Danish
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English
Etymology 1
Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz.
Alternative forms
- danish (noun; sense Danish pastry)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Danish (uncountable)
Derived terms
Translations
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Adjective
Danish (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Denmark.
Derived terms
Translations
of Denmark
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Noun
Danish (plural Danish)
- (usually collective) Danes, natives of Denmark.
Translations
native of Denmark — see Dane
Noun
Danish (countable and uncountable, plural Danishes)
- (informal, chiefly US) Ellipsis of Danish pastry.
- 1984 March 8, Peggy Speirs, “Doing the birdie on a long, long break”, in Evening Post, number 32,833, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 5:
- 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.
Translations
Danish pastry — see Danish pastry
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Danish terms
- Appendix:Danish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Danish
References
- “Danish”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Urdu دَانِش (dāniś), from Classical Persian دَانِش (dāniš).
Proper noun
Danish
- A male given name.
Etymology 3
Adjective
Danish (not comparable)
- (very rare) Characteristic of someone named Dan.
See also
Anagrams
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Danish (Jawi spelling دانيش)
- a male given name from Persian
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