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danish
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Etymology 1
da
Alteration of en enm Denish, enm Dench (under the influence of enm Dan — compare en Dane), from en ang Denisċ Danish, from en gem-pro *daniskaz. en Dane -ish.
Alternative forms
en danish noun; sense Danish pastry
Pronunciation
en /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/
en en-uk-Danish.ogg UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-danish.wav General American
Proper noun
-
en Q9035The language of Danes and Denmark.
Derived terms
en Old Danish
en Middle Danish
en Modern Danish
Translations
language
Afrikaans: af Deens
Albanian: sq Danisht
Amharic: am ዴኒሽ
Arabic: ar دانماركية f
Armenian: hy դանիերեն
Asturian: ast danés m
Azerbaijani: az Данимарка
Basque: eu daniera
Belarusian: be да́цкая мо́ва f, be да́цкая f
Breton: br daneg m
Bulgarian: bg да́тски m
Catalan: ca danès m
Valencian: ca danés m
Chechen: ce датхойн мотт
Cherokee: chr ᏓᏂᏍ, chr ᏕᏂᏏ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 丹麥語 dānmàiyǔ
Czech: cs dánština f, cs dánský jazyk m
Danish: da dansk
Dutch: nl Deens n
Estonian: et taani keel
Farefare: gur Dannɛ
Faroese: fo danskt n
Finnish: fi tanska
French: fr danois m
Frisian:
North Frisian: frr Dånsch
West Frisian: fy Deensk n
Galician: gl dinamarqués m, gl danés m
Georgian: ka დანიური, ka დანიური ენა
German: de Dänisch n
Greek: el δανικά n-p
Greenlandic: kl qallunaatut
Hebrew: he דנית denít f
Hindi: hi डेनिश
Hungarian: hu dán
Icelandic: is danska f
Irish: ga Danmhairgis
Italian: it danese m
Japanese: ja デンマーク語 denmākugo
Kazakh: kk дат тілі
Khmer: km ភាសាដាណឺម៉ាក
Korean: ko 덴마크어
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr danîmarkî
Lao: lo
Latvian: lv Dāņu
Ligurian: lij daneïse m, lij daneise m, lij danéize m
Limburgish: li Dieënsj n
Lithuanian: lt Danų, lt Daniškai
Macedonian: mk дански m
Maltese: mt daniż
Marathi: mr डेनिश f
Moksha: mdf данонь
Mongolian: mn дани
Navajo: nv Déinish Dineʼé bizaad
Nepali: ne ड्यानिश
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb dansk m
Nynorsk: nn dansk m
Occitan: oc danés m
Persian: fa دانمارکی dânmârki
Polish: pl duński
Portuguese: pt dinamarquês m, pt danês m
Romanian: ro daneză f
Russian: ru да́тский
Scots: sco Dens
Scottish Gaelic: gd Danmhairgis f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh дански m
Latin: sh danski m
Slovak: sk dánčina f
Slovene: sl dánščina f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Danšćina
Upper Sorbian: hsb Dańšćina
Spanish: es danés m
Swahili: sw Kideni, sw Kidenishi
Swedish: sv danska
Tagalog: tl Danes
Tamil: ta டேனிஷ்
Tatar: tt дания
Thai: th ภาษาเดนมาร์ก
Tigrinya: ti ዴኒሽ
Turkish: tr Danca
Ukrainian: uk да́тська мо́ва f
Urdu: ur ڈینش
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Đan-mạch
Volapük: vo Danänapük
Walloon: wa daenwès m
Welsh: cy Daneg
Yiddish: yi דעניש n
Adjective
-
Of or pertaining to Denmark.
