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© by Joseph D. Lesser
This dictionary contains about 24,000 english words translated from english to danish.
ABC {n} (alphabet) -- SEE: alphabet
ABC book {n} (primer) -- SEE: primer
AD {adv} (anno Domini) -- e.Kr. (efter Kristus)
AIDS {n} (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) -- aids
AKA {prep} (also known as) -- alias [adverb]
ASSR {n} (initialism of Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, see also: Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) -- ASSR {c}
Aachen {prop} (city in North Rhine-Westphalia) -- Aachen
Aalborg {prop} (city in northern Denmark) -- Aalborg, Ålborg
Aarau {prop} (Swiss town) -- Aarau
Aargau {prop} (canton) -- Aargau
Aarhus {prop} (Danish city) -- Århus, Aarhus
Aaron {prop} (biblical brother of Moses) -- Aron
Aaron {prop} (male given name) -- Aron
Abadan {prop} (city in Iran) -- Abadan
Abakan {prop} (city in Russia) -- Abakan
Abbeville {prop} (town in Picardy, France) -- Abbeville
Abdullah {prop} (Muslim given name) -- Abdullah
Abel {prop} (biblical character) -- Abel
Abel {prop} (male given name) -- Abel
Aberdeen {prop} (city in Scotland) -- Aberdeen
Aberystwyth {prop} (A town in Ceredigion, Wales) -- Aberystwyth
Abidjan {prop} (the largest city of Côte d'Ivoire) -- Abidjan
Abigail {prop} (female given name) -- Abigail, Abigael
Abkhaz {n} (person from Abkhazia) -- abkhaser {c}
Abkhaz {prop} (a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia) -- abkhasisk
Abkhazia {prop} (territory in the Caucasus, see also: Republic of Abkhazia) -- Abkhasien
Abkhazian {adj} (Of or pertaining to Abkhazia) -- SEE: Abkhaz
Abkhazian {n} (Abkhaz) -- SEE: Abkhaz
Abkhazian {prop} (Abkhazian language) -- SEE: Abkhaz
A-bomb {n} (atomic bomb) -- atombombe {c}
Aborigine {n} (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) -- aboriginer {c}
Abraham {prop} (prophet in the Old Testament) -- Abraham
Abraham {prop} (male given name) -- Abraham
Abraham {prop} (surname) -- Abraham
Absalom {prop} (male given name) -- Absalom
Abu Dhabi {prop} (capital of UAE) -- Abu Dhabi
Abuja {prop} (The capital city of Nigeria) -- Abuja
Abyssinia {prop} (historical name of Ethiopia) -- Abessinien
Abyssinian {adj} (of or pertaining to Abyssinia) -- abessinsk
Abyssinian {n} (a native of Abyssinia) -- abessiner {c}
Abyssinian {n} (cat) -- abessiner {c}, abyssinier {c}
Accra {prop} (capital of Ghana) -- Accra
Achilles {prop} (Greek mythical hero) -- Achilleus
Achilles heel {n} (vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation) -- akilleshæl {c}
Achilles tendon {n} (strong tendon in the calf of the leg) -- akillessene {c}
Acropolis {prop} (Athenian Acropolis) -- Akropolis
Acts {prop} (Book of Acts) -- SEE: Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles {prop} (fifth book of the New Testament) -- Apostlenes Gerninger {p}
Adam {prop} (first man in Abrahamic religions) -- Adam
Adam {prop} (male given name) -- Adam
Adam and Eve {prop} (the first man and woman (according to Genesis)) -- Adam og Eva
Adam's apple {n} (Citrus medica) -- SEE: citron
Adam's apple {n} (lump in the throat) -- adamsæble {n}
Addis Ababa {prop} (capital of Ethiopia) -- Addis Ababa
Aden {prop} (seaport of Yemen) -- Aden
Adolf {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Adolph
Adolph {prop} (male given name) -- Adolf
Adrian {prop} (male given name) -- Adrian
Adrianople {prop} (former name of Edirne) -- Adrianopel
Adriatic {prop} (Adriatic Sea) -- SEE: Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea {prop} (sea that stretches from the Ionian Sea to the Gulf of Venice) -- Adriaterhavet
Advent {prop} (season before Christmas) -- advent
Advent calendar {n} (calendar used to count down the days of Advent) -- adventskalender {c}, julekalender {c}
Adygea {prop} (Adygea, Russia) -- Adygejien
Aegean {prop} (Aegean Sea) -- SEE: Aegean Sea
Aegean Sea {prop} (sea of the northeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea) -- Ægæerhavet, Ægæiske Hav {n}
Aeneas {prop} (Trojan hero) -- Æneas {c}
Aeolus {prop} (character in Greek mythology) -- Aiolos
Aeroflot {prop} (Russian airline) -- Aeroflot
Aesop {prop} (ancient Greek author) -- Aesop
Afghan Hound {n} (Afghan Hound) -- afghansk mynde {c}
Afghan hound {n} (Afghan Hound) -- SEE: Afghan Hound
Afghanistan {prop} (country) -- Afghanistan
A-flat {n} (tone four fifths below C) -- as
Africa {prop} (continent south of Europe) -- Afrika
Africa-Eurasia {prop} (Afro-Eurasia) -- SEE: Afro-Eurasia
African {adj} (Of or pertaining to Africa) -- afrikansk
African {n} (a native of Africa) -- afrikaner
African buffalo {n} (large bovid) -- afrikansk bøffel
African hunting dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) -- afrikansk vildhund, hyænehund {c}
African wild dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) -- SEE: African hunting dog
African wildcat {n} (Felis silvestris lybica) -- afrikansk vildkat {c}
Afrikaans {prop} (language) -- afrikaans
Afrikaans {prop} (Afrikaner) -- SEE: Afrikaner
Afrikaner {n} (member of ethnic group) -- afrikaner
Afro-Eurasia {prop} (supercontinent) -- Afrika-Eurasien
Agamemnon {prop} (Greek hero) -- Agamemnon
Agatha {prop} (female given name) -- Agathe
Age of Enlightenment {prop} (period of history) -- oplysningstiden {c}
Agnes {prop} (female given name) -- Agnes
Ahasuerus {prop} (biblical king of Persia) -- Ahasverus
Ajax {prop} (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) -- Ajax
Akkadian {prop} (Semitic language) -- akkadisk
Al Jazeera {prop} (Arabic satellite TV news channel) -- Al-Jazeera
Alabama {prop} (U.S. State) -- Alabama
Alan {prop} (male given name) -- Allan
Aland {prop} (archipelago) -- Ålandsøerne {c-p}
Alaska {prop} (US state) -- Alaska
Alban {prop} (male given name) -- Alban
Albania {prop} (country in south-eastern Europe) -- Albanien
Albanian {prop} (language) -- albansk {c}
Albany {prop} (capital of New York) -- Albany
Albert {prop} (male given name) -- Albert
Alberta {prop} (province) -- Alberta
Albin {prop} (male given name) -- Albin
Alejandro {prop} (cognates of Alejandro) -- SEE: Alexander
Alexander {prop} (male given name) -- Alexander
