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danish

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for danish.

Editorial note

But most Danes didn't really see an issue, and considered the Danish wage spreads to be normal.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

The language of Danes and Denmark.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of danish gathered in one view.

noun

The language of Danes and Denmark.

noun

A male given name.

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for danish.

noun

The language of Danes and Denmark.

noun

A male given name.

noun

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

adjective

Of or pertaining to Denmark.

Example sentences

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But most Danes didn't really see an issue, and considered the Danish wage spreads to be normal.

2

So with the Danish emphasis on energy conservation one would think clothes dryers in Denmark would be an expensive luxury.

3

Highly visible on Danish roads: We drive older, smaller cars than our Scandinavian and German neighbours.

4

David Heinemeier Hansson is another example: he founded and built a Danish online gaming news website, which he ran until 2001.

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To the best of my knowledge, our Danish electricity is the most expensive in Europe.

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It's not uncommon for the price of exported danish electricity to turn negative either.

7

The danish government used a Java-applet to confirm your identity up until October 2014, where it was replaced with a Javascript version.

8

I tried to subscribe to a danish newspaper online (their online version), and I couldn't even pay by creditcard.

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A lot of Danish people play the English version of games like this.

10

A typical Danish electric bill is: 10% transport, paying for the grid.

11

We recently made Danish an official language in my state even.

12

For example, Danish Futhark uses the character for 'm' that's used as 'ph' in Etruscan (later to become greek 'phi'), obviously not a morphological change but a repurposing.

Quote examples

1

I've downloaded a few versions of the "Danish text" from scribd, and I can't find the numbers that this article is quoting.

2

Great quote: "Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup invented the C++ programming language in 1978, taking the C language invented by the late Dennis Ritchie and adding new features that made it more usable by the masses.

Proper noun examples

1

She got bored kicking everyone's asses on the English version, so she started playing Danish, which she'd never seen.

2

Danish securities owned by foreigners are often held through Euroclear or Clearstream, which does operate more or less like DTC/Cede & Co.

3

I'm going to take a wild guess and a much greater percentage of Danes speak English than anglophones speak Danish.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use danish in a sentence?

But most Danes didn't really see an issue, and considered the Danish wage spreads to be normal.

What does danish mean?

The language of Danes and Denmark.

What part of speech is danish?

danish is commonly used as noun, adjective.