Danish
See also: danish
English
editEtymology 1
editAlteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz.
Alternative forms
edit- danish (noun; sense Danish pastry)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDanish (uncountable)
Derived terms
editTranslations
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Adjective
editDanish (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Denmark.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editof Denmark
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Noun
editDanish (plural Danish)
- (usually collective) Danes, natives of Denmark.
Translations
editnative of Denmark — see Dane
Noun
editDanish (countable and uncountable, plural Danishes)
- (informal, chiefly US) Ellipsis of Danish pastry.
Translations
editDanish pastry — see Danish pastry
See also
edit- Wiktionary’s coverage of Danish terms
- Appendix:Danish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Danish
References
edit- “Danish”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
edit- ISO 639-1 code da, ISO 639-3 code dan (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Danish, dan
- Danish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Persian دانش (literally “knowledge, science, wisdom”).
Proper noun
editDanish
- A male given name.
Etymology 3
editAdjective
editDanish (not comparable)
- (very rare) The nature or characteristics of someone named Dan.
See also
editAnagrams
editMalay
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Persian دانش (“knowledge”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDanish (Jawi spelling دانيش)
- A male given name from Farsi.
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