Alexandra {prop} (female given name) -- Alexandra
Alexandria {prop} (city in Egypt) -- Alexandria
Alfonso {prop} (male given name) -- Alfons
Alfred {prop} (Male given name) -- Alfred
Algeria {prop} (country) -- Algeriet {n}
Algerian {adj} (of Algeria or its people) -- algerisk
Algiers {prop} (the capital of Algeria) -- Algier
Ali Baba {prop} (a fictional character) -- Ali Baba
Alice {prop} (female given name) -- Alice
All Hallows' Day {prop} (All Saints' Day) -- SEE: All Saints' Day
All Saints Day {prop} (All Saints Day) -- SEE: All Saints' Day
All Saints' Day {prop} (feast day) -- allehelgensdag
Allah {prop} (God, in Islam) -- Allah
Alma {prop} (female given name) -- Alma
Alpha Centauri {prop} (brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus) -- Alfa Centauri
Alps {prop} (a mountain range in Western Europe) -- Alperne, Alper
Alsace {prop} (region on the west bank of the upper Rhine) -- Alsace [French region], Elsass [German region]
Altai Krai {prop} (federal subject of Russia) -- Altaj kraj
Altai Republic {prop} (federal subject of Russia) -- Altai
Alvin {prop} (male given name meaning "elf friend") -- Alvin
Alzheimer's disease {n} (mental disorder from brain tissue changes) -- Alzheimers sygdom
Amanda {prop} (female given name) -- Amanda
Amazon {prop} (river) -- Amazonfloden
Amelia {prop} (female given name) -- Amalie
America {prop} (United States of America) -- SEE: United States of America
America {prop} (Americas) -- SEE: Americas
American {n} (inhabitant of the Americas) -- amerikaner {c}
American {n} (person born in or citizen of the USA) -- amerikaner {c}
American {adj} (of or pertaining to the Americas) -- amerikansk
American {adj} (of or pertaining to the U.S. or its culture) -- amerikansk
American Dream {n} (determination) -- den amerikanske drøm
American Dream {n} (philosophy) -- den amerikanske drøm
American English {prop} (English of the United States) -- amerikansk engelsk
American Indian {n} (a member of some indigenous peoples of the Americas) -- SEE: Indian
American Samoa {prop} (US overseas territory in Oceania) -- Amerikansk Samoa
American Sign Language {prop} (language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate) -- amerikansk tegnsprog
American bison {n} (mammal) -- amerikansk bison
American black vulture {n} (black vulture) -- SEE: black vulture
American football {n} (American football) -- amerikansk fodbold
American kestrel {n} (species) -- amerikansk tårnfalk {c}
American pokeweed {n} (pokeweed) -- SEE: pokeweed
Americas {prop} (North and South America) -- Amerika
Amerindian {n} (an American Indian) -- SEE: Indian
Amman {prop} (the capital of Jordan) -- Amman
Amos {prop} (figure mentioned in the Old Testament) -- Amos
Amos {prop} (book of the Old Testament) -- Amos
Amsterdam {prop} (capital of the Netherlands) -- Amsterdam
Amur {prop} (the river between the Far East Russia and China) -- Amur
Anapa {prop} (city) -- Anapa
Anatolia {prop} (peninsula of Western Asia) -- Anatolien
Ancient Greece {prop} (The ancient civilization of the Mediterranean) -- Oldtidens Grækenland
Ancient Greek {prop} (the Greek language of classical antiquity) -- oldgræsk
Ancient Rome {prop} (civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD) -- Antikkens Rom
Andalusian {n} (someone from Andalusia) -- andalusier {c}
Andersen {prop} (surname) -- Andersen
Andersenian {adj} (concerning HCA) -- andersensk
Anderson {prop} (surname meaning "son of Andrew") -- Andersen
Andorra {prop} (country) -- Andorra
Andorra la Vella {prop} (capital of Andorra) -- Andorra la Vella
Andrew {prop} (the Apostle) -- Andreas
Andrew {prop} (male given name) -- Andreas, Anders
Andromeda {prop} (mythical daughter of Cepheus) -- Andromeda
Angara {prop} (river in Russia) -- Angara
Angkor Wat {prop} (Cambodian temple complex) -- Angkor Wat
Anglican Communion {prop} (worldwide network of churches) -- anglikanske kommunion {c}
Anglicanism {n} (beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church) -- anglikanisme {c}
Anglo-Saxon {prop} (Old English) -- SEE: Old English
Anglo-Saxon {n} ((member of the) Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century) -- angelsaksere {c-p}
Anglo-Saxon {adj} (related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language) -- angelsaksisk
Anglo-Saxon {adj} (related to nations which speak primarily English) -- angelsaksisk
Anglophile {n} (person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of England) -- anglofil
Angola {prop} (country in Southern Africa) -- Angola
Anguilla {prop} (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) -- Anguilla
Ankara {prop} (capital of Turkey) -- Ankara
Ann {prop} (female given name) -- Anna {c}
Anna {prop} (given name) -- SEE: Ann
Anna {prop} (biblical prophetess) -- Anna
Annam {prop} (the former name of Vietnam) -- Annam
Anne {prop} (given name) -- SEE: Ann
Anno Domini {adv} (in the year of our Lord) -- Anno Domini
Annunciation {prop} (Christianity) -- Mariæ bebudelsesdag {c}
Antabuse {n} (medicine for the treatment of alcoholism) -- antabus {c}
Antananarivo {prop} (city) -- Antananarivo
Antarctic Peninsula {prop} (the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica) -- Antarktiske halvø {c}
Antarctica {prop} (southernmost continent) -- Antarktis
Antares {prop} (star) -- Antares
Anthony {prop} (given name) -- Anton
Antigua and Barbuda {prop} (country) -- Antigua og Barbuda
Antoinette {prop} (female given name from French Antoinette) -- Antoinette
Antonia {prop} (female given name) -- Antonie
Antonio {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Anthony
Antony {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Anthony
Antwerp {prop} (province) -- Antwerpen
Antwerp {prop} (city) -- Antwerpen
Anya {prop} (female given name) -- Anja
Aomen {prop} (Macau) -- SEE: Macau
Aosta {prop} (city in Italy) -- Aosta {c}
Apache {n} (Apache people) -- apache {c}
Apache {n} (Apache person) -- apache {c}
Apache {n} (Parisian gangster) -- apache {c}
Apennines {prop} (mountain range) -- Appenninerne
Apia {prop} (capital of Samoa) -- Apia
Apocalypse {prop} (the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet) -- Åbenbaring {f}
Apocalypse {prop} (book of the Bible) -- Åbenbaring {f}
