Danish

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Etymology 1

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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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  • danish (noun; sense Danish pastry)

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Proper noun

Danish (uncountable)

  2. The language of Danes and Denmark.
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Adjective

Danish (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Denmark.
    • 2023 January 3, Ben Church, “How Christian Eriksen returned to football after suffering cardiac arrest on pitch”, in CNN‎:
      The Danish midfielder received life-saving treatment during his country’s game against Finland in June 2021, eventually being resuscitated and taken to hospital.
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Noun

Danish (plural Danish)

  1. (usually collective) Danes, natives of Denmark.
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Noun

Danish (countable and uncountable, plural Danishes)

  1. (informal, chiefly US) Ellipsis of Danish pastry.
    • 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:
      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.
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Urdu دَانِش (dāniś), from Classical Persian دَانِش (dāniš).

Proper noun

Danish

  1. A male given name.

Etymology 3

From Dan +‎ -ish.

Adjective

Danish (not comparable)

  1. (very rare) Characteristic of someone named Dan.
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Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دانش (“knowledge”).

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Proper noun

Danish (Jawi spelling دانيش)

  1. a male given name from Persian
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