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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the official language of Denmark, belonging to the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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

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
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Example Sentences

Differences between Danish farms and those in Wisconsin make outbreaks less likely, the state’s veterinarian has said.

Martin Petersen Lennards, the Danish public sector leader for IBM Global Business Services, says his company’s tool is pretty much ready to go.

The project was announced and approved by the Danish government last summer.

Danish public health officials say that if it weren’t for their extensive monitoring, they would be feeling a false sense of confidence right now.

Banks in Denmark first issued 20-year bonds with 0% coupons a few years ago, as investors looking for a safe place to park their money drove down rates in the Danish mortgage-backed covered-bond market.

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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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