Apollonia {prop} (female given name) -- Abelone
Apostle {n} (one of the group of twelve disciples) -- apostel {c}
April {prop} (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar) -- april
April fool {n} (practical joke played on April Fools' Day) -- aprilsnar {c}
Apuleius {prop} (author in the Roman Empire) -- Apulejus {m}
Aquarian {n} (Aquarius) -- SEE: Aquarius
Aquarius {prop} (constellation) -- Vandmanden {c}
Aquarius {prop} (astrological sign) -- Vandmanden
Aquarius {n} (Someone with a Aquarius star sign) -- vandmand {c}
Aquitaine {prop} (region of France) -- Aquitaine
Arab {adj} (of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations) -- arabisk, araber-
Arab {n} (Semitic person) -- araber {c}
Arab {n} (horse) -- araber {c}, araberhest {c}
Arab Republic of Egypt {prop} (Official name of Egypt) -- Den arabiske republik Egypten {c}, Den arabiske republik Ægypten {c}
Arabia {prop} (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf;) -- Arabien, Arabiske Halvø
Arabian Peninsula {prop} (peninsula in the Middle East) -- Den Arabiske Halvø
Arabian Sea {prop} (part of the Indian Ocean) -- Arabiske Hav
Arabian camel {n} (dromedary) -- SEE: dromedary
Arabian tea {n} (khat) -- SEE: khat
Arabic {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour) -- arabisk {n}
Arabic {prop} (language) -- arabisk
Arabic numeral {n} (any of the ten symbols from 0 through 9) -- arabertal {n}
Aragon {prop} (an autonomous community in Spain) -- Aragonien
Aragonese {prop} (the language of Aragon) -- aragonisk {n}
Aral Sea {prop} (Aral sea) -- Aralsøen
Aramaean {prop} (Aramaic) -- SEE: Aramaic
Aramaean {n} (member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people) -- aramæer {c}
Aramaic {prop} (the language) -- aramæisk
Aramaic {adj} (pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry) -- aramæisk
Arcadia {prop} (A district or a prefecture in the central and mid SE Peloponnese) -- Arkadien
Archangel {prop} (Arkhangelsk) -- SEE: Arkhangelsk
Arctic Ocean {prop} (the smallest of the five oceans of the Earth, on and around the North Pole) -- Ishavet, Arktiske Hav
Arctic cod {n} (Arctogadus glacialis) -- almindelig istorsk {c}, istorsk {c}
Arctic loon {n} (black-throated diver) -- SEE: black-throated diver
Ares {prop} (the god of war, son of Zeus and Hera) -- Ares {m}
Arezzo {prop} (province of Tuscany) -- Arezzo {c}
Arezzo {prop} (capital city of Arezzo) -- Arezzo {c}
Argentina {prop} (Argentine Republic) -- Argentina
Argentine {prop} (Argentina) -- SEE: Argentina
Argentine {adj} (Argentinian) -- SEE: Argentinian
Argentine {n} (Argentinian) -- SEE: Argentinian
Argentine Republic {prop} (official name of Argentina) -- Argentinske Republik
Argentinean {adj} (Argentinian) -- SEE: Argentinian
Argentinean {n} (Argentinian) -- SEE: Argentinian
Argentinian {n} (person from Argentina) -- argentiner
Argentinian {adj} (pertaining to Argentina) -- argentinsk
Argonaut {prop} (member of the Argo crew) -- Argonaut {c}
Argos {prop} (city in Greece) -- Argos
Ariadne {prop} (daughter of King Minos) -- Ariadne
Arian {n} (someone whose star sign is in Aries) -- SEE: Aries
Aries {prop} (constellation) -- Vædderen
Aries {prop} (astrological sign) -- Vædderen
Aries {n} (Someone with an Aries star sign) -- vædder {c}
Aristotelian {adj} (of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle) -- aristotelisk
Arizona {prop} (a state of the United States of America) -- Arizona
Ark of the Covenant {prop} (the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest) -- Pagtens ark {c}
Arkansas {prop} (US state) -- Arkansas
Arkhangelsk {prop} (city in Russia) -- Arkhangelsk
Armageddon {prop} (site) -- Armageddon
Armenia {prop} (ancient kingdom and country in West Asia) -- Armenien
Armenian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, Armenians, the language or alphabet) -- armenisk
Armenian {n} (person) -- armenier
Armenian {prop} (language) -- armensk {n}
Armenian SSR {prop} (Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, see also: Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic) -- Armenske SSR {c}, Armenske Socialistiske Sovjetrepublik {c}
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic {prop} (Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, see also: Armenian SSR) -- Armenske Socialistiske Sovjetrepublik {c}
Arnamagnæan {adj} (of or pertaining to Árni Magnússon or his work or dedicacted to him) -- arnamagnæansk
Arne {prop} (male given name) -- Arne
Arnold {prop} (male given name) -- Arnold
Arthur {prop} (male given name) -- Arthur
Artsakh Republic {prop} (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) -- SEE: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Aruba {prop} (territory in the Caribbean) -- Aruba
Aruküla {prop} (small borough in Estonia) -- Aruküla
Aryan {n} (in Nazism: a member of an alleged master race comprised of non-Jewish Caucasians) -- arier {c}
Aryan {n} (used primarily by neo-Nazis: a white) -- arier {c}
Aryan {n} (rare: an Indo-Iranian) -- arier {c}
Aryan {n} (rare: a Proto-Indo-European) -- arier {c}
Aryan {n} (obsolete: in 19th century ethnography, a subdivision of the Caucasian race) -- arier {c}
Aryan {adj} (pertaining to the (alleged) Aryan master race) -- arisk
Aryan {adj} (used primarily by neo-Nazis: pertaining to the Caucasian race) -- arisk
Aryan {adj} (of or pertaining to Indo-European or Aryan peoples, culture, and languages) -- arisk
Ascension {prop} (holiday celebrating Ascension of Jesus) -- SEE: Ascension Day
Ascension {prop} (Jesus' rise to heaven) -- himmelfart {c}, Kristi himmelfart
Ascension Day {prop} (the fortieth day of Easter) -- Kristi himmelfartsdag {c}
Asclepius {prop} (Greek god of medicine and healing) -- Æskulap
Asgard {prop} (the abode of gods in Norse mythology) -- Asgård
Ash Wednesday {n} (a Christian day of penitence) -- askeonsdag {c}
Asher {prop} (eighth son of Jacob) -- Asher
Ashgabat {prop} (the capital of Turkmenistan) -- Asjkahabad, Asjkhabad
Ashoka {prop} (emperor) -- Ashoka {c}
Asia {prop} (the continent of Asia) -- Asien
Asia Minor {prop} (peninsula between the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea;) -- Lilleasien
Asian {n} (person from Asia) -- asiat