en Ben Church How Christian Eriksen returned to football after suffering cardiac arrest on pitch w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/football/christian-eriksen-cardiac-arrest-return-spt-intl 2023-01-03 The Danish midfielder received life-saving treatment during his country’s game against Finland in June 2021, eventually being resuscitated and taken to hospital. https://web.archive.org/web/20250321025428/https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/football/christian-eriksen-cardiac-arrest-return-spt-intl/ 21 March 2025
Derived terms
en Danish axe Danish blue Danish dog Danish Gambit Danglish Danishman Danish longball Danishness Danish oil Danish pastry Danish Red Danish seine Danish Sign Language Danish West Indies
Translations
of Denmark
Afrikaans: af Deens
Albanian: sq danez
Arabic: ar دَنْمَارْكِيّ
Armenian: hy դանիական
Asturian: ast danés
Azerbaijani: az dan
Basque: eu daniar
Belarusian: be да́цкі, be да́нскі
Bengali: bn ডেনীয়
Bulgarian: bg да́тски
Burmese: my ဒိန်းမတ်
Catalan: ca danès
Valencian: ca danés
Chechen: ce датхойн
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 丹麥 丹麥的 Dānmài de
Czech: cs dánský
Danish: da dansk
Dutch: nl Deens
Esperanto: eo dana
Estonian: et taani
Farefare: gur dan
Faroese: fo danskur
Finnish: fi tanskalainen
French: fr danois m
Friulian: fur danês
Galician: gl dinamarqués, gl danés
Georgian: ka დანიური
German: de dänisch
Greek: el δανικός
Hawaiian: haw Kenemaka
Hebrew: he דני deni
Hindi: hi डैनिश
Hungarian: hu dán
Icelandic: is danskur
Interlingua: ia danese
Irish: ga Danmhargach
Italian: it danese
Japanese: ja デンマーク Denmāku no デンマークの
Kazakh: kk даттық, kk даниялық
Khmer: km ដាណឺម៉ាក
Korean: ko 덴마크 ^덴마크-의
Kyrgyz: ky дан, ky дания, ky даниялык
Lao: lo ແດນມາກ
Latvian: lv dāņu, lv dānisks
Lithuanian: lt danų, lt daniškas
Macedonian: mk дански
Malay: ms Denmark
Marathi: mr डेनिश
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb dansk
Nynorsk: nn dansk
Occitan: oc danés
Old English: ang Denisċ
Pashto: ps ډنمارکي ḍanmárkí
Persian: fa دانمارکی dânmârki
Polish: pl duński
Portuguese: pt dinamarquês, pt danês
Romanian: ro danez
Russian: ru да́тский
Scottish Gaelic: gd Danmhairgeach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh да̑нскӣ
Latin: sh dȃnskī
Slovak: sk dánsky
Slovene: sl dánski
Spanish: es danés, es dinamarqués
Swedish: sv dansk
Tagalog: tl Danes
Tajik: tg даниягӣ
Tatar: tt дания
Thai: th เดนมาร์ก
Turkish: tr Danimarkalı
Turkmen: tk daniýaly
Ukrainian: uk да́тський, uk да́нський
Urdu: ur ڈینش ḍainiś
Uyghur: ug دانىش, ug دانىيە
Uzbek: uz dan, uz daniya
Vietnamese: vi Đan Mạch
Yiddish: yi דעניש
Zhuang: za Danhmwz
Noun
*
en usually collective Danes, natives of Denmark.
Translations
native of Denmark Dane
Noun
~
en informal chiefly US en Danish pastry.
en 8 March 1984 Peggy Speirs Doing the birdie on a long, long break Evening Post 32,833 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire 5 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/760626634/ 5 0957-3755 751618176 Hotel food is reasonably good, and rather British, except for breakfasts, when most hotels serve ensaimades, a puff pastry half way between a croissant and a Danish.
Translations
Danish pastry Danish pastry
See also
da
References
Further reading
1 da dan
dan
Etymology 2
en ur دَانِش, from en fa-cls دَانِش.
Proper noun
en male.
Etymology 3
en :af Dan -ish + 1
Adjective
-
en very rare Characteristic of someone named Dan.
See also
en Danielish
Anagrams
en adhins handis sandhi
en Denmark Languages Nationalities
Malay
Etymology
ms fa دانش knowledge.
Pronunciation
ms [dɛ.neʃ]
ms niʃ iʃ 2
ms Da nish
Proper noun
دانيش
ms male Persian