Definition of Danish

1. Noun. A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark.


2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes or their language. "Danish furniture"
Partainyms: Denmark

3. Noun. Light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese.
Exact synonyms: Danish Pastry
Generic synonyms: Coffee Roll, Sweet Roll

Definition of Danish

1. a. Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country.

Definition of Danish

1. Proper noun. The language of Denmark ¹

2. Noun. A native of Denmark, Dane ¹

3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Denmark. ¹

4. Noun. Danish pastry, light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruit or cheese. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Danish

1. a pastry of raised dough [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Danish

1. Danish dog, one of a large and powerful breed of dogs reared in Denmark also called a great Dane. Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country. The language of the Danes. (04 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Danish

danglers
dangles
danglier
dangliest
dangling
dangling modifier
dangling participle
dangling participles
danglingly
danglings
dangly
dangs
danielsite
danio
danios
danish
danishes
dank
danker
dankest
dankish
dankishness
dankly
dankness
danknesses
danks
danophone
danophones
danpatsushiki
danse du ventre

Literary usage of Danish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"The Grand Duchy of Finland was until 1809 an important part of Sweden 15 8443-54 CHRONOLOGICAL CONSPECTUS Danish Literature occupies in certain respects the ..."

2. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, George Lyman Kittredge (1884)
"ish A, the oldest of all copies ; in Danish B it is reduced to six ; in other Danish versions it has a range of from fifteen to two; but, shorter or longer, ..."

3. Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Denmark; 2006 Review by International Energy Agency (2006)
"Table 26 includes figures on Danish gas production and trade for 2005. .Table! Danish Gas Production and Trade, 2005 Production/Flow Billion cubic metres ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"T Danish Poetry: Oehlenschlager. Grundtvig ridiculed the mysticism and the opacity of the romantic Danish imitators of Novalis. He did not spare even what ..."

5. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1917)
"THE Danish WEST INDIES On March 31, 1917, the transfer of the Danish West Indies from Denmark to the United States took place by the payment of the purchase ..."

6. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"This new series of invasions, which led in the end to the submission of all England to a Danish King, form the third and last period of Danish warfare. ..."

7. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"A botanical examination of part of a heath in West Jutland. (Danish) ... On some glacial and interglacial volcanoes in Iceland. (Danish) ..."

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