Asian {adj} (of, relating to or from Asia) -- asiatisk
Asmara {prop} (capital of Eritrea) -- Asmara
Asoka {prop} (Ashoka) -- SEE: Ashoka
Asperger's syndrome {n} (autism related developmental disorder) -- Aspergers syndrom
Assamese {prop} (language) -- assamesisk
Assyria {prop} (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) -- Assyrien
Astana {prop} (the capital of Kazakhstan) -- Astana
Astrakhan {prop} (city and region in Russia) -- Astrakan, Astrakhan
Asturias {prop} (autonomous community of Spain) -- Asturien
Asunción {prop} (capital of Paraguay) -- Asunción, Asunción
Athena {prop} (Greek goddess) -- Athene {f}, Pallas Athene, Pallas
Athenian {n} (an inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece) -- athener {c}, athenienser {c}
Athenian {adj} (of or pertaining to Athens, Greece) -- athensk
Athens {prop} (capital city of Greece) -- Athen
Atlanta {prop} (capital and largest city of the State of Georgia) -- Atlanta
Atlantic Ocean {prop} (the ocean lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east) -- Atlanterhavet, Atlanten
Atlantic herring {n} (Clupea harengus) -- sild {c}, atlantisk sild {c}
Atlantic pomfret {n} (Brama brama) -- almindelig havbrasen
Atlantic tomcod {n} (Microgadus tomcod) -- atlantisk tomtorsk, atlantisk tomcod
Atlantis {prop} (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) -- Atlantis
Atlas {prop} (Greek mythology) -- Atlas
Atlas {prop} (a moon of Saturn) -- Atlas
Atlas {prop} (a crater of the moon) -- Atlas
Attic {prop} (Ancient Greek dialect) -- attisk
Attica {prop} (periphery) -- Attika
Attila the Hun {prop} (king of the tribes of Huns) -- hunnerkongen Attila
August {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Augustus
August {prop} (eighth month of the Gregorian calendar) -- august
August {prop} (female given name) -- SEE: Augusta
Augusta {prop} (female given name) -- Augusta
Augustus {prop} (Roman emperor) -- Augustus
Augustus {prop} (male given name) -- August
Austerlitz {prop} (former name of Slavkov u Brna) -- Austerlitz {n}
Austin {prop} (capital of Texas) -- Austin
Austin {prop} (surname) -- Austin
Austin {prop} (male given name) -- Austin
Austin {prop} (former make of British motor car) -- Austin
Australasia {prop} (Oceania) -- SEE: Oceania
Australasia {prop} (Australia, NZ, New Guinea and neighbouring islands) -- Australasien {p}
Australia {prop} (Commonwealth of Australia) -- Australien
Australia {prop} (continent of Australia) -- Australien
Australian Capital Territory {prop} (Territory of Australia) -- Australian Capital Territory
Australian English {prop} (English language used in Australia) -- australsk engelsk
Australian rules football {n} (variety of Australian football) -- Australsk fodbold
Austria {prop} (country in Central Europe) -- Østrig {n}
Austria-Hungary {prop} (former country in Central Europe) -- Østrig-Ungarn
Austrian {adj} (related to Austria) -- østrigsk
Austrian {n} (Austrian person) -- østriger {c}
Austro-Hungarian {adj} (of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary) -- østrig-ungarsk
Austro-Hungarian {n} (a person from Austria-Hungary) -- østrig-ungarer {c}
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic {n} (type of administrative unit, see also: ASSR) -- Autonom Socialistisk Sovjetrepublik {c}
Auvergne {prop} (region of France) -- Auvergne
Avernus {prop} (underworld) -- SEE: underworld
Avestan {prop} (Old Iranian language) -- avestisk {c}
Avogadro's number {n} (number of atoms present in 0.012 kilograms of isotopically pure carbon-12) -- Avagadros tal {n}, Avogadros konstant {c}
Avraham {prop} (given name) -- SEE: Abraham
Axel {prop} (male given name) -- Aksel, Axel
Ayers Rock {prop} (Uluru) -- SEE: Uluru
Aymara {prop} (language of South America) -- aymara
Ayyavazhi {prop} (religion) -- Ayyavazhi
Azerbaijan {prop} (country in the Caucasus) -- Aserbajdsjan
Azerbaijan SSR {prop} (Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic) -- Aserbajdsjanske SSR {c}, Aserbajdsjanske Socialistiske Sovjetrepublik {c}
Azerbaijani {prop} (language of Azerbaijan) -- aserbajdsjansk
Azeri {n} (Azerbaijani) -- SEE: Azerbaijani
Azeri {prop} (Azerbaijani) -- SEE: Azerbaijani
Azores {prop} (an archipelago and an autonomous region) -- Azorerne {p}, Acorerne {p}
a {article} (an) -- SEE: an
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush {proverb} (small but certain advantage is preferable) -- en fugl i hånden er bedre end ti på taget
a bit {adv} (a little) -- SEE: a little
a chain is only as strong as its weakest link {proverb} (aphorism) -- en kæde kun så stærk som det svageste led
a friend in need is a friend indeed {proverb} (someone who helps you in your time of need is a real friend) -- i nøden kender man sine venner
a little {adv} (to a small extent or degree) -- lidt, en smule
a little bird told me {phrase} (idiomatic) -- jeg har hørt om en lille fugl synge om
a lot {adv} (very much) -- meget
a new broom sweeps clean {proverb} (new management will often make radical changes) -- nye koste fejer bedst
a rolling stone gathers no moss {proverb} (A person who never settles in one place will never be successful.) -- der gror ikke mos på rullesten
aa {n} (a form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes) -- apalhraun {n}
aah {interj} (expressing amazement or surprise) -- ah, aha
aardvark {n} (mammal) -- jordsvin {n}
abaca {n} (plant) -- abaca
abaca {n} (fiber/fibre) -- SEE: Manila hemp
aback {adv} (backwards) -- baglæns
aback {adv} (in the rear) -- bagi, bagved
aback {n} (abacus) -- SEE: abacus
abacus {n} (calculating frame) -- kugleramme
abacus {n} (uppermost member of the capital of a column) -- abacus
abaka {n} (plant) -- SEE: abaca
abaka {n} (fiber/fibre) -- SEE: Manila hemp
abandon {v} (to give up control of, surrender) -- opgive
abandon {v} (to leave behind or desert; to forsake) -- forlade, efterlade
abandon {v} (to cast out, expel, reject) -- forvise, udstøde
abandon {n} (a giving up to natural impulses) -- løssluppenhed {c}
abase {v} (to lower as in rank, so as to hurt feelings) -- ydmyge
abasia {n} (incapacity to walk) -- abasi
abattoir {n} (public slaughterhouse) -- slagteri {n}
