danish

UK /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/ US /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/

noun 3name 2adj 2

Definitions

name

The language of Danes and Denmark.

adj

Of or pertaining to Denmark.

The Danish midfielder received life-saving treatment during his country’s game against Finland in June 2021, eventually being resuscitated and taken to hospital.

noun

Danes, natives of Denmark.

Collocations

ADJ.

english, english, intelligible, lost, powerful, received, similar, swedish

The Danish and English languages share many similarities that make them mutually intelligible to some extent.

VERB + DANISH

called, forgot, get, got, learning, speak, spoken, written

I'm learning Danish because I want to visit Copenhagen next summer.

DANISH + NOUN

danes, embassy, gottlieb, judith, king's, life-saving, maltese, margaret

The Danish embassy in London helped process visa applications for hundreds of refugees.

PREP.

from, in, into

I grabbed a fresh danish from the bakery on my way to work this morning.

ADV.

ever, mutually, perhaps

She perhaps danish the pastry dough too thin for the best results.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The Danish midfielder received life-saving treatment during his country’s game against Finland in June 2021, eventually being resuscitated and taken to hospital.

Wiktionary

Hotel food is reasonably good, and rather British, except for breakfasts, when most hotels serve ensaimades, a puff pastry half way between a croissant and a Danish.

Wiktionary

Get me a coffee and a cheese danish.

Wiktionary

Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Uh-oh, Principal Gottlieb. Looks like somebody forgot their danish, huh? Judith Gottlieb: Aw, crap. Allen Gregory: Three, two, one, and there's the money shot.

Wiktionary

Danish is recognised as a protected minority language in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Tatoeba · #566434

The Danish person tries to speak Italian at the beginning of the conversation.

Tatoeba · #876598

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, danish is marked as informal, US, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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