| mañana {adv} (tomorrow) SEE: tomorrow | :: |
| macadamia {n} (tree) | :: macademia, macademiatræ |
| macadamia {n} (macadamia nut) SEE: macadamia nut | :: |
| macadamia nut {n} (edible seed of the macadamia tree) | :: macademianød {c} |
| macaroon {n} (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) | :: makron {c} |
| Macau {prop} (a city just west of Hong Kong) | :: Macao |
| macaw {n} (various parrots) | :: ara |
| Macedonia {prop} (ancient kingdom) | :: Makedonien |
| Macedonia {prop} (Republic of North Macedonia, see also: Republic of North Macedonia) | :: Makedonien |
| Macedonia {prop} (region of northern Greece) | :: Makedonien, Græsk Makedonien |
| Macedonian {adj} (of Macedonia or its people or language) | :: makedonsk |
| Machiavellian {adj} (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods) | :: machiavellistisk |
| Machiavellian {adj} (related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli) | :: machiavellistisk |
| machicolation {n} (opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building) | :: machicoulis |
| machine {n} (mechanical or electrical device) | :: maskine {c} |
| machine code {n} (machine language) SEE: machine language | :: |
| machine gun {n} (type of firearm) | :: maskingevær {n} |
| machine language {n} (set of instructions for a computer) | :: maskinkode {c} |
| machine learning {n} (field of study) | :: maskinlæring {c} |
| machine-readable {adj} | :: maskinlæsbar |
| machinery {n} (machines constituting a production apparatus) | :: maskineri {n} |
| machinery {n} (working parts of a machine as a group) | :: maskineri {n} |
| machinery {n} (collective parts of something which allow it to function) | :: maskineri {n} |
| machine translation {n} (act of translating something by means of a machine) | :: maskinoversættelse {c} |
| machinist {n} (operator) SEE: operator | :: |
| macho man {n} (masculine man) | :: machomand {c} |
| mackerel {n} (edible fish) | :: makrel |
| Maclaurin polynomial {n} (truncated Maclaurin series) | :: Maclaurinpolynomium |
| Maclaurin series {n} (Taylor series centred at 0) | :: Maclaurinrække |
| macro {n} (an abbreviation of complicated input) | :: makro {c} |
| macro- {prefix} (large) | :: makro- |
| macrocosm {n} (the universe) SEE: universe | :: |
| macroeconomics {n} (study of the entire economy) | :: makroøkonomi {?} |
| macronutrient {n} (macronutrient) | :: makronæringsstof {n} |
| mad {adj} (insane (adj.)) | :: vanvittig, skør, sindssyg, gal |
| mad {adj} (angry) | :: vred, gal |
| mad {adj} (wanting intensely) | :: vild med, vild efter, helt oppe og køre |
| Madagascar {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Madagaskar |
| madam {n} (polite term of address to a woman) | :: frue {c} |
| madder {n} (plant) | :: krap |
| made-to-measure {adj} (made to individual specifications) | :: efter mål |
| madhouse {n} (insane asylum) | :: galehus {n} |
| madhouse {n} (place resembling an insane asylum) | :: galehus {n} |
| madman {n} (An insane man) | :: galning {c} |
| madness {n} (insanity) | :: galskab {c}, sindssyge {c}, vanvid {n} |
| madness {n} (rash folly) | :: galskab {c}, vanvid {n} |
| Madonna {prop} (Virgin Mary) SEE: Virgin Mary | :: |
| Madras {prop} (city) | :: Madras |
| Madrid {prop} (capital of Spain) | :: Madrid |
| madrone {n} (strawberry tree) SEE: strawberry tree | :: |
| maelstrom {n} (large whirlpool) | :: malstrøm |
| mafia {n} (a crime syndicate) | :: mafia |
| Magadan {prop} (city in Siberia) | :: Magadan |
| magazine {n} (periodical) | :: tidsskrift {n}, magasin {n} |
| magazine {n} (ammunition storehouse) | :: magasin {n} |
| Magdalene {prop} (female given name) | :: Magdalene |
| Magdalene {prop} (biblical character) SEE: Mary Magdalene | :: |
| mage {n} (magician, wizard or sorcerer) | :: mager, magiker, troldmand |
| Maggie {prop} (female given name) | :: Grete, Grethe, Merete, Meta, Mette |
| maggot {n} (dipterous insect's larva that eats decomposing organic matter) | :: maddike |
| Maghreb {prop} (region in Africa) | :: Maghreb |
| Magi {prop} (the wise men who gave gifts to Jesus) | :: de tre vise mænd , de hellige tre konger |
| magic {n} (use of supernatural rituals, forces etc.) | :: magi |
| magic {n} (ritual associated with supernatural magic or mysticism) | :: sejd {c} |
| magician {n} (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic) | :: troldmand {c} |
| magician {n} (performer of tricks) | :: tryllekunstner {c}, gøgler {c} |
| magic wand {n} (wand used to perform magic) | :: tryllestav {c} |
| magic word {n} (word with magical effect) | :: trylleformel {c}, hekseformular {c}, trylleord {n} |
| magma {n} (molten matter) | :: magma |
| magma chamber {n} (a large underground pool of molten rock) | :: magmakammer |
| Magna Carta {prop} (charter granted by King John to the barons at Runnymede in 1215) | :: Magna Carta {c} |
| Magna Graecia {prop} (Ancient Greek colonies in Italy and Sicily) | :: Magna Graecia |
| magnality {n} (great or wonderful thing) SEE: miracle | :: |
| magnanimity {n} (The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul) | :: storsind {n}, højsind {n}, ædelmod {n}, ædelmodighed {c} |
| magnanimous {adj} (noble and generous in spirit) | :: storsindet |
| magnate {n} (Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.) | :: magnat {c} |
| magnesite {n} (a form of magnesium carbonate, O3, occurring as dolomite (with calcite) but rarely found in the pure state) | :: magnesit {c} |
| magnesium {n} (chemical element) | :: magnesium {n} |
| magnet {n} (piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism) | :: magnet {c} |
| magnetic tape {n} (acrylic tape used for recording data) | :: magnetbånd |
| magnetism {n} (the property of being magnetic) | :: magnetisme {c} |
| magnifying glass {n} (instrument) | :: lup, forstørrelsesglas |
| magnum opus {n} (masterpiece) | :: mesterværk {n} |
| Magnus {prop} (male given name) | :: Magnus, Mogens |
| magpie {n} (bird of genus Pica) | :: skade {c} |
| magpie {n} (Pica pica) | :: husskade {c} |
| Magyar {adj} (Hungarian) SEE: Hungarian | :: |
| mahleb {n} (aromatic spice made from cherry stones) | :: weichseltræ {n} |
| Mahlon {prop} (biblical character) | :: Maklon |
| mahogany {n} (tropical tree) | :: mahogni |
| mahogany {n} (wood) | :: mahogni {n} {c} |
| maid {n} (female servant or cleaner) | :: stuepige {c} |
| maiden {n} (unmarried young female) | :: jomfru {c} |
| maiden {adj} (virgin) SEE: virgin | :: |
| maiden name {n} (married woman's original last name) | :: pigenavn |
| maieutics {n} (Socratic method) SEE: Socratic method | :: |
| mail {n} (postal delivery system) | :: post |
| mail {n} (organisation) | :: postvæsenet, posten |
| mail {n} (parcels and letters) | :: post |
| mail {n} (electronic mail) | :: mail, e-mail, e-post |
| mail {n} (armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together) | :: brynje {c} |
| mailbox {n} (box into which mail is put) | :: postkasse |
| mail lady {n} (woman who delivers the post or mail) | :: postbud {n}, brevbærer {c} |
| mailman {n} (post office employee) | :: postbud {c} |
| mail slot {n} (slot for mail delivery) | :: brevsprække |
| mail train {n} (mail train) | :: posttog |
| maim {v} (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body) | :: lemlæste |
| main {adj} (chief, most important, or principal in extent, etc.) | :: hoved-, generel, hovedsagelig |
| main {n} (that which is chief or principal) | :: hoved- |
| main {n} (large pipe or cable) | :: hovedledning {c} |
| main {n} (mainland) SEE: mainland | :: |
| main clause {n} (grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically) | :: hovedsætning {c} |
| main course {n} (main dish of a meal) | :: hovedret {c} |
| Maine {prop} (US State) | :: Maine |
| mainland {n} (the main landmass of a country or continent) | :: fastland {n} |
| mainland China {prop} (area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) | :: Fastlandskina |
| mainmast {n} (mainmast) | :: stormast |
| mainsail {n} (largest sail on a sailing vessel) | :: storsejl {n} |
| main sequence {n} | :: hovedserien {c} |
| main street {n} (principal street of a town) | :: hovedgade {c} |
| maintain {v} (to maintain, to consider) SEE: hold | :: |
| maintain {v} (to keep up) | :: vedligeholde |
| maintenance {n} (keeping a machine or system in service) | :: vedligeholdelse {c} |
| maintenance {n} (tort) | :: hævdelse {c}, forsvar {n} |
| maintenance {n} (legal: payment made to a spouse after a divorce) SEE: alimony | :: |
| maintenance {n} (child support) SEE: child support | :: |
| maize {n} (corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays) | :: majs {c} |
| majestic plural {n} (plural used by a sovereign) | :: pluralis majestatis, majestætisk flertal {c} |
| Majesty {pron} (term of address for royalty and imperiality) | :: majestæt {c} |
| major {n} (military rank) | :: major {c} |
| major {adj} (of full legal age; having attained majority) | :: fuldmyndig |
| Majorca {prop} (island) | :: Mallorca |
| majority {n} (more than half) | :: flertal {n} |
| majority {n} (legal adulthood) | :: myndighedsalder {c} |
| make {v} (to construct) | :: lave, udføre |
| make {v} (to create) | :: lave, fremstille, skabe |
| make {v} (to cause to be) | :: gøre |
| make {v} (to force to do) | :: få til |
| make {n} (brand) | :: mærke {n}, fabrikat {n} |
| make a mistake {v} (to err) | :: fejle |
| make a mountain out of a molehill {v} (to treat a problem as greater than it is) | :: gøre en myg til en elefant (to turn a mosquito into an elephant) |
| make an example of {v} (punish someone as a warning to others) | :: statuere et eksempel |
| make love {v} (to engage in sexual intercourse, see also: copulate) | :: elske |
| make noise {v} | :: støje |
| make oneself at home {v} (make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home) | :: føle sig som hjemme |
| maker {n} (one who makes) | :: fabrikant |
| make room {v} (to create space for new objects) | :: gør plads |
| make sense {v} (be coherent) | :: give mening |
| makeup {n} (cosmetics) | :: makeup, sminke |
| Malé {prop} (capital of the Maldives) | :: Malé |
| Malabo {prop} (capital of Equatorial Guinea) | :: Malabo |
| Malachi {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Malachis |
| Malachi {prop} (minor prophet) | :: Malachis |
| Malachi {prop} (male given name) | :: Malachis |
| malachite {n} (mineral) | :: malakit {c} |
| Malagasy {n} (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language) | :: malagassisk |
| malaria {n} (disease) | :: malaria |
| Malawi {prop} (Republic of Malawi) | :: Malawi |
| Malay {adj} (of the Malay people) | :: malaysisk, malajisk |
| Malay {adj} (of or pertaining to Malaysia) | :: malaysisk, malajisk |
| Malay {adj} (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language) | :: malaysisk, malajisk |
| Malay {n} (Malay person) | :: malaysier, malaj |
| Malay {n} | :: malaysisk, malajisk; malaysisk, malajisk |
| Malayalam {n} (language) | :: malayalam |
| Malaysia {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: Malaysia |
| Malaysian {prop} (Malay) SEE: Malay | :: |
| Maldives {prop} (country in South Asia) | :: Maldiverne |
| Maldivian {n} (person) | :: maldiver |
| Maldivian {n} (language) SEE: Dhivehi | :: |
| male {adj} (grammatically masculine) SEE: masculine | :: |
| male {adj} (belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or the gender typically associated with it) | :: mandlig, han- |
| male {n} (human of masculine sex or gender) | :: mand {c} |
| male {n} (animal of masculine sex) | :: han {c}, handyr {n} |
| male {n} (plant of masculine sex) | :: hanplante {c} |
| male chauvinism {n} (belief in the innate superiority of men over women) | :: mandschauvinisme {c} |
| male chauvinist {n} (A male advocate of male chauvinism) | :: mandschauvinist {c} |
| maledict {v} (curse) SEE: curse | :: |
| malediction {n} (curse) SEE: curse | :: |
| male-dominated {adj} (where men are in predominance) | :: mandsdomineret |
| Mali {prop} (a country in Western Africa) | :: Mali |
| malicious {adj} (Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite) | :: maliciøs |
| malingerer {n} (person who malingers) | :: simulant {c} |
| malkin {n} (cat) SEE: cat | :: |