abbess {n} (female superior of a nunnery) -- abbedisse {c}
abbey {n} (monastery headed by an abbot) -- abbedi {n}
abbot {n} (superior or head of an abbey or monastery) -- abbed
abbreviate {v} (to make shorter) -- forkorte
abbreviation {n} (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase) -- forkortelse {c}
abbreviation {n} (act or result of shortening or reducing) -- forkortelse {c}
abbreviature {n} (abbreviation) -- SEE: abbreviation
abdicate {v} (renounce a throne) -- abdicere
abdication {n} (the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder) -- abdikation, abdicering
abdomen {n} (belly) -- bug {c}
abdomen {n} (cavity) -- bughule {c}
abdomen {n} (the posterior section of an arthropod's body) -- bagkrop {c}
abduct {v} (to take away) -- bortføre, kidnappe
abearance {n} (behavior) -- SEE: behavior
abecedarium {n} (a book used to teach the alphabet) -- SEE: primer
abelian {adj} (math: of a group) -- abelsk
abhorrence {n} (extreme aversion) -- afsky {c}
ability {n} (quality or state of being able) -- evne {c}
ablative {n} (ablative case) -- SEE: ablative case
ablative case {n} (grammatical case used to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source) -- ablativ {c}
ablaut {n} (substitution of one root vowel for another) -- aflyd {c}
able {adj} (permitted to) -- i stand til, have mulighed for
able {adj} (skillful) -- habil, kompetent, dygtig
-able {suffix} (able to be done) -- -bar
able {adj} (healthy) -- SEE: healthy
abnormal {adj} (not conforming to rule or system) -- unormal, abnorm
abnormal {adj} (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) -- unormal, anormal, abnorm
abnormally {adv} (In an abnormal manner) -- unormal, ualmindelig, anormal
aboard {prep} (on board of) -- om bord (på)
abolish {v} (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice) -- afskaffe
abominably {adv} (in an abominable manner) -- afskyelig, afskyeligt
abomination {n} (something abominable) -- afskyelighed, pestilens, vederstyggelighed
aborigine {n} (aboriginal inhabitant of a country) -- aboriginer {c}
abortion {n} (induced abortion) -- abort
about {prep} (on every side of) -- om, omkring, rundt om
about {prep} (near, approximately, regarding time, size or quantity) -- omkring, cirka
about {prep} (on the point or verge of) -- til, på vej til
about {prep} (over or upon different parts of) -- omkring, rundt om
about {prep} (concerned with, engaged in) -- om
about {prep} (concerning) -- om, vedrørende, angående
about {prep} (in the immediate neighborhood of) -- på
about {adv} (on all sides) -- omkring
about {adv} (here and there) -- omkring
about {adv} (nearly, approximately) -- cirka, næsten, omkring
about {adv} (to a reversed order, or opposite direction) -- omkring
about {adv} (in circuit) -- i omkreds
about time {adv} (far past the desired time) -- på tide
above {prep} (in or to a higher place) -- ovenover, ovenpå, oppe over, over
above water {prep} (out of difficulty) -- oven vande
abrade {v} ((transitive) to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) -- afskrabe
abreact {v} (eliminate previously repressed emotions) -- afreagere
abridge {v} (to make shorter) -- forkorte, sammendrage
abridge {v} (to shorten or contract by using fewer words) -- forkorte, sammendrage
abridged {adj} (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) -- forkortet
abrogate {v} (to put an end to) -- ophæve, afskaffe
abrupt {adj} (extremely steep) -- brat
abrupt {adj} (without notice) -- pludselig, uformodet
absence {n} (state of being away) -- fravær, mangel
absent {adj} (being away from a place) -- fraværende
absent-minded {adj} (absent in mind) -- åndsfraværende, distræt
absinthe {n} (liquor) -- absint
absinthium {n} (Artemisia absinthium) -- SEE: wormwood
absolute majority {n} (A number of votes totalling over 50 per cent) -- absolut flertal {n}
absolute monarchy {n} (state) -- enevældigt monarki {n}
absolute monarchy {n} (rule) -- enevælde {n}
absolute temperature {n} (thermodynamic temperature) -- absolut temperatur {c}
absolute value {n} (numerical value of a real number) -- numerisk værdi {c}
absolutely {adv} (in an absolute manner) -- absolut, fuldstændig
absolutism {n} (political science: absolute or arbritary government; despotism) -- enevælde {c} [Danish history ca. 1660-1849], absolutisme {c}
abstain {v} (refrain from) -- afholde sig fra
abstain {v} (refrain from voting) -- afholde sig fra (at stemme)
abstain {v} (hinder, withhold) -- forhindre
abstemious {adj} (marked by, or spent in, abstinence) -- afholdende
abstract {n} (an abridgement or summary) -- abstrakt, resume {n}
abstract algebra {n} (math) -- abstrakt algebra {c}
abstract noun {n} (noun that denotes an abstract concept) -- abstrakt {n}
absurd {adj} (contrary to reason or propriety) -- absurd
absurd {n} (obsolete: an absurdity) -- absurditet {c}
absurd {n} (that which is absurd) -- absurditet {c}
absurdism {n} (absurdity) -- SEE: absurdity
absurdity {n} (the quality of being absurd) -- absurditet {c}
absurdity {n} (an absurd action) -- absurditet {c}
abuse {n} (improper usage) -- misbrug {n} {c}, vanrøgt
abuse {n} (physical maltreatment) -- mishandling {c}
abuse {n} (sexual violation or assault) -- seksuelt misbrug {n}
abuse {v} (to use improperly) -- misbruge
abuse {v} (to hurt) -- mishandle
abuse {v} (to rape) -- misbruge, krænke
abuse {n} (delusion) -- SEE: delusion
abysm {n} (abyss) -- SEE: abyss
abyss {n} (bottomless or unfathomed depth) -- afgrund {c}
academia {n} (research community) -- akademia {n}
academic {adj} (belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato) -- akademisk
academic {adj} (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) -- akademisk
academic {n} (senior member of an academy, college, or university) -- akademiker {c}
academic year {n} (time period) -- akademisk år {n}
academy {n} (specialized school) -- akademi {c}
acajou {n} (wood from trees of Meliaceae family) -- SEE: mahogany
acajou {n} (cashew nut) -- SEE: cashew nut
acaudate {adj} (tailless) -- SEE: tailless
accelerate {v} (to cause to move faster) -- accelerere
acceleration {n} ((physics)) -- acceleration {c}
accent {n} (stronger articulation) -- betoning, tryk {n}
