Danish

[ dey-nish ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Danes, their country, or their language.

noun

1. a North Germanic language, the language of Denmark, closely related to Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic. : Dan, Dan.
2. (sometimes lowercase) Danish pastry.

Danish

/ ˈdeɪnɪʃ /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Denmark, its people, or their language

noun

1. the official language of Denmark, belonging to the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European family

Other Words From

• an·ti-Da·nish adjective
• non-Dan·ish adjective
• pro-Dan·ish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Danish¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English, alteration of Denshe, Danshe, Dench (by influence of Dan “(a) Dane”), Old English Denisc , from Germanic daniskaz; Dane, -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Of course, with such a soft-handed approach comes criticism from the Danish right.

From The Daily Beast

The event grew out of an anti-consumerist action by the Danish radical theater collective Solvognen.

From The Daily Beast

Nolde was an anti-Semite and member of the Danish Nazi Party.

From The Daily Beast

The Danish Air Force, as luck would have it, had just the aircraft.

From The Daily Beast

But Lundbeck, the Danish maker of Nembutal, no longer sells the drug to U.S. prisons.

From The Daily Beast

I have in this way seen some Queries put to me about matters connected with the history of the Danish settlements in England.

From Project Gutenberg

In answer to them I beg to state, that all the names terminating in -by unquestionably are of Danish origin.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Taylor is perfectly right in supposing that several of these names of places contain the names of the old Danish conquerors.

From Project Gutenberg

His remarks upon the situation of the villages with Danish names are most interesting and instructive.

From Project Gutenberg

Then Eric hailed us, and Thorgils ran out his oars, and we went alongside the Danish ship.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bread
• cake
• croissant
• doughnut
• phyllo
• pie