| mallard {n} (a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos) | :: gråand |
| malleolus {n} (bony prominence in ankle joint) | :: maleol {c} |
| Malmö {prop} (city in Sweden) | :: Malmø {n} |
| malnourished {adj} (suffering from malnutrition) | :: fejlernæret, underernæret |
| malnutrition {n} (lack of adequate nourishment) | :: fejlernæring {c}, underernæring {c} |
| malt {n} (sprouted grain used in brewing) | :: malt {c} {n} |
| malt {v} (to convert grain into malt) | :: malte |
| Malta {prop} (republic) | :: Malta |
| Malta {prop} (island) | :: Malta |
| Maltese {n} (language of Malta) | :: maltesisk |
| malware {n} (software developed to cause harm to a computer system) | :: malware {?}, skadelig software {?} |
| mama {n} (mother) SEE: mother | :: |
| mamma {n} (mother) SEE: mother | :: |
| mammal {n} (animal of the class Mammalia) | :: pattedyr {n} |
| mammalian {n} (any mammal) SEE: mammal | :: |
| mammary gland {n} (milk-secreting gland) | :: mælkekirtel {c} |
| mammoth {n} (elephant-like mammal) | :: mammut {c} |
| man {n} (adult male human) | :: mand {c} |
| man {n} (human) | :: menneske {n} |
| man {n} (piece in board games) | :: figur {c}, brik {c} |
| man {interj} (an interjection used to place emphasis upon something or someone) | :: mand |
| man {v} (to supply with staff or crew) | :: bemande |
| man {v} (to take up position in order to operate something) | :: besætte |
| Man {prop} (genus Homo) | :: menneske {n} |
| manacle {n} (shackle for the wrist) | :: håndjern |
| manacle {v} (to confine with manacles) | :: sætte håndjern på (nogen) |
| manage {v} (to handle or control a situation or job) | :: klare, håndtere |
| management {n} (administration; the process or practice of managing) | :: drift {c}, administration {c} |
| management {n} (the executives of an organisation) | :: ledelse {c}, bestyrelse {c}, direktion {c} |
| manager {n} (person whose job is to manage something) | :: bestyrer {c}, leder, chef, direktør {c} |
| manager {n} (administrator, for a singer or group) | :: promotor |
| managing director {n} (the chief executive of a limited company) | :: administrerende direktør {c} |
| Managua {prop} (capital of Nicaragua) | :: Managua |
| Manama {prop} (the capital city of Bahrain) | :: Manama |
| man and wife {n} (opposite-sex married couple) SEE: husband and wife | :: |
| manatee {n} (any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae) | :: søko {c}, manat {c} |
| man bites dog {phrase} (situation worth reporting) | :: mand bider hund |
| Manchukuo {prop} (former puppet state of Imperial Japan) | :: Manchukuo |
| Manchuria {prop} (historical region in Northeast Asia) | :: Manchuriet {n} |
| Manchurian {adj} (pertaining to Manchuria) | :: manchurisk |
| Manchurian {n} (inhabitant of Manchuria) | :: manchurer {c} |
| mandarin {n} (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat) | :: mandarin {c} |
| mandarin {n} (fruit) SEE: mandarin orange | :: |
| mandarin {n} (tree) SEE: mandarin orange | :: |
| mandarin {n} (mandarin duck) SEE: mandarin duck | :: |
| Mandarin {n} (Standard Mandarin, see also: Chinese) | :: mandarin {n} |
| mandarin duck {n} (bird) | :: mandarinand {c} |
| mandarin fish {n} (colorful saltwater fish) | :: mandarinfisk |
| mandarin orange {n} (fruit) | :: mandarin {c} |
| mandatory {adj} (obligatory) | :: obligatorisk |
| mandola {n} (musical instrument) | :: mandola |
| mandrake {n} (botany) | :: alrune |
| mane {n} (longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse) | :: manke {c}, man {c} |
| mane {n} (longer hair growth around head of male lions) | :: manke {c} |
| maneuverable {adj} (able to be maneuvered) | :: manøvredygtig |
| manga {n} (comic originated in Japan) | :: manga {c} |
| manga {n} (comic done in Japanese style) | :: manga {c} |
| manganese {n} (chemical element) | :: mangan {n} |
| mango {n} (fruit) | :: mango |
| manhater {n} (misanthrope) SEE: misanthrope | :: |
| man-hour {n} (amount of work) | :: mandetime {c}, mandtime {c} |
| mania {n} (violent derangement) | :: mani {c} |
| -mania {suffix} (indicating a compulsion or obsession) | :: -mani {c} |
| -maniac {suffix} (indicating a person who experiences compulsion) | :: -man {c} |
| manic depression {n} (bipolar disorder) | :: maniodepressiv sindslidelse |
| manic-depressive {adj} (exhibiting manic depression) | :: maniodepressiv, manio-depressiv |
| manifesto {n} (public declaration) | :: manifest {n} |
| manifold {adj} (various in kind or quality) | :: mangfoldig |
| manifold {n} (locally Euclidean space) | :: mangfoldighed {c} |
| Manila {prop} (capital of the Philippines) | :: Manila |
| Manila hemp {n} (the fibre of the abaca) | :: manilahamp, Manilahamp, Manila |
| man is the measure of all things {phrase} | :: mennesket er alle tings mål |
| Manitoba {prop} (Province in western Canada) | :: Manitoba |
| mankind {n} (human race) | :: menneskehed {c} |
| manly {adj} (having the characteristics of a man) | :: mandlig |
| manly {adj} (Having the qualities of a man such as courage) | :: mandig |
| man-mark {v} (to mark an opposition player closely) | :: mandsopdække |
| manna ash {n} (Fraxinus ornis) | :: manna-ask |
| mannequin {n} (model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes) | :: mannequin {c} |
| manner {n} (way of performing or effecting; method or style) | :: måde {c} |
| manners {n} (etiquette) | :: manerer {c-p} |
| man-of-war {n} (cnidarian) SEE: Portuguese man-of-war | :: |
| manor {n} (mansion) | :: herregård {c} |
| manslaughter {n} (act of killing unlawfully) | :: manddrab {n} |
| Manson {prop} | :: Mangussen, Magnusen |
| manticore {n} (mythical creature) | :: manticore {c} |
| mantis {n} (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea) | :: knæler {c} |
| mantis shrimp {n} (stomatopod) | :: søknæler {c} |
| mantle {n} (incandescent gauze in a gas lamp) | :: glødenet {n} |
| mantling {n} (heraldry: drapery behind and around a coat of arms) | :: hjelmklæde {n} |
| manual {n} (handbook or booklet that instructs) | :: manual {c} |
| manufacture {v} (to make things) | :: fremstille |
| manure {v} (to apply manure) | :: gøde, gødske |
| manure {n} (excrement) | :: møg {c}, gødning {c} |
| manus {n} (hand) SEE: hand | :: |
| manuscript {n} (book, composition or any other document, written by hand) | :: håndskrift {n}, manuskript {n} |
| manuscript {n} (book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication) | :: manuskript {n} |
| manwhore {n} (promiscuous man) | :: mandeluder {c} |
| Manx shearwater {n} | :: almindelig skråpe {c} |
| many {determiner} (an indefinite large number of) | :: mange, mangen {c} |
| many a mickle makes a muckle {proverb} (lot of small amounts together become a large amount) | :: mange bække små gør en stor å |
| many hands make light work {proverb} (a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily) | :: sammen er vi stærke |
| many thanks {interj} (many thanks) | :: mange tak |
| Maoism {n} (philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong) | :: maoisme |
| Maoist {n} (Maoist advocate) | :: maoist {c} |
| map {n} (visual representation of an area) | :: kort {n} |
| map {n} (function) | :: afbildning {c} |
| map {v} (to create a visual representation of a territory) | :: kortlægge |
| maple {n} (tree of the Acer genus) | :: ahorn {n}, løn {c}, ær {c} |
| Maputo {prop} (capital of Mozambique) | :: Maputo |
| mara {n} ((folklore) a nightmare; spectre or wraith-like creature) | :: mare {c} , mareridt {n} |
| Marathi {n} (language of Maharashtra) | :: marathi |
| Marathi {n} (people of Maharashtra) | :: maratha {c} |
| marathon {n} (road race) | :: maraton {n} {c}, maratonløb {n} |
| marathoner {n} (someone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races) | :: maratondeltager {c}, maratonløber {c} |
| marble {n} (crystalline limestone) | :: marmor {n} |
| marble {n} (spherical ball) | :: marmorkugle {c} |
| marble cake {n} (cake with two or more colours) | :: marmorkage {c} |
| march {n} (formal, rhythmic way of walking) | :: march {c} |
| march {n} (political rally or parade) | :: march {c} |
| march {n} (song in the genre of music written for marching) | :: march {c} |
| march {n} (steady forward movement or progression) | :: gang {c}, udvikling {c} |
| march {v} (walk with long, regular strides) | :: marchere, udvikle sig |
| march {v} (go to war; make military advances) | :: marchere, rykke frem |
| march {n} (border region) | :: mark {c} , grænsemark {c} , grænseland {n} |
| march {n} (region at a frontier governed by a marquess) | :: mark {c} |
| march {v} (to have common borders or frontiers) | :: grænse til |
| March {prop} (third month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: marts {c} |
| mare {n} (female horse) | :: hoppe {c} |
| Margaret {prop} (female given name) | :: Margrethe |
| margarine {n} (spread) | :: margarine {c} |
| marginalize {v} (relegate something to margins or to a lower limit) | :: marginalisere |
| margravate {n} (territory governed by a margrave) | :: markgrevskab {n} |
| margrave {n} (military officer in charge of German border area) | :: markgreve {c} |
| margrave {n} (hereditary prince) | :: markgreve {c} |
| Mariana Trench {prop} (trench in the North Pacific Ocean) | :: Marianergraven |
| Marie {prop} (female given name) SEE: Mary | :: |
| marigold {n} (Calendula) | :: morgenfrue {c} |
| marigold {n} (Tagetes) | :: tagetes {c}, fløjlsblomst {c} |
| marijuana {n} (the drug) | :: marijuana {c} |
| marijuana {n} (the plant Cannabis sativa) | :: cannabis {c} |
| Marina {prop} (female given name) | :: Marina |
| marine biology {n} (branch of biology) | :: marinbiologi |
| marine corps {n} (military organization of marines who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships) | :: marineinfanteri {f} |
| mariner {n} (sailor) SEE: sailor | :: |
| mariner's compass {n} (compass) SEE: compass | :: |
| Marius {prop} (male given name) | :: Marius |
| marjoram {n} (culinary herb) | :: merian |
| Mark {prop} (male given name) | :: Marcus, Markus |
| Mark {prop} (the Evangelist) | :: Markus |
| Mark {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Markusevangeliet {n} |
| market {n} (gathering for trading) | :: marked {n} |
| market {n} (spacious site for trading) | :: marked {n}, markedsplads {c}, torv {n} |
| market {n} (group of potential customers) | :: marked {n}, målgruppe {c} |
| market {n} (geographical area where a commercial demand exists) | :: marked {n} |
| market {n} (total sum of trading) | :: handel {c} |
| market {n} (used attributively) | :: markeds- |
| market {v} (to make available and promote) | :: markedsføre |
| market {v} (to sell) SEE: sell | :: |
| market economy {n} (economy in which and services are exchanged in a free market) | :: markedsøkonomi {c} |
| marketing {n} (the promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service) | :: markedsføring {c} |
| marketplace {n} (open area in a town housing a public market) | :: markedsplads {c} |
| market share {n} (percentage of some market) | :: markedsandel {c} |
| marksman {n} (a man skilled in shooting at a target) | :: finskytte {n} |
| mark up {v} (to increase the price) | :: mærke op, opmærke |
| markup {n} (notation used to indicate how text should be displayed) | :: opmærkning {c} |
| markup language {n} (computer language using markups) | :: opmærkningssprog {n} |
| marl {n} (a mixed earthy substance) | :: mergel {c} |
| Marlene {prop} (female given name) | :: Marlene |
| marmalade {n} (jam) | :: syltetøj |
| marmot {n} (rodent of the genera Marmota) | :: murmeldyr {n} |
| maroon {n} (dark red, somewhat brownish colour) | :: maron |
| marquess {n} (title of nobility) | :: markis {c} |
| marquis {n} (nobleman) SEE: marquess | :: |
| marriage {n} (state of being married) | :: ægteskab {n}, giftermål {n} |
| marriage {n} (union of two people) | :: ægteskab {n}, giftermål {n} |
| marriage {n} (wedding) | :: bryllup {n}, vielse {c} |
| marriage {n} (close union) | :: forbindelse {c}, forening {c} |
| marriage {n} (joining of two parts) | :: forening {c} |
| marriage agency {n} (business) | :: ægteskab agentur |
| marriage of convenience {n} (marriage motivated by some reason other than love) | :: fornuftsægteskab {n} |
