danish
IPA: dˈeɪnɪʃ
Root Word: Danish
noun
- The language of Danes and Denmark.
- (usually collective) Danes, natives of Denmark.
- A male given name.
- Danish pastry, light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruit or cheese.
- (informal, chiefly US) Ellipsis of Danish pastry. [A sweet and flaky yeast-raised roll made from a dough using butter or margarine and filled with remonce (butter and sugar) or custard.]
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Denmark.
- (very rare) The nature or characteristics of someone named Dan.
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Examples of "danish" in Sentences
- It is the part of the Danish crown regalia.
- Danish citizens in Iceland were enfranchised.
- The promoter of the competition is a pretty Danish.
- He was the Danish ambassador to the UN in the 1960s.
- The head of state of Greenland is the Danish regent.
- The television programming is in the Danish language.
- Danish Crown Regalia are the symbols of the Danish monarchy.
- He was the head of the Danish delegation to the Nordic Council.
- The abbreviation LUS is the word for louse in the Danish language.
- After the Reformation, the castle was the residence of widowed Danish queens.