danish
/ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/
danish noun: danish pastry, light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruit or cheese.
Noun (1)
danish (countable and uncountable, plural danishes)
- Danish pastry, light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruit or cheese.
- 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.2011 Allen Gregory, "1 Night in Gottlieb" (season 1, episode 2)
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Danish
Danish (uncountable)
Adjective (1) capitalized: Danish
Danish (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Denmark.
- The Danish midfielder received life-saving treatment during his country’s game against Finland in June 2021, eventually being resuscitated and taken to hospital.2023 January 3, Ben Church, “How Christian Eriksen returned to football after suffering cardiac arrest on pitch”, in CNN
Noun (2) capitalized: Danish
Danish (plural Danish)
- Danes, natives of Denmark.
Noun (3) capitalized: Danish
Danish (countable and uncountable, plural Danishes)
- Ellipsis of Danish pastry.
- Hotel food is reasonably good, and rather British, except for breakfasts, when most hotels serve ensaimades, a puff pastry half way between a croissant and a Danish.1984 March 8, Peggy Speirs, “Doing the birdie on a long, long break”, in Evening Post, number 32,833, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 5
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Danish
Danish
- A male given name.
Adjective (2) capitalized: Danish
Danish (not comparable)
- Characteristic of someone named Dan.
danish meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
danish in Hindi
- डेनिश, डैनिश
danish in Tamil
- டேனிஷ், டனிஷ்
danish in Marathi
- डॅनिश, डेनिश
danish in Urdu
- ڈینش, ڈینیش
More languagesFewer languages
- danish in Bengali
- ড্যানিশ, ডেনিশ
- danish in Telugu
- డానిష్, డ్యానిష్, డేనిష్
- danish in Malayalam
- ഡാനിഷ്, ഡ്യാനിഷ്
- danish in Kannada
- ಡ್ಯಾನಿಷ್, ಡ್ಯಾನಿಶ್, ಡಾನಿಷ್
- danish in Punjabi
- ਡੈਨਿਸ਼, ਡੈਨੀਸ਼
- danish in Gujarati
- ડેનિશ, ડૅનિશ
- danish in Odia
- ଡେନିଶ୍, ଡାନିଶ୍, ଡାନିଶ
- danish in Nepali
- ड्यानिश, डानिश
Forms of danish
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | danishes |
| alternative form | Danish |
| plural | Danish |
| plural | Danishes |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | danish |
Origin of danish
Ellipsis of Danish pastry.
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.
Borrowed from Urdu دَانِش (dāniś), from Classical Persian دَانِش (dāniš).
Words formed from danish
Phrases with danish
Questions about danish
- What does danish mean?
- Danish means danish pastry, light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruit or cheese.
- What is danish in Hindi?
- Danish in Hindi is डेनिश, डैनिश. See Danish meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is danish?
- Danish can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce danish?
- Danish is pronounced /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/.
- What is the plural of danish?
- The plural of danish is danishes.
Words near danish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: danish (page history and authors); Danish (page history and authors); danish (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); danish (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); danish (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); danish (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); danish (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); danish (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); danish (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); danish (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); danish (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); danish (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); danish (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); danish (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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