| married {adj} (in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband) | :: gift |
| married couple {n} (two people who are married to each other) | :: ægtepar {n} |
| marrow {n} (substance inside bones) | :: marv {c} |
| marrow {n} (kind of vegetable) | :: græskar {n} |
| marry {v} (to take a husband or wife) | :: gifte sig |
| Mars {prop} (planet) | :: Mars |
| Mars {prop} (god of war) | :: Mars |
| Marseille soap {n} (kind of hard soap) | :: Marseille sæbe {c} |
| marsh {n} (area of low, wet land) | :: mose |
| Marshallese {n} (language) | :: marshallesisk |
| Marshall Islands {prop} (Republic of the Marshall Islands) | :: Marshalløerne |
| marsh horsetail {n} (plant) | :: kær padderok {c} |
| marsh mallow {n} (Althaea officinalis) | :: skumfidus {c} |
| marshmallow {n} (confectionery) | :: skumfidus {n}, marshmallow {c} |
| marshmallow {n} (plant) SEE: marsh mallow | :: |
| marsh sandpiper {n} (Tringa stagnatilis) | :: damklire {c} |
| marsh tit {n} (bird) | :: sumpmejse |
| marsupial {n} (mammal of which the female typically has a pouch) | :: pungdyr {n} |
| marten {n} (mammal) | :: mår {c} |
| Martha {prop} (female given name) | :: Martha |
| Martha {prop} (biblical sister of Lazarus and Mary) | :: Martha |
| martial {n} (soldier, warrior) SEE: soldier | :: |
| martial {adj} (of or relating to the planet Mars) SEE: Martian | :: |
| martial {n} (synonym of Martian) SEE: Martian | :: |
| Martial {prop} (Roman poet) | :: Martial |
| martial art {n} (fighting style) | :: kampsport |
| Martian {n} (inhabitant of the planet Mars) | :: marsbo, marsboer {c}, marsmand {c} |
| Martin {prop} (given name) | :: Martin, Morten |
| Martina {prop} (female given name) | :: Martine |
| Martinique {prop} (Department of Martinique) | :: Martinique |
| martyr {v} (torture) SEE: torture | :: |
| marvel {n} (miracle) SEE: miracle | :: |
| marvel {n} (wonder) SEE: wonder | :: |
| marvel {n} (astonishment) SEE: astonishment | :: |
| Marxism {n} (philosophy) | :: marxisme {c} |
| Marxism {n} (ideology) | :: marxisme {c} |
| Mary {prop} (female given name) | :: Maria, Marie |
| Mary {prop} (biblical mother of Jesus) | :: Maria |
| Mary Magdalene {prop} (female disciple of Jesus) | :: Maria Magdalene |
| marzipan {n} (confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white) | :: marcipan {c} |
| mascara {n} (eyelash cosmetic) | :: mascara |
| masculine {adj} (of the male sex; biologically male, not female; manly) | :: mandlig |
| masculine {adj} (belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males) | :: maskulin |
| masculine {adj} (having male qualities, not feminine or effeminate) | :: maskulin, mandig |
| masculine {adj} (grammar: being of the masculine class, being inflected in the masculine manner) | :: hankøns- |
| masculinity {n} (degree or property of being masculine) | :: maskulinitet {c} |
| masdar {n} (verbal noun) SEE: verbal noun | :: |
| Maseru {prop} (capital of Lesotho) | :: Maseru |
| mash {n} (a mass of mixed ingredients) | :: grød {c} |
| mash {n} (in brewing) | :: mæsk {c} |
| mash {n} (mashed potatoes) SEE: mashed potatoes | :: |
| mashed potatoes {n} (dish) | :: kartoffelmos {c} |
| masjid {n} (mosque) SEE: mosque | :: |
| mask {n} (cover for the face) | :: maske {c} |
| mason {n} (Freemason) SEE: Freemason | :: |
| masonite {n} (a type of hardboard) | :: masonit {c} |
| masquerade {v} (disguise) SEE: disguise | :: |
| Masr {prop} (Egypt) SEE: Egypt | :: |
| mass {n} (physics: quantity of matter which a body contains) | :: vægt {c} , masse {c} |
| Mass {n} (Roman Catholic Church: the principal liturgical service) | :: messe |
| Massachusetts {prop} (a state of the United States of America) | :: Massachusetts |
| massacre {n} (intentional mass killing) | :: massakre {c} |
| massacre {v} (to kill in considerable numbers) | :: massakrere |
| massage {n} (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) | :: massage {c} |
| masseur {n} (a person who performs massage) | :: massør {c} |
| masseuse {n} (a female masseur) | :: massøse {c} |
| mass flow {n} | :: massestrøm |
| mass grave {n} (a grave containing many corpses) | :: massegrav {c} |
| massif {n} (principal mountain mass) | :: massiv {n}, bjergmassiv {n} |
| Massif Central {prop} (area) | :: Centralmassivet |
| mass media {n} (public communication that reaches a large audience) | :: massemedier |
| mass medium {n} (means of public communication that reaches a large audience) | :: massemedie |
| mass murder {n} (successive killing of many people) | :: massemord {n} |
| mass murderer {n} (someone who commits a mass murder, see also: serial killer) | :: massemorder {c} |
| mass number {n} (number of protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus) | :: nukleontal {n} |
| mast {n} (support of a sail) | :: mast {c} |
| master of ceremonies {n} (host at a formal event) | :: ceremonimester {c} |
| masterpiece {n} (piece of work that has been given much critical praise) | :: mesterværk {n} |
| master race {n} (race of people) | :: herrefolk {n} |
| master's {n} (master's degree) SEE: master's degree | :: |
| master's degree {n} (postgraduate degree) | :: kandidat {c}, kandidatgrad {c} |
| master's thesis {n} (thesis) | :: speciale {n}, kandidatspeciale {n}, kandidatafhandling {c} |
| masterwork {n} (piece of quality indicative of having been made by a master) SEE: masterpiece | :: |
| masterwort {n} (Aegopodium podagraria) SEE: ground elder | :: |
| mastery {n} (philosopher's stone) SEE: philosopher's stone | :: |
| masticate {v} (chew) SEE: chew | :: |
| masturbate {v} (to masturbate) | :: masturbere, onanere |
| masturbation {n} (manual erotic stimulation of the genitals) | :: masturbation {c}, onani {c} |
| Masuria {prop} (an area in northeastern Poland) | :: Masurien |
| mat {n} (foot wiping device or floor covering) | :: måtte {c} |
| match {n} (sporting event) | :: kamp {c} |
| match {n} (device to make fire) | :: tændstik {c} |
| matchbox {n} (small cardboard box in which matches are kept) | :: tændstikæske {c} |
| matching {n} (graph theory: set of edges) | :: parring {c} |
| matchless {adj} (without equal) | :: mageløs |
| matchmaker {n} (someone who finds suitable marriage partners) | :: ægteskabsformidler {c}, giftekniv {c} , Kirsten Giftekniv {c} |
| match point {n} (state in a game) | :: matchbold {c} |
| mate {v} (to engage in sexual intercourse) SEE: copulate | :: |
| mate {n} (checkmate) SEE: checkmate | :: |
| material {adj} (related to matter) | :: materiel |
| material {adj} (worldly) | :: materiel |
| material {n} (matter) | :: materiale {n} |
| material {n} (text) | :: materiale {n}, stof {n} |
| material {n} (cloth) | :: stof {n} |
| materialize {v} (to cause to take physical form or to appear) | :: materialisere |
| materialize {v} (to take physical form or to appear seemingly from nowhere) | :: materialisere |
| maternal aunt {n} (one's mother's sister) | :: moster {c} , tante {c} |
| maternal aunt {n} (one's mother's sister-in-law) | :: tante |
| maternal grandfather {n} (one's mother's father) | :: morfar {c} |
| maternal grandmother {n} (The mother of one's mother) | :: mormor {c} |
| maternal uncle {n} (brother of one's mother) | :: morbror {c} , onkel {c} |
| maternity leave {n} (leave of absence) | :: barsel {c} |
| mathematical {adj} (of, or relating to mathematics) | :: matematisk |
| mathematician {n} (expert in mathematics) | :: matematiker {c} |
| mathematics {n} (field of study) | :: matematik {c} |
| mathematize {v} (describe in terms of a mathematical equation) | :: matematisere |
| Mathewson {prop} (surname meaning "son of Matthew") | :: Mattsen |
| maths {n} (short form of mathematics) | :: matematik {c} |
| Matilda {prop} (female given name, cognates and transliterations) | :: Mathilde |
| matriarch {n} (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group) | :: matriark {c} |
| matriarchal {adj} (governed by a matriarch) | :: matriarkal, matriarkalsk |
| matrimony {n} (marriage or the state of being married) | :: ægteskab {c} |
| matrimony {n} (the marriage ceremony) | :: vielse {c} |
| matrimony vine {n} (wolfberry) SEE: wolfberry | :: |
| matrix {n} (womb) SEE: womb | :: |
| matrix {n} (math: rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms) | :: matrix {c} |
| matryoshka {n} (Russian doll) SEE: Russian doll | :: |
| matter {n} (basic structural component of the universe) | :: stof {n} |
| matter of course {n} (natural or logical outcome) | :: selvfølge {c} |
| matter of course {n} (expected or customary outcome) | :: selvfølge {c} |
| matter of time {n} (an inevitable result) | :: spørgsmål om tid {n} |
| Matthew {prop} (male given name) | :: Mathias, Mads |
| Matthew {prop} (biblical disciple) | :: Matthæus |
| Matthew {prop} (gospel of Matthew) | :: Matthæusevangeliet {n} |
| Matthias {prop} (the Apostle replacing Judas) | :: Matthias |
| Matthias {prop} (male given name) | :: Mathias, Matthias |
| mattress {n} (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep) | :: madras {c} |
| maugre {prep} (in spite of) SEE: in spite of | :: |
| Maundy Thursday {prop} (Thursday before Easter) | :: skærtorsdag |
| Maurice {prop} (male given name) | :: Mourits |
| Mauritania {prop} (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) | :: Mauretanien |
| Mauritius {prop} (country) | :: Mauritius |
| mausoleum {n} (large tomb) | :: mausoleum {n} |
| maxim {n} (moral precept) | :: maksime {c} |
| may {v} (have permission to) | :: må |
| may {v} (possibly, but not certainly) | :: måske |
| May {prop} (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: maj {c} |
| maybe {adv} (indicating a lack of certainty) | :: måske |
| maybe {adv} (as a pro-sentence) | :: måske |
| May bug {n} (cockchafer) SEE: cockchafer | :: |
| May Day {n} (workers' holiday) | :: første maj {c}, 1. maj, arbejdernes internationale kampdag {c} |
| mayonnaise {n} (dressing) | :: mayonnaise {c}, majonæse {c} |
| mayor {n} (leader of a city) | :: borgmester {c}, borgmesterinde {c} |
| Mayotte {prop} (Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte) | :: Mayotte |
| maypole {n} (pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day) | :: majstang, midsommerstang |
| may the Force be with you {phrase} (wish someone luck) | :: må Kraften være med dig |
| Mazandaran {prop} (northern province of Iran) | :: Mazenderan |
| Mazandaran Sea {prop} (an alternative name of the Caspian Sea) | :: Kaspiske Hav |
| Mbabane {prop} (capital of Eswatini) | :: Mbabane |
| Möbius band {n} (Möbius strip) SEE: Möbius strip | :: |
| Möbius strip {n} (one-sided surface) | :: möbiusbånd {n} |
| Möbius strip {n} (narrow strip given a half twist) | :: möbiusbånd {n} |
| mâche {n} (Valerianella locusta) | :: tandfri vårsalat |
| me {determiner} (my, see also: ) | :: min |
| me {pron} (myself) SEE: myself | :: |
| me {pron} (direct object of a verb) | :: mig |
| me {pron} (object of a preposition) | :: mig |
| me {pron} (indirect object of a verb) | :: mig |
| me {pron} (reflexive indirect object of a verb) | :: mig |
| me {pron} (complement of the copula) | :: mig |
| me {pron} (subject of a verb with “and”) | :: jeg |
| me {pron} (subject of a verb without “and”) | :: jeg |
| mead {n} (alcoholic drink) | :: mjød {c} |
| meadow {n} (field or pasture) | :: eng {c} |
| meadowlark {n} (songbird of Sturnella or Leistes) | :: englærke {c} |
| meadow pipit {n} (bird) | :: engpiber |
| meadowsweet {n} (Filipendula ulmaria) | :: mjødurt |
| meagre {n} (Argyrosomus regius) | :: almindelig ørnefisk {c} |
| meal {n} (food that is prepared and eaten) | :: måltid {n} |
| mean {v} (to convey, indicate) | :: betyde |
| mean {v} (to signify) | :: mene |
| mean {n} (method by which something is done) | :: middel {n} |
| meander {n} (winding, crooked or involved course) | :: mæander {c} |
| meaning {n} (symbolic value of something) | :: betydning {c}, mening {c} |
| meaning {n} (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life") | :: mening {c} |
| meaning {n} (definition or connotation of a word) | :: betydning {c} |
| meaning of life {n} (hypothetical answer to life's ultimate questions) | :: meningen med livet {c} |
| means {n} (instrument or condition for attaining a purpose) | :: middel {n} |
| means of grace {n} (means by which God gives grace) | :: nådemiddel {n} |
