danish

CEFRB1

/ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/

noun · adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sweet pastry often filled with fruit or cream.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Relating to Denmark or its people.

Examples

  • Danish is recognised as a protected minority language in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

  • Danish officials rejected Trump's offer to buy Greenland.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Danes, natives of Denmark.

  2. Of or pertaining to Denmark.

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

More examples

In context

  • The Danish person tries to speak Italian at the beginning of the conversation.

  • Get me a coffee and a cheese danish.

  • Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Uh-oh, Principal Gottlieb. Looks like somebody forgot their danish, huh? Judith Gottlieb: Aw, crap. Allen Gregory: Three, two, one, and there's the money shot.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

For breakfast, she ate a warm blank pastry with apricot jam.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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.