accent {n} (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.) -- accent {c}
accept {v} (to receive with consent) -- acceptere, modtage
accept {v} (to agree to) -- acceptere
accessibility {n} (the quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach) -- tilgængelighed {c}
accident {n} (unexpected event with negative consequences) -- (unfortunate:) uheld {n}, ulykke {c}, ulykkestilfælde {c}, (neutral:) tilfælde {n}, tilfældighed {c}
accident {n} (chance event) -- tilfældighed {c}, tilfælde {n}
accident {n} (transport: unintended event that causes damage) -- ulykke {c}
accident {n} (property resulting from chance) -- egenskab {c}
accommodating {adj} (affording accommodation) -- hjælpsom
accompanist {n} (performer who takes the accompanying part) -- akkompagnatør {c}
accompany {v} (to keep company) -- ledsage, gelejde
accomplish {v} (to finish successfully) -- fuldende
accomplish {v} (to complete, as time or distance) -- fuldende
accomplish {v} (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) -- fuldende
accomplish {v} (to equip or furnish thoroughly) -- fuldende
according to {prep} (based on statement) -- ifølge
according to {prep} (in proportion) -- ifølge
according to Hoyle {prep} (in strict accordance with the rules) -- efter alle kunstens regler
accordion {n} (A small, portable, keyed wind instrument) -- trækharmonika {c}, harmonika {c}, akkordeon {n} [with free-bass system]
accost {v} (to assault) -- antaste
accost {v} (to approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request) -- antaste
account {n} (a registry of pecuniary transactions) -- konto
account statement {n} (bank statement) -- SEE: bank statement
accountant {n} (a reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)) -- bogholder {c}
accountant {n} (one whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another) -- bogholder
accounting {n} (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) -- bogføring {c}, bogholderi {n}, regnskab {n}
accounts payable {n} (money that is owed by a party, and is counted by that party as a debit) -- gæld
accounts receivable {n} (total monetary amount) -- fordringer {c-p}, tilgodehavende {c}
accourage {v} (encourage) -- SEE: encourage
accretion {n} (act of increasing by natural growth) -- tilføjelse {c}
accrue {v} (increase) -- opsamle, indsamle, tilfalde, påløbe
accumulate {v} (to pile up) -- akkumulere
accumulator {n} -- akkumulator
accuracy {n} (state of being accurate) -- nøjagtighed {c}, præcision {c}
accursed {adj} (archaic, theology: cursed) -- fordømt
accusation {n} (act of accusing or charging with a crime) -- anklage {c}, beskyldning
accusative {n} (accusative case) -- akkusativ
accusative case {n} (case used to mark the immediate object) -- SEE: accusative
ace {n} (card with a single spot) -- es {c}
ace of clubs {n} (playing card) -- klør es
ace of diamonds {n} (playing card) -- ruder es
ace of hearts {n} (playing card) -- hjerter es
ace of spades {n} (the playing card belonging to the spades suit and featuring one pip) -- spar es
acedia {n} (boredom) -- SEE: boredom
acetic acid {n} (clear colourless organic acid, CH[3]COOH) -- eddikesyre {c}
acetylsalicylic acid {n} (acetate ester of salicylic acid; aspirin) -- acetylsalicylsyre {c}
achievement {n} (act of achieving or performing) -- udførelse {c}, præstation {c}, resultat {n}
achievement {n} (great or heroic deed) -- bedrift {c}, præstation {c}, resultat {n}
achoo {interj} (the sound of a sneeze) -- atju
acid {adj} (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) -- sur
acid {adj} (sour-tempered) -- sur
acid {adj} (of or pertaining to an acid) -- -syre, syre-
acid {n} (a sour substance) -- syre {c}
acid {n} (in chemistry) -- syre {c}
acid {n} (LSD) -- syre
acid rain {n} (unusually acidic rain) -- syreregn {c}
acorn {n} (fruit of the oak tree) -- agern {n}
acoustic {adj} (pertaining to hearing or the science of sounds) -- akustisk
acoustic {adj} (producing or produced without electrical amplification) -- akustisk
acoustic guitar {n} (hollow-body guitar) -- akustisk guitar
acquiesce {v} (rest satisfied) -- slå sig til tåls [followed by med]
acquiesce {v} (concur upon conviction) -- finde sig (followed by i), indvillige (i)
acquis communautaire {n} (the full body of EU law) -- acquis communautaire
acquittal {n} (legal decision of not guilty) -- frikendelse {c}
acquittal {n} (acquittance from debt) -- frikendelse {c}
acrobat {n} (an athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination) -- akrobat
acrobatics {n} (art of performing acrobatic feats) -- akrobatik {c}
acronym {n} (any abbreviation formed by initial letters) -- akronym {n}
acronym {n} (word formed by initial letters) -- akronym {n}
acrylic {adj} (derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile) -- akrylisk
acrylic fiber {n} (Synthetic fibers made from a polymer) -- akryl, akrylfiber
act {n} (deed) -- handling {c}, dåd {c}
act {n} (division of theatrical performance) -- akt
act {v} (to do something) -- handle, agere
act {v} (to perform a theatrical role) -- optræde, spille, opføre
act {v} (to behave in a certain way) -- agere, opføre
act {v} (to have an effect on) -- virke
act of war {n} (act of war) -- krigshandling {c}
actinium {n} (chemical element) -- actinium
action {n} (something done so as to accomplish a purpose) -- handling {c}
action research {n} (research involving social action) -- aktionsforskning {c}
action word {n} (verb) -- SEE: verb
active {adj} (having the quality or power of acting) -- aktiv
active {adj} (in action) -- aktuel
active {adj} (in grammar) -- aktiv
active ingredient {n} (component responsible of activity) -- aktiv ingrediens {c}, virksomt stof {c}
active volcano {n} (active volcano) -- aktiv vulkan {c}
activist {n} (one who is politically active) -- aktivist {c}
activistic {adj} (activist) -- SEE: activist
activity {n} (state or quality of being active) -- aktivitet {c}
activity {n} (something done as an action or a movement) -- aktivitet {c}
activity {n} (something done for pleasure or entertainment) -- aktivitet {c}
actor {n} (person who performs in a theatrical play or film, see also: actress) -- skuespiller {c}, skuespillerinde {c} [actress]