| means of production {n} (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor) | :: produktionsmiddel {c} |
| meanwhile {adv} (at the same time but elsewhere) | :: i mellemtiden |
| measles {n} (acute highly contagious viral disease) | :: mæslinger {c-p} |
| measurability {n} (susceptibility to measurement) | :: målbarhed {c} |
| measurable {adj} (able to be measured) | :: målbar |
| measure {n} (melody) SEE: melody | :: |
| measure {n} (action to achieve some purpose) | :: foranstaltning {c} |
| measure {n} (dance) SEE: dance | :: |
| measure {n} (math: number which is contained in a given number without remainder) SEE: divisor | :: |
| measure {n} (geology: bed or stratum) SEE: bed | :: |
| measuring tape {n} (tape measure) SEE: tape measure | :: |
| meat {n} (animal flesh used as food) | :: kød {n} |
| meat {n} (type of meat) | :: kød {n} |
| meat {n} (any sort of flesh) | :: kød {n} |
| meat {n} (totem) SEE: totem | :: |
| meatarian {n} (person who eats meat) | :: kødspiser {c} |
| meatatarian {n} (meatarian) SEE: meatarian | :: |
| meat jelly {n} (aspic) SEE: aspic | :: |
| meatloaf {n} (mixture of ground meat) | :: forloren hare {c}, farsbrød {n} |
| Mecca {prop} (city in Saudi Arabia) | :: Mekka |
| Mecca {n} (important place to visit by people with a particular interest) | :: mekka {n} |
| mechanic {n} (skilled worker on machinery) | :: mekaniker {c} |
| mechanical {adj} (physics: related to mechanics) | :: mekanisk |
| mechanical energy {n} (mechanical energy) | :: mekanisk energi {c} |
| mechanical engineer {n} (someone who specializes in mechanical engineering) | :: maskiningeniør {c} |
| mechanical pencil {n} (pencil with a retractable lead) | :: stiftblyant {c}, trykblyant {c} |
| mechanism {n} (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion) | :: mekanisme {c} |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania {prop} (one of the component states of Germany) | :: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern {c} |
| medal {n} (stamped metal disc) | :: medalje {c} |
| meddle {v} (to have sex) SEE: have sex | :: |
| meddlesome {adj} (inclined to meddle or interfere) | :: nævenyttig |
| Mede {n} (inhabitant of Media) | :: meder {c} |
| Media {prop} (historical region in northwestern Iran) | :: Medien |
| media circus {n} (media circus) | :: mediecirkus {n} |
| mediaeval {adj} (medieval) SEE: medieval | :: |
| median {n} (geometry: line segment joining vertex and midpoint of opposing side) | :: median {c} |
| Median {adj} (relating to Media or Medes) | :: medisk |
| Median {prop} (language) | :: medisk |
| Median {n} (Mede) SEE: Mede | :: |
| media studies {n} (academic discipline) | :: medievidenskab |
| mediator {n} (one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement) | :: mediator {c} |
| medic {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor | :: |
| medic {n} (paramedic) SEE: paramedic | :: |
| medical history {n} (details about patient's previous medical experiences) | :: anamnese {c} |
| medical record {n} (details about a patient's previous medical experiences) SEE: medical history | :: |
| medical student {n} (student at a medical school) | :: medicinstuderende {c} |
| medicine {n} (substance which promotes healing) | :: medicin {c}, lægemiddel {n} |
| medicine {n} (field of study) | :: medicin {c} |
| medicine {n} (ritual Native American magic) | :: medicin |
| medicine cabinet {n} (cupboard for drugs) | :: medicinskab {n} |
| medicine chest {n} (medicine cabinet) SEE: medicine cabinet | :: |
| medicine man {n} (shamanistic healer) | :: medicinmand {c} |
| medicine woman {n} (shamanistic healer) | :: medicinkvinde {c} |
| medieval {adj} (of or relating to the Middle Ages) | :: middelalderlig |
| Medieval Latin {prop} (language) | :: middelalderlatin {n} |
| medieval literature {n} (literature of the Middle Ages) | :: middelalderlitteratur |
| mediocre {adj} (having no peculiar or outstanding features) | :: middelmådig |
| meditation {n} (devotional contemplation) | :: meditation {c} |
| Mediterranean {prop} (Mediterranean Sea) SEE: Mediterranean Sea | :: |
| Mediterranean flour moth {n} (type of moth that feeds on grain) | :: melmøl {n} |
| Mediterranean gull {n} (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) | :: sorthovedet måge |
| mediterranean sea {n} (mostly enclosed sea) | :: middelhav {n} |
| Mediterranean Sea {prop} (sea between Europe and Africa) | :: Middelhavet {n} |
| medium {n} (material or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass) | :: medium {n} |
| medium {n} (format for communicating or presenting information) | :: medium {n} |
| medium {n} (means, channel or agency by which an aim is achieved) | :: middel |
| medium {n} (someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world) | :: medium |
| mediumwave {adj} | :: mellembølge |
| medlar {n} (tree) | :: mispel |
| medley {n} (collection of related songs) | :: medley {n} |
| medley {n} (swimming event) | :: medley {n} |
| meerkat {n} (small carnivorous mammal) | :: surikat {c} |
| meerschaum {n} | :: merskum |
| meet {v} (encounter by accident) | :: møde, træffe |
| meet {v} (see through arrangement) | :: mødes |
| meet {v} (to get acquainted) | :: møde |
| meet {v} (converge and touch) | :: mødes |
| meet {v} (comply with) | :: opfylde |
| meet {v} (hit something while moving) | :: træffe, ramme |
| meeting {n} (gathering for a purpose) | :: møde {n} |
| mega- {prefix} (multiplication factor one million) | :: mega- |
| megachurch {n} (church with an atypically large congregation) | :: megakirke {c} |
| megalith {n} (construction) | :: megalit {c} |
| megalomania {n} (psychopathological condition) | :: storhedsvanvid {n}, megalomani {c} |
| megaphone {n} (portable device used to amplify a person's voice) | :: megafon {c} |
| megawatt {n} (one million watts) | :: megawatt {c} |
| megawatt-hour {n} (unit of energy) | :: megawatt-time {c} |
| meitnerium {n} (chemical element) | :: meitnerium |
| melancholic {adj} (filled with or affected by melancholy) | :: melankolsk |
| melancholy {n} (Sadness or depression) | :: melankoli, vemod {n} |
| melancholy {adj} (affected with sadness or depression) SEE: melancholic | :: |
| Melanesia {prop} (part of Oceania) | :: Melanesien {p} |
| melange {n} (collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things) | :: blanding {c} |
| Melanie {prop} (female given name) | :: Melanie |
| melanism {n} (congenital excess of melanin pigmentation) | :: melanisme {c} |
| melanoma {n} (type of skin tumor) | :: melanom {n} |
| melatonin {n} (hormone) | :: melatonin {c} |
| melee {n} (Hand-to-hand combat) | :: nærkamp |
| melee {n} (battle fought at close range) | :: håndgemæng, sammenstød |
| Melekeok {prop} (a state of Palau) | :: Melekeok |
| Melissa {prop} (female given name) | :: Melissa |
| melodious {adj} (having a pleasant melody) | :: melodiøs |
| melody {n} (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase) | :: melodi {c} |
| melon {n} (fruit) | :: melon {c} |
| melongene {n} (eggplant) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| Melpomene {prop} (Muse of tragedy) | :: Melpomene |
| melt {n} (idiot) SEE: idiot | :: |
| meltdown {n} (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor) | :: nedsmeltning {c} |
| meltdown {n} (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown) | :: nedsmeltning {c} |
| melting point {n} (temperature at which solid and liquid phases are in equilibrium) | :: smeltepunkt |
| member {n} (part of a discourse, period, sentence, or verse) SEE: clause | :: |
| member {n} (in set theory) SEE: element | :: |
| member {n} (one who officially belongs to a group) | :: medlem {n} |
| Member of Parliament {n} (representative) | :: folketingsmedlem {n}, parlamentsmedlem {n} |
| membership {n} (fact of being a member) | :: medlemskab {n} |
| membership {n} (in set theory) | :: medlemskab |
| membership card {n} (card held by a member) | :: medlemskort {n} |
| memento mori {n} (memento mori) | :: memento mori |
| memorable {adj} (worthy of being remembered) | :: mindeværdig |
| memorial {n} (structure) | :: mindesmærke {n} |
| memorial service {n} (funeral) SEE: funeral | :: |
| memory {n} (ability to recall) | :: hukommelse {c} |
| memory {n} (RAM or ROM) | :: hukommelse {c} |
| memory stick {n} (portable solid-state flash memory storage device) SEE: flash drive | :: |
| Memphis {prop} (city of ancient Egypt) | :: Memphis |
| mend {v} (to repair) | :: reparere, fikse |
| mend {v} (to repair a tear in clothing) | :: lappe |
| mend {v} (to alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken) | :: forbedre |
| mendacious {adj} (false) SEE: false | :: |
| mendaciousness {n} (mendacity) SEE: mendacity | :: |
| mendacity {n} (fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty) | :: uhæderlighed {c}, løgnagtighed {c} |
| mendelevium {n} (chemical element) | :: mendelevium {n} |
| menhir {n} (standing stone as a monument) | :: bautasten {c} |
| menopause {n} (ending of menstruation) | :: overgangsalder {c} |
| Mensa {prop} (constellation) | :: Taffelbjerget |
| Menschanschauung {n} (human-view) | :: menneskesyn {n}, menneskeanskuelse {c} |
| Menshevik {n} (member of a faction of the Russian revolutionary movement) | :: mensjevik {c} |
| men's studies {n} (the study of men and masculinity) | :: mandeforskning {c} |
| menstrual cycle {n} (recurring cycle) | :: menstruationscyklus {c} |
| menstruate {v} (to undergo menstruation) | :: menstruere |
| menstruation {n} (periodic discharging of the menses) | :: menstruation {c} |
| mental disorder {n} (behavioral pattern) | :: psykisk sygdom |
| mental hospital {n} (facility designed to treat persons with mental disorders) | :: psykiatrisygehus {n}, psykiatrisk hospital {n}, sindssygehospital {n} , sindssygeanstalt {c} , galeanstalt {c} , galehus {n} |
| mental illness {n} (property (uncountable)) | :: sindssygdom {c} |
| mental illness {n} (mental disorder (countable)) | :: psykisk sygdom {c} |
| mental institution {n} (psychiatric hospital) SEE: mental hospital | :: |
| mentality {n} (mindset) | :: mentalitet {c} |
| menthol {n} (cyclic monoterpene alcohol) | :: mentol |
| mention {v} (mention) SEE: cover | :: |
| mention {v} (make a short reference to something) | :: omtale |
| menu {n} (details of the food to be served at a banquet) | :: spisekort {n}, menu {c} |
| menu {n} (printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant) | :: menu |
| meow {interj} (cry of a cat) | :: mjav, miav |
| meow {n} (cry of a cat) | :: miav, mjav, miau |
| mercenary {n} (person employed to fight) | :: lejesoldat {c} |
| merchant {n} (person who traffics in commodities) | :: købmand {c} |
| merchant {n} (trading vessel) SEE: cargo ship | :: |
| merchant fleet {n} (fleet of merchant ships) | :: handelsflåde {c} |
| merchantman {n} (merchant) SEE: merchant | :: |
| merchantman {n} (cargo ship) SEE: cargo ship | :: |
| merchant ship {n} (marine cargo vessel) SEE: cargo ship | :: |
| mercury {n} (element) | :: kviksølv {n} |
| Mercury {prop} (planet) | :: Merkur |
| mercy {n} (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another) | :: barmhjertighed, nåde |
| mercy {n} (forgiveness or compassion) | :: nåde {c} |
| mercy killing {n} (euthanasia) SEE: euthanasia | :: |
| merge {n} (joining of multiple sources) | :: sammenfletning {c} |
| mergirl {n} (mermaid) SEE: mermaid | :: |
| meridian {n} (imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface) | :: meridian {c} |
| meringue {n} (mixture) | :: marengs {c} |
| meringue {n} (shell) | :: marengs {c} |
| meritocracy {n} (rule by merit) | :: meritokrati {n} |
| merlin {n} (small falcon) | :: dværgfalk {c} |
| mermaid {n} (mythological woman with a fish's tail) | :: havfrue {c} |
| merman {n} | :: havmand {c} |
| Merovingian {n} (Salian Frankish dynasty) | :: merovingerne {c-p} , merovinger {c} |
| Merovingian {adj} (of or relating to the dynasty) | :: merovingisk |
| Merry Andrew {n} (person who clowns publicly) SEE: clown | :: |
| merry Christmas {phrase} (good wishes at Christmas time) | :: glædelig jul, god jul |
| Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year {phrase} (traditional greeting for the Christmas and the new year) | :: glædelig jul og godt nytår, god jul og godt nytår |
