Danish

American  

[dey-nish] / ˈdeɪ nɪʃ /

adjective

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

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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 British  

/ ˈdeɪnɪʃ /

adjective

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

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noun

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

Other Word Forms

• anti-Danish adjective
• non-Danish adjective
• pro-Danish adjective

Etymology

Origin of Danish

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

Tennis legend Venus Williams wed Danish model and actor Andrea Preti over the weekend in Florida, the new bride announced in a shared post.

From Los Angeles Times

Dominion Energy's stock price was down around 4.5 percent in afternoon trading on Wall Street, while Danish energy giant Orsted -- behind the Revolution Wind project -- was down 11 percent in Copenhagen.

From Barron's

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said he would summon the U.S. ambassador to express his discontent and demand an explanation for the appointment, which Rasmussen said came “out of nowhere.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He told Danish broadcaster TV2: "As long as we have a kingdom consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, we cannot accept actions that undermine our territorial integrity."

From BBC

"The appointment confirms the continued American interest in Greenland," Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Monday in a statement emailed to AFP.

From Barron's

Related Words

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