Danish

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• /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/
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Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. By surface analysis, Dane + -ish.

Etymology tree English Dan Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English Danish From Dan + -ish.

Borrowed from Urdu دَانِش (dāniś), from Classical Persian دَانِش (dāniš).

Ellipsis of Danish pastry.

201 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Deens — of Denmark
• Albanian: danez — of Denmark
• Arabic: دَنْمَارْكِيّ (danmārkiyy) — of Denmark
• Armenian: դանիական (daniakan) — of Denmark
• Asturian: danés — of Denmark
• Azerbaijani: dan — of Denmark
• Basque: daniar — of Denmark
• Belarusian: да́цкі (dácki) — of Denmark
• Belarusian: да́нскі (dánski) — of Denmark
• Bengali: ডেনীয় (ḍeniẏo) — of Denmark
• Bulgarian: да́тски (dátski) — of Denmark
• Burmese: ဒိန်းမတ် (din:mat) — of Denmark
• Catalan: danès — of Denmark
• Catalan: danés — of Denmark
• Chechen: датхойн (datxojn) — of Denmark
• Chinese Mandarin: 丹麥的 /丹麦的 (Dānmài de) — of Denmark
• Czech: dánský — of Denmark
• Danish: dansk — of Denmark
• Dutch: Deens — of Denmark
• Esperanto: dana — of Denmark
• Estonian: taani — of Denmark
• Farefare: dan — of Denmark
• Faroese: danskur — of Denmark
• Finnish: tanskalainen — of Denmark
• French: danois — of Denmark
• Friulian: danês — of Denmark
• Galician: dinamarqués — of Denmark
• Galician: danés — of Denmark
• Georgian: დანიური (daniuri) — of Denmark
• German: dänisch — of Denmark
• Greek: δανικός (danikós) — of Denmark
• Hawaiian: Kenemaka — of Denmark
• Hebrew: דני (deni) — of Denmark
• Hindi: डैनिश (ḍainiś) — of Denmark
• Hungarian: dán — of Denmark
• Icelandic: danskur — of Denmark
• Interlingua: danese — of Denmark
• Irish: Danmhargach — of Denmark
• Italian: danese — of Denmark
• Japanese: デンマークの (Denmāku no) — of Denmark
• Kazakh: даттық (dattyq) — of Denmark
• Kazakh: даниялық (daniälyq) — of Denmark
• Khmer: ដាណឺម៉ាក (daanəɨmaak) — of Denmark
• Korean: 덴마크의 (Denmakeu-ui) — of Denmark
• Kyrgyz: дан (dan) — of Denmark
• Kyrgyz: дания (daniya) — of Denmark
• Kyrgyz: даниялык (daniyalık) — of Denmark
• Lao: ແດນມາກ (dǣn māk) — of Denmark
• Latvian: dāņu — of Denmark
• Latvian: dānisks — of Denmark
• Lithuanian: danų — of Denmark
• Lithuanian: daniškas — of Denmark
• Macedonian: дански (danski) — of Denmark
• Malay: Denmark — of Denmark
• Marathi: डेनिश (ḍeniś) — of Denmark
• Norwegian Bokmål: dansk — of Denmark
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dansk — of Denmark
• Occitan: danés — of Denmark
• Old English: Denisċ — of Denmark
• Pashto: ډنمارکي (ḍanmárkí) — of Denmark
• Persian: دانمارکی (dânmârki) — of Denmark
• Polish: duński — of Denmark
• Portuguese: dinamarquês — of Denmark
• Portuguese: danês — of Denmark
• Romanian: danez — of Denmark
• Russian: да́тский (dátskij) — of Denmark
• Scottish Gaelic: Danmhairgeach — of Denmark
• Serbo-Croatian: да̑нскӣ — of Denmark
• Serbo-Croatian: dȃnskī — of Denmark
• Slovak: dánsky — of Denmark
• Slovene: dánski — of Denmark
• Spanish: danés — of Denmark
• Spanish: dinamarqués — of Denmark
• Swedish: dansk — of Denmark
• Tagalog: Danes — of Denmark
• Tajik: даниягӣ (daniyagi) — of Denmark
• Tatar: дания (daniyä) — of Denmark
• Thai: เดนมาร์ก (den-màak) — of Denmark
• Turkish: Danimarkalı — of Denmark
• Turkmen: daniýaly — of Denmark
• Ukrainian: да́тський (dátsʹkyj) — of Denmark
• Ukrainian: да́нський (dánsʹkyj) — of Denmark
• Urdu: ڈینش (ḍainiś) — of Denmark
• Uyghur: دانىش (danish) — of Denmark
• Uyghur: دانىيە (daniye) — of Denmark
• Uzbek: dan — of Denmark
• Uzbek: daniya — of Denmark
• Vietnamese: Đan Mạch — of Denmark
• Yiddish: דעניש (denish) — of Denmark
• Zhuang: Danhmwz — of Denmark
• Afrikaans: Deens — language
• Albanian: Danisht — language