| merry-go-round {n} (carousel) | :: karrusel {c} |
| mesencephalon {n} (midbrain) SEE: midbrain | :: |
| mesentery {n} (the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen) | :: tarmkrøs {n} |
| mesh {n} (structure) | :: net {n} |
| mesh {n} (opening) | :: maske {c} |
| mesmerize {v} (to exercise mesmerism on) | :: hypnotisere |
| Mesolithic {n} (Mesolithic period) | :: ældre stenalder |
| Mesopotamia {prop} (region between Euphrates and Tigris) | :: Mesopotamien |
| mess {n} (confusion of things) | :: rod |
| mess {v} (screw around) | :: fucke |
| mess {n} (church service) SEE: Mass | :: |
| message {n} (communication, concept or information conveyed) | :: budskab {n}, besked, bud {n} |
| message in a bottle {n} (message put in an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean) | :: flaskepost {c} |
| messenger {n} (one who brings messages) | :: bud {n} |
| messiah {n} (ordained to lead the people of Israel) | :: messias |
| Messiah {prop} ((Christianity) Jesus) | :: Messias |
| messianic {adj} (of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah) | :: messianske |
| metabolism {n} (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells) | :: stofskifte |
| metabolite {n} (any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction) | :: metabolit |
| metal {n} (atomic element or material made of such atoms) | :: metal {n} |
| metal {n} (certain category of rock music) | :: metal |
| metal detector {n} (a hand-held device) | :: metaldetektor {c} |
| metal detector {n} (a structure, similar to a doorway) | :: metaldetektor {c} |
| metalhead {n} (one who listens to (is a fan of) heavy metal music) | :: heavyrocker {m} |
| metallurgy {n} (science of metals) | :: metallurgi {c} |
| metamorphic rock {n} (one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth) | :: metamorfe bjergarter |
| metamorphosis {n} (transformation) | :: metamorfose |
| metaphor {n} (uncountable: figure of speech) | :: metafor {c} |
| metaphor {n} (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | :: metafor {c} |
| metaphysics {n} (branch of philosophy that studies first principles) | :: metafysik |
| metastasis {n} (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) | :: metastase |
| meteor {n} (streak of light) | :: meteor {c} {n} |
| meteorite {n} (remains of a meteor) | :: meteorit {c} |
| meteorology {n} (science) | :: meteorologi {c} |
| meteor shower {n} (Meteors seen on Earth for short time period) | :: meteorregn {c} |
| meter {n} (measuring instrument) | :: måler {c} |
| meter {n} (unit of length) SEE: metre | :: |
| meter {v} (to measure) SEE: measure | :: |
| -meter {suffix} (used to form a measuring device) | :: -meter |
| methanal {n} (formaldehyde) SEE: formaldehyde | :: |
| method {n} (process by which a task is completed) | :: metode {c} |
| method {n} ((programming) subroutine or function in object-oriented languages) | :: metode {c} |
| Methodism {n} (Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley) | :: metodisme {c} |
| methyl {n} (univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3) | :: metyl {c} {n} |
| methyl- {prefix} (prefix used to form terms describing the attachment of a methyl group) | :: methyl-, metyl- |
| methyl bromide {n} (methyl bromide) SEE: bromomethane | :: |
| metic {n} (resident alien in ancient Greece) | :: metoik |
| meticulous {adj} (characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details) | :: minutiøs |
| metonym {n} (word that names an object from a single characteristic of it) | :: metonym {n} |
| metonymic {adj} (of, or relating to, a word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object) | :: metonymisk |
| metonymic {n} (metonym) SEE: metonym | :: |
| metonymical {adj} (metonymic) SEE: metonymic | :: |
| metonymy {n} (figure of speech) | :: metonymi {c} |
| metonymy {n} (metonym) SEE: metonym | :: |
| metre {n} (unit of length) | :: meter {c} |
| metre per second {n} (SI unit for measuring speed) | :: sekundmeter {c}, meter pr. sekund |
| metrical foot {n} (basic unit of verse) | :: versefod/versfod {c} (versefødder/versfødder {p}) |
| metric space {n} (space (mathematics)) | :: metrisk rum {n} |
| metro {n} (underground railway) SEE: subway | :: |
| metro {n} (train of underground railway) SEE: subway | :: |
| metrology {n} (science of measurement) | :: metrologi {c} |
| metronome {n} (a device used in music) | :: metronom {c} |
| metropole {n} (city) SEE: metropolis | :: |
| metropolis {n} (large, busy city) | :: metropol {c} |
| metropolis {n} (metropolitan archbishop) SEE: archbishopric | :: |
| metropolitan {n} (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops) | :: metropolit {c} |
| metrosexual {n} (man concerned with personal appearance) | :: metrosexuel |
| mettle {n} (metal) SEE: metal | :: |
| Meuse {prop} (river) | :: Meuse |
| mew {n} (crying sound of a cat) SEE: meow | :: |
| mew {v} (meow) SEE: meow | :: |
| Mexican {n} (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) | :: mexicaner |
| Mexican {adj} (of or pertaining to Mexico) | :: mexicansk |
| Mexican {n} (Nahuatl language) SEE: Nahuatl | :: |
| Mexican {adj} (of or pertaining to Nahuatl language) SEE: Nahuatl | :: |
| Mexican {n} (Mexican dialect of Spanish) SEE: Mexican Spanish | :: |
| Mexican Spanish {prop} (Mexican dialect of Spanish) | :: mexicansk spansk {c} |
| Mexico {prop} (country) | :: Mexico, Mexicos Forenede Stater |
| Mexico {prop} (Mexico City) SEE: Mexico City | :: |
| Mexico City {prop} (capital of Mexico) | :: Mexico City |
| mezuzah {n} (piece of parchment attached to the doorpost of a house) | :: mezuzah {c} |
| mezzanine {n} (a secondary floor, in between the main floors of a building) | :: mezzanin {c} |
| Mia {prop} (female given name) | :: Mia |
| Miami {prop} (city in Florida, United States) | :: Miami |
| Micah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Mika |
| Micah {prop} (Biblical character: minor prophet and author) | :: Mika |
| Micah {prop} (Biblical character: Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18) | :: Mika |
| Micah {prop} (male given name) | :: Mika |
| Michael {prop} (male given name) | :: Michael, Mikael, Mikkel |
| Michael {prop} (archangel) | :: Mikael |
| Michaela {prop} (feminine form of Michael) | :: Michala, Michella, Michelle |
| Michal {prop} (biblical character) | :: Mikal {c} |
| Michelle {prop} (female given name) SEE: Michaela | :: |
| Michigan {prop} (US state) | :: Michigan |
| Mickey Mouse {prop} (Disney character) | :: Mickey Mouse |
| microbe {n} (microorganism) | :: mikrobe |
| microbiologist {n} (scientist whose speciality is microbiology) | :: mikrobiolog {c} |
| microbiology {n} (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms) | :: mikrobiologi {c} |
| microcredit {n} (microloan) SEE: microloan | :: |
| microfinance {n} (finance provided to low-income people) | :: mikrofinans {c} |
| microfinancing {n} | :: mikrofinansiering {c} |
| microlitre {n} (microlitre) | :: mikroliter {c} |
| microloan {n} (small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed) | :: mikrolån {n} |
| micrometer {n} (one millionth of a meter) | :: mikrometer {c} |
| micrometre {n} (micrometer) SEE: micrometer | :: |
| Micronesia {prop} (country) | :: Mikronesien |
| micronutrient {n} (essential mineral or vitamin) | :: mikronæringsstof {n} |
| microorganism {n} (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye) | :: mikroorganisme {c} |
| microphone {n} (transducer of sound waves to electricity) | :: mikrofon |
| microscope {n} (an optical instrument) | :: mikroskop {n} |
| microscopic {adj} (relating to microscopes) | :: mikroskopisk |
| microscopic {adj} (so small that it can only be seen using a microscope) | :: mikroskopisk |
| microscopic {adj} (very small) | :: mikroskopisk |
| microscopize {v} (microscope) SEE: microscope | :: |
| microsecond {n} (unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds) | :: mikrosekund {n} |
| microwave {n} (microwave oven) SEE: microwave oven | :: |
| microwave {n} (electromagnetic wave) | :: mikrobølge {c} |
| microwave oven {n} (oven using microwave energy) | :: mikrobølgeovn {c}, mikroovn {c} |
| micturate {v} (urinate) SEE: urinate | :: |
| midbrain {n} (part of brain) | :: mesencephalon, midthjernen |
| midday {n} (12 o'clock during the day) SEE: noon | :: |
| midden {n} (archeology: prehistoric pile of bones and shells) | :: køkkenmødding {c} |
| middle {n} (centre, midpoint) | :: midte {c} |
| Middle Ages {prop} (historical period) | :: middelalder {c} |
| middle class {n} (social and economic class) | :: middelklasse {c} |
| Middle Danish {prop} (Middle Danish) | :: gammeldansk |
| middle ear {n} (cavity in the ear) | :: mellemøre {n} |
| Middle-earth {prop} (Middle Earth) SEE: Midgard | :: |
| Middle Earth {prop} (Earth) SEE: Earth | :: |
| Middle Earth {prop} (Midgard) SEE: Midgard | :: |
| Middle East {prop} (region comprising southwest Asia and northeast Africa) | :: Mellemøsten |
| Middle English {prop} (Middle English) | :: middelengelsk {n} |
| middle finger {n} (finger between the forefinger and the ring finger) | :: langfinger {c}, langemand {c} |
| Middle High German {adj} (Middle High German) | :: middelhøjtysk |
| Middle High German {prop} (Middle High German) | :: middelhøjtysk |
| Middle Kingdom {prop} (nickname for China) | :: Riget i Midten {n} |
| Middle Kingdom {prop} (Egypt in the 12th and 13th dynasties) | :: Det mellemste Rige {n} |
| Middle Low German {prop} (language) | :: middelnedertysk |
| middle name {n} (name between given name and surname) | :: mellemnavn {n} |
| Middle Saxon {prop} (Middle Low German) SEE: Middle Low German | :: |
| midfield {n} (middle of the field) | :: midtbane {c} |
| midfielder {n} (player) | :: midtbanespiller {c} |
| Midgard {prop} (Earth) SEE: Earth | :: |
| Midgard {prop} (the abode of humans, between heaven and hell) | :: Midgård |
| midget {n} (person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10") | :: dværg |
| midget {n} (derogatory: any short person) | :: gnom, mandsling |
| midget {n} (attributively: that is the small version of something) | :: dværg-; mini- |
| mid-life crisis {n} (emotional period of doubt) | :: midtlivskrise {c} |
| midnight {n} (12 o'clock) | :: midnat {n} |
| midnight sun {n} (phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set) | :: midnatssol {c} |
| midwife {n} (person who assists women in childbirth) | :: jordemoder {c}, jordemor {c} |
| midwife {n} (person who assists in bringing something about) | :: fødselshjælper {c} |
| mielie {n} (maize) SEE: maize | :: |
| mighty {adj} (very strong, possessing might) | :: mægtig |
| migraine {n} (headache usually affecting only one side of the head) | :: migræne {c} |
| migrant {n} (A migratory bird or other animal) | :: trækfugl {c} |
| migrant {n} (A person moving from one region or country to another) | :: migrant {c} |
| migrant smuggling {n} (human smuggling) SEE: human smuggling | :: |
| migrant worker {n} (guest worker) SEE: guest worker | :: |
| Migration Period {prop} (mass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages) | :: folkevandringstiden |
| mikado {n} (emperor of Japan) | :: mikado {c} |
| mikado {n} (a game of skill) | :: mikado |
| Milan {prop} (city and capital) | :: Milano |
| Milanese {adj} (pertaining to Milan) | :: milanesisk |
| Milanese {n} (native or inhabitant of Milan) | :: milaneser {c} |
| milch cow {n} (cash cow) SEE: cash cow | :: |
| milch cow {n} (cow kept for milking) SEE: dairy cow | :: |
| mildew {n} (growth of minute fungi) | :: meldug, mug {n} {c} |
| mile {n} (measure of length) | :: mil |
| milestone {n} (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals) | :: milepæl {c} |
| milestone {n} (important event) | :: milepæl {c} |
| Miletus {prop} (ancient Greek city) | :: Milet |
| milieu {n} (medium) SEE: medium | :: |
| milieu {n} (person’s social setting or environment) | :: miljø {n} |
| military {adj} (characteristic of members of the armed forces) | :: militær |
| military exercise {n} (war game) | :: militærøvelse {c} |
| militiaman {n} (member of a militia) | :: militssoldat {c} |
| militsia {n} (police) SEE: police | :: |
