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 Word Forms

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

Denmark is one of several European countries that have reported "drone incidents" in recent weeks, with drones sighted above Danish military sites as recently as Saturday.

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Danish authorities said Thursday's incursions appeared to be a "hybrid attack", but cautioned that they had no evidence to suggest Moscow was behind it.

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The Danish government is currently assessing whether to invoke it too.

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The incidents comes after the country's Copenhagen airport was forced to close earlier this week due to a drone incursion, which the prime minister described as "the most severe attack on Danish infrastructure so far".

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This week, a decision by Danish authorities to separate a young Greenlandic mother from her newborn daughter - one hour after she gave birth - was reversed after the case prompted outrage.

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Related Words

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