Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of or pertaining to Denmark.

    dänisch

    да́тскийdátskij

    да́тськийdátsʹkyj, да́нськийdánsʹkyj

    of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes or their language

  2. (not comparable, rare)Characteristic of someone named Dan.

Examples

100 sentences
  1. Danish just sounds impossible to imitate.

    Звуки данської мови просто неможливо відтворити. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

  2. Danish words look friendly on paper but turn evil when spoken.

    Данські слова на письмі виглядають привітними, але, коли їх вимовляєш, звучать зловісно. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

  3. Danish sometimes sounds mumbly, as if it's being spoken under one's breath, at least to non-native speakers.

    Данська іноді звучить невиразно, так, ніби її бурмочуть собі під ніс, принаймні для тих, хто не є носіями мови. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

  4. How'd you know I was Danish?

    Звідки ти знав, що я датчанин? — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

  5. I sound ridiculous whenever I try speaking Danish.

    Данська в моєму виконанні звучить жахливо. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
of Denmark:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of Denmark:

Origin

Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), fr

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.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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