| milk {v} (to express milk from mammal) | :: malke |
| milk {n} (semen) SEE: semen | :: |
| milk {n} (liquid) | :: mælk {c} |
| milk-cap {n} (mushroom of the genus Lactarius) | :: mælkehat |
| milk chocolate {n} (Chocolate that includes milk powder as one of its ingredients) | :: mælkechokolade {c} |
| milk cow {n} (dairy cow) SEE: dairy cow | :: |
| milkmaid {n} (a young woman who milks the cows on a farm) | :: malkepige {c} |
| milkman {n} (man who delivers milk early in the morning) | :: mælkemand {c} |
| milk powder {n} (pulverized milk solids) | :: mælkepulver {n} |
| milk tooth {n} (tooth of the first set of teeth) | :: mælketand {c} |
| Milky Way {prop} (galaxy) | :: Mælkevejen |
| mill {n} (grinding apparatus) | :: mølle {c} |
| mill {n} (building housing a grinding apparatus) | :: mølle {c} |
| mill {n} (treadmill) SEE: treadmill | :: |
| mille-feuille {n} (a type of pastry with several layers of puff pastry) | :: napoleonskage {c} |
| millennium {n} (thousand-year period) | :: årtusinde {n}, millennium {n} |
| miller {n} (person) | :: møller {c} |
| Miller {prop} (surname meaning "a miller") | :: Møller |
| millet {n} (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) | :: hirse |
| milliard {num} (10^9) SEE: billion | :: |
| milligram {n} (milligram) | :: milligram {n} |
| milliliter {n} (milliliter) SEE: millilitre | :: |
| millilitre {n} (a unit of volume) | :: milliliter {c} |
| millimeter {n} (unit of measure) | :: millimeter {c} |
| millimetre {n} (millimeter) SEE: millimeter | :: |
| million {n} (cardinal number) | :: million |
| millionaire {n} (somebody whose wealth is greater than one million) | :: millionær |
| millionairess {n} (woman whose wealth is greater than one million dollars) | :: millionærinde {c} |
| millionth {n} (one of a million equal parts of a whole) | :: milliontedel {c} |
| millipede {n} (elongated arthropod) | :: tusindben {n} |
| millisecond {n} (one one-thousandth of a second) | :: millisekund |
| millstone {n} (large round stone used for grinding grain) | :: møllesten {c} |
| milt {n} (the organ spleen) SEE: spleen | :: |
| mimeograph {n} (machine for making copies) | :: duplikator {c} |
| mimic {n} (imitation) SEE: imitation | :: |
| minarchism {n} (government with the least necessary power over its citizens) | :: minarkisme {c} |
| mind {n} (ability for rational thought) | :: sind {n}, sjæl {c}; indstilling {c} |
| mind {v} (to remember) SEE: remember | :: |
| mind control {n} (subverting an individual's control of his or her mind) | :: tankekontrol {c} |
| mine {pron} (that which belongs to me) | :: min {m} |
| mine {n} (excavation from which ore is extracted) | :: mine {c} |
| mine {v} (to pick one's nose) SEE: pick one's nose | :: |
| minecart {n} (a wheeled container that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials) | :: tipvogn {c} |
| minelayer {n} (ship capable of laying mines) | :: minelægger {n} |
| miner {n} (person who works in a mine) | :: minearbejder {c}, grubearbejder {c} |
| mineral {n} (in geology) | :: mineral {n} |
| mineral {adj} (relating to or containing minerals) | :: mineralsk |
| mineral {n} (mineral water) SEE: mineral water | :: |
| mineralogical {adj} (relating to mineralogy) | :: mineralogisk |
| mineralogist {n} (expert in mineralogy) | :: mineralog {c} |
| mineralogy {n} (the study or science of minerals) | :: mineralogi |
| mineral water {n} (water containing dissolved minerals) | :: danskvand {n} {c}, mineralvand {n} {c} |
| minesweeper {n} (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines) | :: minestryger {c} |
| minesweeper {n} (video game) | :: minestryger |
| minibus {n} (a small bus) | :: minibus {c} |
| minidress {n} (woman's short dress) | :: minikjole {c} |
| minimalism {n} | :: minimalisme |
| minimal pair {n} (Pair of words) | :: minimalt par {n} |
| minimum wage {n} (lowest rate of pay that an employer can legally pay) | :: mindsteløn {c} |
| minimus {n} (the fifth digit) SEE: little finger | :: |
| mining {n} (activity of removing solid valuables from the earth) | :: minedrift {c} |
| minion {n} (loyal servant of another more powerful being) | :: håndlanger {c} |
| miniskirt {n} (skirt) | :: miniskørt {n} |
| minister {n} (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church) | :: præst {c}, pastor {c} |
| minister {n} (politician who heads a ministry) | :: minister {c} |
| ministry {n} (government department) | :: ministerium {n} |
| ministry {n} (complete body of government ministers) | :: regering {c}, kabinet {n} |
| ministry {n} (practice and education of the minister of a particular religion) | :: præsteembede {n} |
| minium {n} (red lead) | :: mønje |
| minke whale {n} (Balaenoptera acutorostrata or Balaenoptera bonaerensis) | :: vågehval {c} |
| Minnesota {prop} (a state of the United States of America) | :: Minnesota |
| minor {adj} (of little importance) | :: ubetydelig |
| minor {adj} (musical scale) | :: mol {c} |
| minor {n} (someone below the legal age) | :: mindreårig |
| minor {n} (subject of secondary concentration) | :: bifag {n} |
| Minorca {prop} (An island of Spain) | :: Menorca |
| minority {n} (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority) | :: mindretal |
| minority cabinet {n} (minority government) SEE: minority government | :: |
| minority government {n} (government backed by less than half of votes in parliament) | :: mindretalsregering {c} |
| Minsk {prop} (capital of Belarus) | :: Minsk |
| mint {n} (money-producing building or institution) | :: mønt |
| mint {adj} (unused stamp) | :: postfrisk |
| mint {n} (plant) | :: mynte {c} |
| minute {n} (unit of time) | :: minut {n} |
| minute of angle {n} (one 60th of a degree) | :: bueminut |
| minute of arc {n} (minute of angle) SEE: minute of angle | :: |
| miracle {n} (wonderful event attributed to supernatural powers) | :: mirakel {n}, under {n} |
| mirage {n} (an optical phenomenon) | :: luftspejling |
| mirage {n} (illusion) SEE: illusion | :: |
| Mirandese {prop} (Romance language) | :: mirandesisk |
| Miriam {prop} (sister of Moses and Aaron) | :: Mirjam |
| Miriam {prop} (female given name) | :: Miriam, Mirjam |
| mirror {n} (smooth reflecting surface) | :: spejl {n} |
| mirror image {n} (reversed image) | :: spejlbillede {n} |
| mis- {prefix} (bad or wrong; badly or wrongly) | :: mis- |
| misanthrope {n} (one who hates all mankind) | :: misantrop {c} |
| misanthropic {adj} (hating or disliking mankind) | :: misantropisk, menneskefjendsk |
| misanthropist {n} (misanthrope) SEE: misanthrope | :: |
| misanthropy {n} (hatred or dislike of people or mankind) | :: misantropi {c} |
| misbegotten {n} (one born out of wedlock) SEE: bastard | :: |
| misbegotten {adj} (of a person: born out of wedlock) SEE: illegitimate | :: |
| misbehavior {n} (conduct that is inappropriate) | :: dårlig opførsel {c} |
| miscarriage {n} (termination of pregnancy) | :: abort {n} |
| miscarry {v} (to fail to achieve) | :: mislykkes |
| miscellaneous {adj} (consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts) | :: diverse, blandet |
| miscellaneous {adj} (having diverse characteristics) | :: blandet, diverse |
| miscomprehend {v} (misunderstand) SEE: misunderstand | :: |
| misconclusion {n} (misconclusion) | :: fejlslutning {c} |
| misconduct {n} (bad behavior) SEE: misbehavior | :: |
| mise en scène {n} (the arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film) | :: iscenesættelse {c} |
| miser {n} (skinflint or scrooge) | :: gnier {c} |
| miserable {adj} (in a state of misery) | :: elendig |
| misericord {n} (ledge) | :: misericordia {c} |
| miserly {adj} (like a miser; very covetous; stingy) | :: gnieragtig, gerrig, nærig |
| misery {n} (great unhappiness) | :: elendighed |
| misfortunes never come singly {proverb} (bad things come in groups) SEE: it never rains but it pours | :: |
| misinformation {n} (disinformation) SEE: disinformation | :: |
| mislead {v} (lead in a false direction) | :: vildlede |
| misogynist {n} (hater of women) | :: kvindehader {c}, misogyn |
| miss {v} (to fail to hit) | :: misse, ramme ved siden af |
| miss {v} (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of) | :: savne |
| miss {v} (to lack something) | :: mangle |
| miss {n} (a failure to hit) | :: forbier {c} |
| miss {n} (unmarried woman) | :: frøken |
| miss {n} (Miss) SEE: Miss | :: |
| Miss {n} (title) | :: frøken (Frk.) |
| missile {n} (self-propelled, guidable projectile) | :: missil |
| missionary {n} (person traveling to spread a religion) | :: missionær {c} |
| missionary {n} (missionary position) SEE: missionary position | :: |
| missionary position {n} (position for sexual intercourse) | :: missionærstilling {c} |
| Mississippi {n} (state) | :: Mississippi |
| Mississippi {n} (river) | :: Mississippifloden |
| Missouri {prop} (US state) | :: Missouri |
| miss out {v} (to miss something that should not be missed) | :: gå glip af |
| misspell {v} (to spell incorrectly) | :: stave forkert |
| misspelling {n} (misspelt word) | :: stavefejl {n} |
| missus {n} (wife) SEE: wife | :: |
| mistake {v} (to take one thing for another) | :: misforstå |
| mistake {n} (an error) | :: fejl {c} |
| mistaken {adj} (erroneous) SEE: erroneous | :: |
| Mister Right {n} (perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband) | :: Prinsen på den hvide hest |
| mistletoe {n} (any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales) | :: mistelten {c} |
| mistreat {v} (treat someone or something roughly or badly) | :: mishandle |
| mistress {n} (woman in extramarital relationship) | :: elskerinde {c} |
| misunderstand {v} (to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly) | :: misforstå |
| misunderstanding {n} (mistake) | :: misforståelse {c} |
| misuse {n} (incorrect, improper or unlawful use) | :: misbrug {n} {c} |
| mite {n} (arachnid) | :: mide {c} |
| mitochondrion {n} (respiratory organelle) | :: mitokondrie {n} |
| mitre {n} (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) | :: mitra {c} |
| mitt {n} (mitten) SEE: mitten | :: |
| mitten {n} (type of glove) | :: luffe {c}, vante {c} |
| mix {v} (stir two or more substances together) | :: blande, mikse, røre |
| mix {v} (combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate) | :: blande |
| mix {v} (use a mixer on) | :: mikse |
| mix {v} (music: combine several tracks) | :: mikse |
| mix {v} (music: produce a finished version of a recording) | :: mikse |
| mix {n} (result of mixing two or more substances) | :: blanding {c} |
| mix {n} (result of combining items normally kept separate) | :: blanding {c} |
| mixed {adj} (having two or more separate aspects) | :: blandet |
| mixed {adj} (including both males and females) | :: blandet |
| mixed {adj} (Stemming from two or more races or breeds) | :: blandet |
| mixer {n} (blender) | :: mikser, håndmikser, blender |
| mizzen {n} (mizzenmast) SEE: mizzenmast | :: |
| mizzenmast {n} (nautical: aftmost mast) | :: mesanmast {c} |
| Mjollnir {prop} (the hammer of Thor, Thor's hammer Mjollnir) | :: Mjølner {c} |
| moa {n} (extinct bird) | :: moa |
| moat {n} (defensive ditch) | :: voldgrav {c} |
| mob {n} (mafia) SEE: mafia | :: |
| mobile {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| mobile phone {n} (portable telephone) | :: mobiltelefon {c} |
| mobile telephone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| moccasin {n} (modern shoe) | :: mokkasin {c} |
| mocha {n} (coffee with chocolate) | :: mokka |
| mock exam {n} (an examination where the marks do not count) | :: terminsprøve {c} |
| mockingbird {n} (songbird of the family Mimidae) | :: spottedrossel {c} |
| modal {n} (modal verb) SEE: modal verb | :: |
| modal verb {n} (a kind of verb) | :: modalverbum {n}, mådesudsagnsord {n} |
| mode {n} (in computing) | :: tilstand {c} |
| mode {n} (grammatical mood) SEE: grammatical mood | :: |
| model aircraft {n} (aircraft made to a smaller scale) | :: modelfly {n} |
| moderately {adv} (in a moderate manner) | :: moderat |
| Modern Danish {prop} (Modern Danish) | :: nydansk |
| Modern English {prop} (English spoken since the Great Vowel Shift) SEE: New English | :: |
| Modern Greek {n} (Modern Greek) | :: nygræsk {n} |
| Modern Monetary Theory {prop} (Economic model) | :: Moderne monetær teori |
