authorities.’
- ‘Its Danish spokesman has been convicted of disseminating racist propaganda in Denmark.’
- ‘When the young Danish scientist Bjorn Lomborg recently published his The Sceptical Environmentalist, a horde of angry commentators dismissed him as a crank.’
- ‘The U.S. and Danish governments built the villagers contemporary prefabricated houses - small red, green, blue, and purple chalets.’
- ‘Denmark's representative at the meeting of ministers is compelled to ask for the change because of a vote by the Danish Parliament's EU committee that came out in favour of seeking to reopen discussions.’
- ‘Two weeks ago, Vinci's representatives visited Bulgaria and had talks with the relevant institutions to decide whether to appeal against the choice of the Danish candidate.’
- ‘On one program, screened straight after the documentary on the bride-to-be, viewers were taken on a tour of Tasmania with a Danish couple who were making their way around the island by car.’
Pronunciation
noun
1The North Germanic language of Denmark, which is also the official language of Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
‘all the narration is in Danish’- ‘During the centuries-long union with Denmark, Norwegians accepted Danish as their written language.’
- ‘Icelandic is the national language of Iceland, although both English and Danish are understood and spoken by many Icelanders as well.’
- ‘Scandinavian languages like Danish and Swedish are almost as poor in conjugational suffixes as English, and yet in some dialects the verb moves.’
- ‘The country's official language is Danish, but many Danes, especially the young, also speak English and German.’
- ‘While all the people speak Icelandic, most also speak Danish and English.’
- ‘Whereas Ibsen wrote in virtual Danish, a distinguished literature emerged in the new language at the turn of the nineteenth century.’
- ‘Classes will be provided for children of asylum seekers so they can speak Danish when they start school.’
- ‘Lego for example come from Denmark and in Danish is pronounced leg godt and means play well.’
- ‘Swedish is a North Germanic language, related to Norwegian, Danish, and German.’
- ‘Norwegian is a Germanic language closely related to Swedish and Danish.’
- ‘Swedish is a Germanic language closely related to Norwegian and Danish.’
- ‘I can't speak a single word of Danish, and yet the people in the school spoke fluently in English and their mother tongue, switching between the two mid-sentence.’
- ‘They also met with visiting education officials from Greenland, where classes are taught in Inuit, Danish and English.’
- ‘Faroese are fluent in Danish and increasingly in English.’
- ‘Fluent in Irish, Danish, French and with knowledge of German and Japanese, Ms Moynihan plays an active role in several international organisations.’
- ‘The dividing line between the languages we call Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish is linguistically arbitrary but politically and culturally relevant.’
- ‘Language is a unifying factor, as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish are mutually intelligible languages.’
- ‘Nussle was born in Chicago in 1931 and grew up speaking Danish, learning English only when he started school.’
- ‘Meanwhile, translations into Norwegian had become a reality, or rather two, as the country's language moved further away from Danish and itself split into two official languages.’
- ‘Carrera Andrade appeared in other anthologies on the European continent, including anthologies in Danish, French, and German.’
2as plural noun the DanishThe people of Denmark.
‘the site was occupied by the Danish’- ‘the boys are hoping for a win against the Danish’
- ‘The TEU was rejected by the Danish following a referendum in 1992 and was only accepted in 1993 following major concessions.’
- ‘Over the next decade, more skirmishes ensued between the Dutch, the Efutu chief, and the Danish.’
- ‘Instead of following in his father's footsteps he joined the army at the age of 17 and saw some action against the Danish.’
- ‘Two are run by Americans and one by the Dutch, Danish and Norwegians - the so-called Viking contingent.’
- ‘He owned a sporting agency and I was trained to sell fishing and hunting to the Italians, Danish and Germans.’
- ‘‘The Danish really couldn't do enough for us - especially once they found out we were Tasmanian,’ SSgt Schmidt said.’
- ‘Known as Sjælland to the Danish, Zealand is the largest island of Denmark.’
- ‘An agreement between the Danish and the Home Rule governments that would allow the U.S. to expand Thule, was postponed last weekend.’
- ‘Having said that, I would also like to know the opinion of the Portuguese or the Danish, or the British, or altogether.’
- ‘The difference between us and the Danish was the fact that the Danish admitted that the problems where their fault, the French wouldn't admit to their even being a problem.’
- ‘Western Europeans have embraced organic food enthusiastically, with the Danish leading the way.’
- ‘What the Danish, who have become heavily dependent on wind generators, have found is that the wind sometimes does not blow.’
- ‘If one becomes reliant on windmills, as the Danish have found out, one then has to have backup thermal stations for when the wind is not blowing.’
3 informal A Danish pastry.
- ‘a coffee and a Danish’
- ‘I just kept thinking of them as Danishes, light and buttery and creamy.’
- ‘He went to the fridge and pulled out the Danishes and cakes that he had previously bought and shoved in there.’
- ‘I was tempted towards the Danishes this morning, then had cake mid-afternoon.’
- ‘We wake up every morning and eat mangoes, papayas and cinnamon Danishes.’
- ‘There was a welcome basket on the kitchen table, full of fruit and some Danishes, a bottle of red wine.’
- ‘I wanted to make everything from scratch: brioche, croissants, Danish, pies, layer cakes, and of course bread.’
- ‘Not a top Danish but the best of the lot: buttery flaky pastry and a cinnamon taste.’
- ‘And suppose they were, like me, logging on every day, each buying a coffee and a Danish, bagel or sandwich.’
- ‘I decided my mood wasn't suited to any kind of rain-forest experience so I took myself off to Starbucks where I was to meet up with Graham for a well-earned cup of decent coffee and a pecan Danish.’
- ‘For £2 you could have coffee and a Danish or tea and a scone with jam and cream.’
- ‘When he grabs Rachel's notebook from my hands, his fingers leave smears from what was possibly a cheese Danish.’
- ‘He bit into a Danish, his first in months, and perhaps his last before he poses, as only he can pose, once again.’
- ‘Jack ordered a cheese Danish and a cup of French Vanilla cappuccino.’
- ‘Madame sipped her coffee, a tad lukewarm, and nibbled at the Danish.’
- ‘We had breakfast on the bus which consisted of a breakfast bar, juice, fruit, and a Danish.’
- ‘‘We usually had a coffee and a Danish on our meeting breaks and would go right into a sugar slump,’ says spokeswoman Lorraine Ryan.’
- ‘Leo bought us all cakes for breakfast, so after an hour in the gym I undid all the good I'd done with a Danish.’
- ‘These days, Greg still occasionally eats a Danish for breakfast but never, EVER with a full fat latte.’
Pronunciation
Origin
Old English Denisc, of Germanic origin; superseded in Middle English by forms influenced by Old French daneis and medieval Latin Danensis (from late Latin Dani ‘Danes’).
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