actress {n} (female actor, see also: actor) -- skuespillerinde {c}
actually {adv} (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively) -- egentlig
acupuncturation {n} (acupuncture) -- SEE: acupuncture
acupuncture {n} (insertion of needles for remedial purposes) -- akupunktur {c}
acute angle {n} (angle measuring less than ninety degrees) -- spids vinkel {c}
ad hoc {adj} (for this particular purpose) -- ad hoc
adamant {n} (magnet or loadstone) -- SEE: magnet
add {v} (to append, as a statement) -- tilføje
add {v} (to make an addition) -- tilføje
add {v} (to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up) -- lægge sammen, addere
add fuel to the fire {v} (worsen a conflict) -- puste til ilden, hælde benzin på bålet
add insult to injury {v} (to further a loss with mockery or indignity) -- føje spot til skade
add up {v} (be reasonable or consistent) -- SEE: make sense
adder {n} (viper) -- hugorm {c}
addict {n} (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) -- addict
addition {n} (arithmetic: process of adding) -- addition {c}
additive identity {n} (mathematics) -- nulelement {n}
addon {n} (add-on) -- SEE: add-on
add-on {n} -- tillæg
address {n} (direction for letters) -- adresse {c}
addressee {n} (person or organization to which something is addressed or sent) -- adressat {c}
addressing {n} -- adressering
adequate {adj} (equal to some requirement) -- tilstrækkelig
adequately {adv} (in an adequate manner) -- passende, betryggende
adequately {adv} (sufficiently) -- tilstrækkeligt
adequately {adv} (barely satisfactory) -- tilfredsstillende
adhere {v} (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree) -- overholde
adhesive tape {n} (adhesive tape generally) -- tape {c}, klisterbånd {n}, klæbebånd {c}, selvklæbende tape {c}
adieu {interj} (farewell, goodbye) -- SEE: goodbye
adios {interj} (goodbye) -- SEE: goodbye
adjectival {adj} (functioning as an adjective) -- adjektiv {n}
adjective {n} ((grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent) -- adjektiv {n}, egenskabsord {n}, tillægsord {n}
adjective {adj} (adjectival) -- SEE: adjectival
adjustment {n} (result of adjusting, small change) -- justering {c}, tilpasning {c}
adminicle {n} (aid) -- SEE: aid
administration {n} (the act of administering) -- administration {c}
administrator {n} (one who administers affairs) -- administrator {c}
admirable {adj} (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration) -- beundringsværdig
admiral {n} (naval officer of the highest rank) -- admiral {c}
admiral {n} (a naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet) -- admiral {c}
admiral {n} (the ship which carries the admiral, the flagship) -- flagskib {n}
admiral {n} (butterfly) -- admiral {c}
admire {v} (regard with wonder and delight) -- beundre
admirer {n} (one who admires) -- beundrer {c}
admit {v} (to concede as true) -- indrømme
admittance {n} (physics: reciprocal of impedance) -- admittans {c}
adulator {n} (one who adulates) -- smigrer {c}, spytslikker {c}
adult {n} (fully grown human) -- voksen
adult {adj} (pornographic) -- SEE: pornographic
adult movie {n} (pornographic film) -- pornofilm {c}
adulterer {n} (husband or wife who commits adultery) -- ægteskabsbryder {c}, ægteskabsbryderske {c} [female], horkarl {c} [male], horekarl {c} [male], horkone {c} [female], horekone {f} [female], horkvinde {c} [female], horekvinde {c} [female]
advantage {n} (any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success) -- fordel {c}
advantage {n} (superiority; mastery) -- fortrin {n}
advantage {n} (superiority of state, or that which gives it) -- nytte {c}
advantage {n} (the score where one player wins a point after deuce) -- fordel {c}
advent {n} (coming, arrival) -- komme {n}, ankomst {c}
advent {n} (Christianity) -- SEE: Advent
adverb {n} (lexical category) -- adverbium, biord
adversary {n} (opponent) -- modstander {c}
advert {n} (advertisement) -- SEE: advertisement
advertently {adv} (on purpose) -- SEE: on purpose
advertise {v} ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) -- reklamere, annoncere
advertise {v} ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) -- reklamere, annoncere
advertise {v} ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) -- reklamere, annoncere
advertisement {n} (commercial solicitation) -- reklame
advice {n} (opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel) -- råd {n}
advise {v} (to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn) -- råde
adviser {n} (advisor) -- SEE: advisor
advisor {n} (one who offers advice) -- rådgiver {m}
aerial {n} (device for receiving or transmitting) -- antenne {c}
aerodrome {n} -- aerodrom {c}
aerodynamic {adj} (aerodynamic) -- aerodynamisk
aerodynamics {n} (The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases) -- aerodynamik {c}
aerogram {n} (foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter) -- aerogram
aerology {n} (branch of meteorology) -- aerologi
aerophobia {n} (fear of flying) -- aerofobi {c}
aeroplane {n} (airplane) -- SEE: airplane
aesir {n} (Æsir) -- SEE: Æsir
aesthetic {adj} (concerned with beauty) -- æstetisk
aesthetic {n} (that which appeals to the senses) -- æstetik {c}
aesthetic {n} (the study of art or beauty) -- SEE: aesthetics
aesthetics {n} (study or philosophy of beauty) -- æstetik
aetiology {n} (study of causes or origins) -- ætiologi
afar {adv} (at, to or from a great distance) -- langvejsfra
affiliated {adj} (associated, related or united) -- affilieret
affirm {v} (to agree with or verify) -- bejae
affix {n} (linguistics: a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem) -- affiks
affixoid {n} (regular word that also works as an affix) -- affiksoid
affluent {n} (tributary) -- SEE: tributary
affront {v} (to insult intentionally, especially openly) -- fornærme
afraid {adj} (impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive) -- bange
after {adv} (behind; later in time; following) -- efter, senere
after {prep} (subsequently; following in time; later than) -- efter
after {prep} (behind) -- efter, bagefter
after {prep} (in pursuit of, seeking) -- efter
after {prep} (in allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing) -- efter