| modest {adj} (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements) | :: beskeden |
| modest {adj} (small) | :: beskeden, moderat |
| modest {adj} (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others) | :: blufærdig, anstændig, sømmelig, ærbar |
| modesty {n} (the quality of being modest) | :: beskedenhed {c} |
| modify {v} (to change part of) | :: modificere |
| modulate {v} (to regulate) | :: modulere, regulere |
| modulate {v} (to change the pitch (transitive)) | :: modulere |
| modulate {v} (to move from one key to another (intransitive)) | :: modulere |
| modulation {n} (Applying a signal to a carrier) | :: modulation |
| modulation {n} (variation and regulation) | :: modulation |
| Mogadishu {prop} (capital city) | :: Mogadishu |
| Mohammad {prop} (male given name) SEE: Muhammad | :: |
| Mohammad {prop} (prophet) SEE: Muhammad | :: |
| Mohammedan {n} (Muslim) | :: muhammedaner {c} |
| Mohammedan {adj} (Muslim, Islamic) | :: muhammedansk |
| Mohawk {n} (hairstyle) | :: hanekam |
| Mohican {n} (hairstyle) SEE: Mohawk | :: |
| moiety {n} (half) SEE: half | :: |
| moist {adj} (slightly wet) | :: fugtig |
| moisture {n} (a moderate degree of wetness) | :: fugtighed {c} |
| molar {n} (back tooth) | :: kindtand {c} |
| molar {n} (unit of concentration) | :: molar |
| molarity {n} (moles per litre of a solution) | :: molaritet {c}, stofmængdekoncentration |
| molasses {n} (thick brownish syrup refined from raw sugar) | :: melasse {c} |
| mold {n} (woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi) | :: mug {n} {c} |
| Moldavia {prop} (Moldova) SEE: Moldova | :: |
| Moldavia {prop} (region) | :: Moldavien |
| Moldavian {prop} (language) | :: moldovisk {n} |
| Moldavian SSR {prop} (name for the Republic of Moldova) | :: Moldoviske SSR {c}, Moldoviske Socialistiske Sovjetrepublik {c} |
| Moldova {prop} (country) | :: Moldova |
| Moldovan {n} (Moldavian) SEE: Moldavian | :: |
| Moldovan {prop} (Moldavian) SEE: Moldavian | :: |
| Moldovan {adj} (Moldavian) SEE: Moldavian | :: |
| mole {n} (dark spot on the skin) | :: modermærke {n} |
| mole {n} (burrowing insectivore) | :: muldvarp {c} |
| mole {n} (internal spy) | :: muldvarp {c} |
| mole {n} (massive structure used as a pier or breakwater) | :: mole {c} |
| mole {n} (unit of amount) | :: mol {n} |
| molecular {adj} (relating to molecules) | :: molekylær |
| molecular formula {n} (a notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in a compound) | :: sumformel {c}, bruttoformel {c} |
| molecule {n} (group of atoms held together by chemical bonds) | :: molekyle {n} |
| molest {v} (to abuse) | :: antaste |
| moll {adj} (minor) SEE: minor | :: |
| mollie {n} (Molotov cocktail) SEE: Molotov cocktail | :: |
| mollusc {n} (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca, see also: clam; oyster; mussel) | :: bløddyr {n}, mollusk {c} |
| Molotov cocktail {n} (simple incendiary bomb) | :: molotovcocktail {c} |
| molybdenum {n} (chemical element) | :: molybdæn {n} |
| moment {n} (very brief period of time) | :: øjeblik |
| moment of inertia {n} (physical measure) | :: inertimoment {n} |
| moment of truth {n} (deciding instant) | :: sandhedens øjeblik {n}, sandhedens time {c} |
| momentum {n} (product of mass and velocity) | :: impuls {c}, bevægelsesmængde {c} |
| Monaco {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Monaco |
| Monaco {prop} (capital city) | :: Monaco |
| monarch {n} (ruler) | :: monark {c} |
| monarchy {n} (form of government with a hereditary head of state) | :: monarki {n} |
| monastery {n} (building for monks) | :: kloster {n} |
| Monastir {prop} (former name of Bitola in Macedonia) | :: Bitola |
| Monday {n} (day of the week) | :: mandag |
| monetary policy {n} (process) | :: pengepolitik {c} |
| money {n} (means of exchange and measure of value) | :: betalingsmiddel {n}, penge |
| money {n} (currency) | :: valuta {c}, møntenhed {c} |
| money {n} (cash) | :: penge, rede penge |
| money {n} (available liquid assets) | :: pengesum {c} |
| money {n} (wealth) | :: velstand {c}, penge {c} |
| money {n} (item of value used as payment) | :: værdigenstand |
| money {n} (person who funds an operation) | :: pengemand {c} |
| money {n} (as modifier) | :: penge- |
| money box {n} (tin with a slot in the top for depositing coins) SEE: piggy bank | :: |
| moneyboy {n} (rentboy) | :: trækkerdreng |
| money laundering {n} (act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally) | :: pengevask {c} |
| moneylender {n} (person who lends money) | :: pengeudlåner {c} |
| money machine {n} (money machine) | :: pengemaskine {c} |
| money plant {n} (Lunaria annua) SEE: honesty | :: |
| money plant {n} (Crassula ovata) | :: paradistræ {n}, pengetræ {n} |
| money tree {n} (Imagninary tree from which money can be plucked) | :: pengetræ {n} |
| money tree {n} (Crassula ovata) SEE: money plant | :: |
| Mongol {n} (A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian) SEE: Mongolian | :: |
| Mongolia {prop} (East Asian country) | :: Mongoliet {n} |
| Mongolian {adj} (of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures) | :: mongolsk |
| Mongolian {n} (native or inhabitant of Mongolia) | :: mongol |
| Mongolian {n} (language of Mongolia) | :: mongolsk |
| Mongolian {n} (person of Mongoloid physical type) | :: mongol |
| Mongolian People's Republic {prop} (Mongolia) SEE: Mongolia | :: |
| mongrel {n} (someone of mixed kind) | :: køter |
| Monica {prop} (female given name) | :: Monica |
| Monika {prop} (female given name) SEE: Monica | :: |
| moniker {n} (signature) SEE: signature | :: |
| monitor {n} (computer display) | :: skærm {n}, monitor {c} |
| monitor {n} (monitor lizard) SEE: monitor lizard | :: |
| monitoring {n} (Surveillance or continuous or regular observation) | :: overvågning {c}, kontrol {c} |
| monitor lizard {n} (lizard of the genus Varanus) | :: varan {c} |
| monk {n} (slang: judge) SEE: judge | :: |
| monk {n} (male member of monastic order) | :: munk |
| monk {n} (slang: loner) SEE: loner | :: |
| monkey {n} (primate) | :: abe {c}, abekat {c} |
| monkey bars {n} (jungle gym) SEE: jungle gym | :: |
| monkey-eating eagle {n} (Philippine eagle) SEE: Philippine eagle | :: |
| monkey-house {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| monkey wrench {n} (adjustable wrench) | :: skiftenøgle |
| monochasium {n} (cyme with one flower on each axis) | :: enarmet kvast |
| monochromatic {adj} (having only one colour) | :: monokromatisk, ensfarvet |
| monocotyledon {n} (Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida) | :: enkimbladede |
| monocracy {n} (autocracy) SEE: autocracy | :: |
| monogermane {n} (germane) SEE: germane | :: |
| monoglottism {n} (condition of being able to speak only a single language) SEE: monolingualism | :: |
| monogram {n} (a design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark) | :: monogram {n} |
| monolingual {adj} (only knowing or spoken in one language) | :: ensproget |
| monolingualism {n} (condition of being able to speak only a single language) | :: ensprogethed {c} |
| monolith {n} (large, single block of stone) | :: monolit {c} |
| monomer {n} (small molecule, bonded covalently to form polymers) | :: monomer {c} |
| mononucleosis {n} (infectious mononucleosis, glandular fever) | :: mononukleose {c}, kyssesyge {c} |
| monophthong {n} (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) | :: monoftong {c}, enkeltlyd |
| monopolize {v} (have a monopoly) | :: monopolisere |
| monopoly {n} (situation of exclusive supply) | :: monopol {n} |
| monopoly {n} (exclusive possession) | :: monopol {n} |
| monopoly {n} (privilege granting such control) | :: monopol {n} |
| monopoly {n} (market thus controled) | :: monopol {n} |
| monopoly {n} (holder of such control) | :: monopolist {c} |
| Monopoly {prop} (a board game) | :: Matador |
| Monopoly money {n} (strange-looking foreign currency) | :: matadorpenge |
| monopsony {n} (market situation in which there is only buyer for a product) | :: monopsoni {c} |
| monotheism {n} (belief in one God) | :: monoteisme {c} |
| monotheistic {adj} (believing in a single god) | :: monoteistisk |
| monotonous {adj} (having an unvarying tone or pitch) | :: enstonig, monoton |
| monotonous {adj} (tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety) | :: ensformig, monoton |
| monotony {n} (tedium) | :: monotoni |
| monounsaturated {adj} (monunsaturated) | :: monoumættet |
| monozygotic {adj} (of an identical twin) SEE: identical | :: |
| Monrovia {prop} (capital of Liberia) | :: Monrovia |
| mons {n} (mons pubis) SEE: mons pubis | :: |
| mons pubis {n} (fleshy protuberance over the pubic bones) | :: venusbjerg {n} |
| monster {n} (terrifying dangerous creature) | :: uhyre {n} |
| monstrosity {n} (Monstrous thing, person or act) | :: skrummel |
| Montana {prop} (US state) | :: Montana |
| Montenegrin {adj} (relating to Montenegro) | :: montenegrinsk |
| Montenegrin {adj} (relating to Montenegrins) | :: montenegrinsk |
| Montenegrin {n} (person from Montenegro) | :: montenegriner {c} |
| Montenegrin {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: montenegrinsk |
| Montenegro {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Montenegro |
| Montevideo {prop} (capital of Uruguay) | :: Montevideo |
| month {n} (period into which a year is divided) | :: måned {c} |
| Montserrat {prop} (island) | :: Montserrat |
| monument {n} (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) | :: monument, mindesmærke |
| moo {n} (characteristic sound made by a cow or bull) | :: muh |
| moo {v} (to make a lowing sound) | :: brøle |
| moo {interj} (sound made by a cow or bull) | :: muh |
| mood {n} (mental state) | :: humør {n} |
| mood {n} (grammatical mood) SEE: grammatical mood | :: |
| moody {adj} (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) | :: lunefuld, humørsyg |
| moody {adj} (sulky or depressed) | :: melankolsk, vemodig |
| moon {n} (largest natural satellite of planet Earth) | :: månen |
| moon {n} (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet) | :: måne {c} |
| moon {n} (month) | :: måned {c} |
| moon {v} (to display one's buttocks to) | :: moone |
| Moon {prop} (sole natural satellite of the Earth) | :: Månen {c} |
| moonbase {n} (a base located on a moon) | :: månebase {c} |
| moonbeam {n} (moonlight generally) SEE: moonlight | :: |
| mooncake {n} (Chinese pastry) | :: månekage |
| moon landing {n} (arrival of a spacecraft on the moon) | :: månelanding {c} |
| moonlight {n} (light reflected from the moon) | :: måneskin {n} |
| moonshine {n} (shine of the moon) SEE: moonlight | :: |
| moonstruck {adj} (crazy or insane when affected by the phases of the Moon) | :: månesyg {c} |
| moor {n} (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath) | :: hede {c} |
| moor {v} (to cast anchor or become fastened) | :: lægge til, fortøje |
| moor {v} (to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains) | :: fortøje |
| Moor {n} (a member of a certain mixed race of Arab and Berber people) | :: maurer {c} |
| Moor {n} (a member of a this race that formerly occupied Spain) | :: maurer {c} |
| mooring {n} (place to moor a vessel) | :: fortøjning {c} |
| mooring {n} (act of securing a vessel) | :: fortøjning {c} |
| Moorish {adj} (of or pertaining to Moors) | :: maurisk |
| moose {n} (largest member of the deer family (Alces alces)) | :: elg {c}, elsdyr {n} |
| moot {n} (debate) SEE: debate | :: |
| moot {n} (discuss) SEE: discuss | :: |
| moot point {n} (issue that is open for debate) | :: stridspunkt {n}, åbent spørgsmål {n} |
| moot point {n} (issue that has been rendered irrelevant) | :: teoretisk spørgsmål {n}, akademisk spørgsmål {n} |
| moped {n} (two-wheeled vehicle) | :: knallert |
| moraine {n} (accumulation of rocks and debris) | :: moræne {c} |
| moral {adj} (relating to principles of right and wrong) | :: moralsk |
| moral {adj} (conforming to a standard of right behavior) | :: moralsk |
| moral {adj} (capable of right and wrong action) | :: moralsk |
| moral {adj} (positively affecting the mind, confidence or will) | :: moralisk |
| moral {n} (moral practices or teachings) | :: moral {c} |
| morale {n} (capacity) | :: moral {c} |
| morality {n} (recognition of / obedience to the rules of right conduct) | :: moral {c} |