• Amharic: ዴኒሽ (deniš) — language
• Arabic: دانماركية — language
• Armenian: դանիերեն (danieren) — language
• Asturian: danés — language
• Azerbaijani: Данимарка — language
• Basque: daniera — language
• Belarusian: да́цкая мо́ва (dáckaja móva) — language
• Belarusian: да́цкая (dáckaja) — language
• Breton: daneg — language
• Bulgarian: да́тски (dátski) — language
• Catalan: danès — language
• Catalan: danés — language
• Chechen: датхойн мотт (datxojn mott) — language
• Cherokee: ᏓᏂᏍ (danis) — language
• Cherokee: ᏕᏂᏏ (denisi) — language
• Chinese Mandarin: 丹麥語 /丹麦语 (dānmàiyǔ) — language
• Czech: dánština — language
• Czech: dánský jazyk — language
• Danish: dansk — language
• Dutch: Deens — language
• Estonian: taani keel — language
• Farefare: Dannɛ — language
• Faroese: danskt — language
• Finnish: tanska — language
• French: danois — language
• North Frisian: Dånsch — language
• West-Frisian: Deensk — language
• Galician: dinamarqués — language
• Galician: danés — language
• Georgian: დანიური (daniuri) — language
• Georgian: დანიური ენა (daniuri ena) — language
• German: Dänisch — language
• Greek: δανικά (daniká) — language
• Greenlandic: qallunaatut — language
• Hebrew: דנית (denít) — language
• Hindi: डेनिश (ḍeniś) — language
• Hungarian: dán — language
• Icelandic: danska — language
• Irish: Danmhairgis — language
• Italian: danese — language
• Japanese: デンマーク語 (denmākugo) — language
• Kazakh: дат тілі (dat tılı) — language
• Khmer: ភាសាដាណឺម៉ាក (phiəsaadaanəɨmaak) — language
• Korean: 덴마크어 (denmakeueo) — language
• Northern Kurdish: danîmarkî — language
• Latvian: Dāņu — language
• Ligurian: daneïse — language
• Ligurian: daneise — language
• Ligurian: danéize — language
• Limburgish: Dieënsj — language
• Lithuanian: Danų — language
• Lithuanian: Daniškai — language
• Macedonian: дански (danski) — language
• Maltese: daniż — language
• Marathi: डेनिश (ḍeniś) — language
• Moksha: данонь (danoń) — language
• Mongolian: дани (dani) — language
• Navajo: Déinish Dineʼé bizaad — language
• Nepali: ड्यानिश (ḍyāniś) — language
• Norwegian Bokmål: dansk — language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dansk — language
• Occitan: danés — language
• Persian: دانمارکی (dânmârki) — language
• Polish: duński — language
• Portuguese: dinamarquês — language
• Portuguese: danês — language
• Romanian: daneză — language
• Russian: да́тский (dátskij) — language
• Scots: Dens — language
• Scottish Gaelic: Danmhairgis — language
• Serbo-Croatian: дански — language
• Serbo-Croatian: danski — language
• Slovak: dánčina — language
• Slovene: dánščina — language
• Lower Sorbian: Danšćina — language
• Upper Sorbian: Dańšćina — language
• Spanish: danés — language
• Swahili: Kideni — language
• Swahili: Kidenishi — language
• Swedish: danska — language
• Tagalog: Danes — language
• Tamil: டேனிஷ் (ṭēṉiṣ) — language
• Tatar: дания (daniyä) — language
• Thai: ภาษาเดนมาร์ก — language
• Tigrinya: ዴኒሽ (deniš) — language
• Turkish: Danca — language
• Ukrainian: да́тська мо́ва (dátsʹka móva) — language
• Urdu: ڈینش — language
• Vietnamese: tiếng Đan-mạch — language
• Volapük: Danänapük — language
• Walloon: daenwès — language
• Welsh: Daneg — language
• Yiddish: דעניש (denish) — language
• Chinese Mandarin: 丹麥酥皮餅 /丹麦酥皮饼 (Dānmài sūpíbǐng) — pastry
• Chinese Mandarin: 丹麥點心 /丹麦点心 (Dānmài diǎnxin) — pastry
• Danish: wienerbrød — pastry
• Faroese: wienarbreyð — pastry
• Finnish: viineri — pastry
• Finnish: wienerleipä — pastry
• French: feuilleté — pastry
• French: danoise — pastry
• German: Plunder — pastry
• German: Plundergebäck — pastry
• Japanese: デニッシュ (denisshu) — pastry
• Norwegian: wienerbrød — pastry
• Russian: ве́нская бу́лочка (vénskaja búločka) — pastry
• Russian: ве́нская сло́йка (vénskaja slójka) — pastry
• Swedish: wienerbröd — pastry
• Ukrainian: данська випічка (dansʹka vypička) — pastry