after {prep} (next in importance or rank) -- efter
after {prep} (as a result of) -- efter, som følge af
after {prep} (in spite of) -- efter, på trods af
afterlife {n} (life after death) -- livet efter døden
afternoon {n} (part of the day between noon and evening) -- eftermiddag {c}
afternoon tea {n} (light meal or snack taken in the mid to late afternoon) -- aftenkaffe {c}
aftershock {n} (earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another) -- efterskælv {n}
aftershock {n} (emotional distress after a traumatic event) -- efterchok {n}
afterward {adv} (afterwards) -- SEE: afterwards
afterwards {adv} (at a later or succeeding time) -- bagefter, senere
afterwise {adj} (giving good advice too late) -- bagklog
again {adv} (another time) -- igen
again {adv} (used in a question to ask something one has forgotten) -- nu
again and again {adv} (repeatedly) -- igen og igen, gang på gang, om og om igen
against {prep} (in a contrary direction to) -- mod, imod
against {prep} (close to) -- mod
against {prep} (in opposition to) -- mod, imod
against {prep} (in competition with) -- mod, versus
against {prep} (in exchange for) -- mod
against {prep} (as counterbalance to) -- i stedet, i stedet for
against {prep} (as protection from) -- mod
against all odds {prep} (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) -- imod alle odds
age {n} (century) -- SEE: century
age {n} (whole duration of a being) -- levetid
age {n} (one of the stages of life) -- alder {c}
age {n} (particular period of time in history) -- epoke
age {n} (great period in the history of the Earth) -- tidsalder
age {n} (generation, see also: generation) -- generation {c}
age {n} (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time) -- alder
age {n} (advanced period of life; latter part of life) -- alderdom
age {n} (time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities) -- myndig
age of consent {n} (an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex) -- seksuel lavalder {c}
age of majority {n} (age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted) -- myndighedsalder {c}
ageful {n} (eternity) -- SEE: eternity
agency {n} (agent) -- SEE: agent
agent {n} (one who acts in place of another) -- agent {c}
aggression {n} (act of initiating hostilities or invasion) -- aggression
aggressive {adj} (tending or disposed to aggress) -- aggressiv
aging {n} (the process of becoming older or more mature) -- ældning {c}
aglet {n} (cover of a shoelace) -- SEE: aiglet
agnostic {n} (one who holds to a form of agnosticism.) -- agnostiker {c}
ago {adj} (past; gone by; since) -- for … siden
agony aunt {n} (writer of an advice column) -- brevkasseredaktør {c}
agoraphobia {n} (fear of open spaces) -- agorafobia
agorism {n} (philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society through counter-economics) -- agorisme
agree {v} (harmonize in opinion; be in unison or concord; be united; concur) -- være enig
agree {v} (to resemble, coincide, correspond) -- stemme overens, overensstemme
agree {v} (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, or person) -- rette sig efter
agreement {n} (understanding to follow a course of conduct) -- aftale {c}, samtykke {n}
agreement {n} (state whereby several parties share a view) -- enighed {c}, overensstemmelse {c}
agreement {n} (grammatical agreement) -- kongruens {c}
agriculture {n} (the art or science of cultivating the ground) -- landbrug
agronomic {adj} (of or pertaining to agronomy) -- agronomisk
agronomist {n} (scientist specialized in agronomy) -- agronom
agronomy {n} (science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more) -- agronomi {c}
ague {n} (malaria) -- SEE: malaria
aha moment {n} (instance of becoming clear) -- aha-oplevelse {c}
ahead of one's time {prep} (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) -- forud for sin tid
aid {n} (help; succor; assistance; relief) -- hjælp, bistand
aid {n} (a person that promotes or helps in something being done; a helper) -- hjælper
aid {n} (something which helps; a material source of help) -- hjælpemiddel
aid {v} (to support) -- hjælpe, bistå
aiglet {n} (tip on a ribbon or cord) -- snørebåndsdup {c}
aikido {n} (Japanese martial art) -- aikido {c}
ailurophobia {n} (irrational fear or hatred for cats) -- ailurofobi {c}
aim {v} (to point or direct a missile weapon) -- rette
air {n} (mixture of gases making up the atmosphere of the Earth) -- luft {c}
air {n} (music: a song, an aria) -- arie {c}
air base {n} (military airport) -- luftbase
air conditioner {n} (a machine that is used to control temperature and humidity in an enclosed space) -- klimaanlæg
air force {n} (branch of the military devoted to air warfare) -- flyvevåben {n}, luftvåben {n}, luftstyrke {c}
air gun {n} (gun that propels a projective by compressed air) -- luftgevær {n}
air pistol {n} (pistol that propels a pellet) -- luftpistol {c}
air raid {n} (attack) -- luftangreb
air resistance {n} (Friction that slows things moving through air) -- luftmodstand {c}
air strike {n} (attack by aircraft) -- luftangreb
airbag {n} (protective system in automobiles) -- airbag
airbase {n} (airbase) -- SEE: air base
air-conditioned {adj} (equipped with air-conditioning) -- airconditioneret, luftkonditioneret
aircraft {n} (machine capable of atmospheric flight) -- luftfartøj {n}
aircraft carrier {n} (warship for launching aircraft) -- hangarskib {n}
airfoil {n} (wing of an aircraft) -- SEE: wing
airline {n} (company that flies airplanes) -- flyselskab {n}
airliner {n} (passenger aircraft) -- passagerfly {n}
airmail {n} (the system of conveying mail using aircraft) -- luftpost
airplane {n} (powered aircraft) -- flyvemaskine {c}, fly {n}
airport {n} (place designated for airplanes) -- lufthavn
airship {n} (self-propelled lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered) -- SEE: dirigible
airtight {adj} (being impermeable to air or other gases) -- lufttæt
airtime {n} (duration of transmission) -- sendetid
air-to-air missile {n} (missile) -- luft-til-luft-missil {n}
airway {n} (trachea) -- SEE: trachea
ajar {adv} (slightly turned or opened) -- på klem, klem
ajar {adj} (slightly turned or opened) -- på klem