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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Alteration 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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Danish (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]language
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Adjective
[edit]Danish (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Denmark.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of Denmark
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Noun
[edit]Danish (plural Danish)
- (usually collective) Danes, natives of Denmark.
Translations
[edit]native of Denmark — see Dane
Noun
[edit]Danish (countable and uncountable, plural Danishes)
- (informal, chiefly US) Ellipsis of Danish pastry.
Translations
[edit]Danish 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
[edit]Borrowed from Persian دانش (literally “knowledge, science, wisdom”).
Proper noun
[edit]Danish
- A male given name.
Etymology 3
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Danish (not comparable)
- (very rare) The nature or characteristics of someone named Dan.
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Persian دانش (“knowledge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Danish (Jawi spelling دانيش)
- A male given name from Farsi.
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