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Danish

//ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Denmark. not-comparable

    "The Danish midfielder received life-saving treatment during his country’s game against Finland in June 2021, eventually being resuscitated and taken to hospital."

  2. 2
    Characteristic of someone named Dan. not-comparable, rare
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes or their language wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language of Danes and Denmark. uncountable
  2. 2
    A male given name.
Noun
  1. 1
    Danes, natives of Denmark. collective, usually
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of Danish pastry. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

    "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."

  3. 3
    Danish pastry, light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruit or cheese. countable, uncountable

    "Get me a coffee and a cheese danish."

  4. 4
    a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark wordnet
  5. 5
    light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

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

Etymology 6

From Dan + -ish.

Etymology 7

Etymology tree English Danish pastry English danish Ellipsis of Danish pastry.

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