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Danish
[ dey-nish ]
adjective
- of or relating to the Danes, their country, or their language.
noun
- a North Germanic language, the language of Denmark, closely related to Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic. : Dan, Dan.
- (sometimes lowercase) Danish pastry.
Danish
/ ˈdeɪnɪʃ /
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Denmark, its people, or their language
noun
- the official language of Denmark, belonging to the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European family
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Other Words From
- an·ti-Da·nish adjective
- non-Dan·ish adjective
- pro-Dan·ish adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Of course, with such a soft-handed approach comes criticism from the Danish right.
The event grew out of an anti-consumerist action by the Danish radical theater collective Solvognen.
Nolde was an anti-Semite and member of the Danish Nazi Party.
The Danish Air Force, as luck would have it, had just the aircraft.
But Lundbeck, the Danish maker of Nembutal, no longer sells the drug to U.S. prisons.
I have in this way seen some Queries put to me about matters connected with the history of the Danish settlements in England.
In answer to them I beg to state, that all the names terminating in -by unquestionably are of Danish origin.
Mr. Taylor is perfectly right in supposing that several of these names of places contain the names of the old Danish conquerors.
His remarks upon the situation of the villages with Danish names are most interesting and instructive.
Then Eric hailed us, and Thorgils ran out his oars, and we went alongside the Danish ship.
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