| moral panic {n} (mass movement, public outcry) | :: moralpanik {c} |
| moral philosophy {n} (ethics) SEE: ethics | :: |
| moratorium {n} (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments) | :: moratorium {n} |
| Morava {prop} (river in Central Europe) | :: Morava {c} |
| Moravia {prop} (historical region) | :: Mähren {c}, Mæhren {c} |
| more {adv} (comparative of much) | :: mere |
| more {adv} (word to form a comparative) | :: mere |
| more haste, less speed {proverb} (when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly) | :: hastværk er lastværk |
| more or less {adv} (approximately) | :: mere eller mindre |
| morepork {n} (Ninox novaeseelandiae) | :: newzealandsk høgeugle |
| morgue {n} (place for dead people) | :: morgue {c}, lighus {n} |
| morgue {n} (haughty attitude) SEE: arrogance | :: |
| Mormon {prop} (ancient prophet) | :: Mormon |
| Mormon {n} (member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) | :: mormon {c} |
| morna {n} (a genre of Cape Verdean music) | :: morna |
| morning {n} (part of the day between dawn and midday) | :: morgen {c}, formiddag |
| morning {n} (the part of the day after midnight and before midday) | :: morgen {c} |
| morning after {n} (hangover) SEE: hangover | :: |
| morning gift {n} (gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage) | :: morgengave {c} |
| morning glory {n} (erection present on waking) SEE: morning wood | :: |
| morning person {n} (early bird) SEE: early bird | :: |
| morning star {n} (spiked weapon on staff) | :: morgenstjerne |
| morning tent {n} (morning erection) SEE: morning wood | :: |
| morning wood {n} (morning erection) | :: morgenstivert {c} |
| Moroccan {n} (person from Morocco) | :: marokkaner |
| Moroccan {adj} (pertaining to Morocco) | :: marokkansk |
| Morocco {prop} (country) | :: Marokko |
| moron {n} (person of borderline intelligence) | :: debil person |
| moron {n} (person who makes uncool attempts to impress others) | :: tåbe {c} |
| moron {n} (idiot) SEE: idiot | :: |
| Moroni {prop} (capital of the Comoros) | :: Moroni |
| morose {adj} (sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour) | :: melankolsk, sørgmodig, mismodig |
| morpheme {n} (smallest linguistic unit) | :: morfem {n} |
| Morpheus {prop} (Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams) | :: Morfeus |
| morphine {n} (crystalline alkaloid) | :: morfin {c} |
| morphism {n} (arrow) | :: morfi {c} |
| morphism {n} (map) | :: morfi {c} |
| morphism {n} | :: morfi {c} |
| morphophonological {adj} | :: morfofonologisk |
| morphophonology {n} | :: morfofonologi {c} |
| morsel {n} (small fragment) | :: bid {c}, godbid {c}, stump |
| mortal {adj} (susceptible to death) | :: dødelig |
| mortality {n} (condition of being susceptible to death) | :: dødelighed {c} |
| mortality {n} (death rate) | :: dødelighed {c} |
| mortar {n} (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water) | :: mørtel |
| mortar and pestle {n} (device used for crushing and grinding ingredients into a fine paste or powder) | :: morter |
| mortgage {n} (special form of secured loan) | :: pant |
| mortician {n} (undertaker) SEE: undertaker | :: |
| mortise-and-tenon joint {n} (joint) | :: tapsamling, mortise og tenon samling |
| mortuary {n} (morgue) SEE: morgue | :: |
| mosaic {n} (artwork) | :: mosaik {c} |
| mosaic {n} (composite picture) | :: collage {c} |
| moscovium {n} (115th element) | :: moscovium |
| Moscow {prop} (capital city of Russia) | :: Moskva |
| Moscow salad {n} (Olivier salad) SEE: Olivier salad | :: |
| Moses {prop} (the biblical patriarch) | :: Moses |
| mosque {n} (a place of worship for Muslims) | :: moské {c}, moske {c} |
| mosquito {n} (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood) | :: stikmyg {c} |
| mosquito net {n} (fine net used to protect against mosquitos) | :: myggenet {n} |
| moss {n} (bog) SEE: bog | :: |
| moss {n} (plants of the division Bryophyta) | :: mos {c} |
| moss-grown {adj} (old; old-fashioned, out of date) SEE: old | :: |
| most {adv} (forming the superlative) | :: mest, -st, -est |
| most {adv} (almost) SEE: almost | :: |
| most of all {adv} (to a greater extent than anything else) | :: allermest |
| motel {n} (type of hotel) | :: motel {n} |
| moth {n} (insect similar to a butterfly) | :: møl |
| mother {n} (motherfucker) SEE: motherfucker | :: |
| mother {v} (to treat as a mother would be expected to) | :: være mor for, tage sig ordentlig af |
| mother {n} (hysterical passion) SEE: hysteria | :: |
| mother {n} (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant) | :: moder, mor {c} |
| mother {n} (one’s female parent) | :: moder, mor {c} |
| mother {n} (female parent of an animal) | :: moder {c} |
| mother {n} (female ancestor) | :: oldemoder {c} |
| motherboard {n} (primary circuit board of a computer) | :: bundkort {n}, motherboard {n} |
| Mother Earth {prop} (personification of Earth) | :: Moder Jord |
| motherfucker {n} (generic term of abuse) | :: skiderik {c}, stodder {c} |
| motherhood {n} (state of being a mother) | :: moderskab |
| mother-in-law {n} (spouse’s mother) | :: svigermor {c} |
| motherland {n} (the country of one's ancestors) | :: hjemland {n} |
| motherland {n} (the country of one's birth) | :: fædreland {n}, fødeland {n} |
| motherland {n} (country of origin) | :: fædreland {n}, hjemland {n} |
| motherland {n} (mother country in contrast to its colonies) | :: moderland {n} |
| motherless {adj} (without a living mother) | :: moderløs |
| motherly {adj} (befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving) | :: moderlig |
| mother-of-pearl {n} (pearly layer) | :: perlemor {n} |
| mother's milk {n} (breast milk) SEE: breast milk | :: |
| mother tongue {n} (one's native tongue) | :: modersmål {n} |
| motherwort {n} (Artemisia vulgaris) SEE: mugwort | :: |
| motion {n} (state of progression from one place to another) | :: bevægelse {c} |
| motion picture {n} (movie) SEE: movie | :: |
| motion sickness {n} (nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle) | :: transportsyge {c} |
| motive {n} (a cause to commit a crime) | :: bevæggrund {c}, motiv {n} |
| motive {n} (music: theme or subject) | :: motiv {n} |
| motive {n} (arts: motif) | :: motiv {n} |
| motive power depot {n} (motive power depot) SEE: engine shed | :: |
| motor {n} (machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy) | :: motor {c} |
| motorboat {n} (boat driven by an engine) | :: motorbåd {c} |
| motorcar {n} (enclosed passenger vehicle powered by engine) SEE: automobile | :: |
| motorcycle {n} (open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel) | :: motorcykel {c} |
| motorist {n} (one who drives a motor vehicle) | :: bilist {c} |
| motor vehicle {n} (any land-based means of transportation) | :: motorkøretøj {n} |
| motorway {n} (broad highway) | :: motorvej {c} |
| motto {n} (sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement) | :: motto {n} |
| motto {n} (suggestive sentence, phrase or word) | :: motto {n} |
| mouflon {n} (sheep) | :: muflon |
| mould {n} (mould) SEE: mold | :: |
| mould {v} (mould) SEE: mold | :: |
| mould {n} (mould) SEE: mold | :: |
| mould {v} (mould) SEE: mold | :: |
| mouldwarp {n} (mole) SEE: mole | :: |
| mound {n} (vulva) SEE: vulva | :: |
| mount {n} (mountain) SEE: mountain | :: |
| mountain {n} (large mass of earth and rock) | :: bjerg {n} |
| mountain ash {n} (Sorbus aucuparia) SEE: rowan | :: |
| mountain beaver {n} | :: bæveregern {n} |
| mountain bike {n} (bicycle especially designed for off-road riding) | :: mountainbike {c} |
| mountain chain {n} (a series of mountain ranges) | :: bjergkæde {c} |
| mountain lion {n} (Puma concolor) SEE: cougar | :: |
| Mount McKinley {prop} (Denali) SEE: Denali | :: |
| Mount of Olives {prop} (mountain ridge) | :: Oliebjerget |
| mourn {v} (express sadness for, grieve over) | :: sørge |
| mouse {n} (rodent of the genus Mus) | :: mus {c} |
| mouse {n} (shy person) | :: mus {c} |
| mouse {n} (computing: input device) | :: mus {c}, computermus {c} |
| mousetrap {n} (device for killing mice) | :: musefælde {c} |
| moustache {n} (hair on upper lip) | :: overskæg {n} |
| mouth {n} (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested) | :: mund {c}, kæft {c} |
| mouth {n} (the end of a river out of which water flows) | :: udmunding {c} |
| mouthful {n} (amount that will fit in a mouth) | :: mundfuld {c} |
| mouth organ {n} (mouth organ) SEE: harmonica | :: |
| mouthpiece {n} (part of a wind or brass instrument) | :: mundstykke {n} |
| mouthpiece {n} (spokesman who speaks on behalf of someone else) | :: talsrør {n}, , talsmand {c} |
| move {v} (to change place or posture; to go) | :: bevæge sig, flytte sig, sætte i bevægelse |
| move {v} (to act; to take action) | :: bevæge sig |
| move {v} (to change residence) | :: flytte |
| move {v} (to change the place of a piece) | :: trække (in chess) |
| move {v} (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion) | :: flytte, bevæge |
| move {v} (to transfer from one space or position to another) | :: flytte |
| move {v} (to excite to action) | :: bevæge |
| move {v} (to arouse the feelings or passions of) | :: bevæge, tilskynde |
| move {v} (to propose; to recommend) | :: foreslå, fremsætte forslag om |
| move {n} (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose) | :: skridt |
| move {n} (the event of changing one's residence) | :: flytning |
| move {n} (the act of moving a token on a gameboard) | :: træk {n} |
| move {n} (the act of moving) SEE: movement | :: |
| movement {n} (physical motion) | :: bevægelse {c} |
| movement {n} (trend in various fields or social categories) | :: bevægelse |
| movement {n} (music: division of a larger musical composition) | :: sats {c} |
| movie {n} (motion picture) | :: film {c} |
| movie {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema | :: |
| moviehouse {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema | :: |
| moviemaker {n} (a person who makes movies as a profession) SEE: filmmaker | :: |
| moviemaking {n} (the production of movies) SEE: filmmaking | :: |
| movie theater {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema | :: |
| moving truck {n} (moving truck) | :: flyttebil {c} |
| moving walkway {n} (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) | :: rullende fortov {c} |
| mow {v} (to cut down) | :: meje, slå, klippe |
| mower {n} (lawnmower) SEE: lawnmower | :: |
| Mozambique {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Mozambique |
| MP3 player {n} (electronic device for playing digital audio files in the MP3 format) | :: mp3-afspiller {c} |
| Mr {n} (abbreviation of mister) SEE: Mr. | :: |
| Mr. {n} (abbreviation of mister) | :: hr. |
| Mrs {n} (title before woman's name) | :: fr. |
| métier {n} (calling) | :: kald {n} |
| métier {n} (forte) | :: styrke {c}, force {c} |
| mu {n} (Greek letter) | :: my |
| much {determiner} (a large amount of) | :: meget |
| much obliged {interj} (thank you) SEE: thank you | :: |
| much obliged {adj} (grateful) SEE: grateful | :: |
| muck {v} (shovel muck) | :: muge ud |
| muck spreader {n} (farm machinery) | :: gyllespreder |
| mucus {n} (slippery secretion) | :: slim {c} {n} |
| mud {n} (mixture of soil and water) | :: mudder {n}, ælte {n} |
| mud bath {n} | :: mudderbad {n} |
| muddy {adj} (covered with mud) | :: mudret |
| mudguard {n} (a cover over, or a flap behind, the wheels of a vehicle) | :: skærm |
| mudslide {n} (geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope) | :: mudderstrøm {c} |
| muesli {n} (breakfast dish) | :: mysli {c} |
| muezzin {n} (person who issues call to prayer) | :: muaddhin |
| muff diving {n} (cunnilingus) SEE: cunnilingus | :: |
| muffin {n} (individual cake) | :: muffin {c} |
| muffle {n} (A machine with two pulleys to hoist load by spinning wheel) SEE: block and tackle | :: |
| muffler {n} (scarf) SEE: scarf | :: |
| mug {n} (large cup) | :: krus {n} |
| mug {n} ((slang) the face) | :: fjæs {n} |
| mug {n} ((colloquial) a person who is easily fooled) | :: fæ {n}, tosse {c} |
| Muggle {n} (person who lacks a particular ability or skill) SEE: amateur | :: |
| mugwort {n} (any of several artemisias) | :: bynke |
| mugwort {n} (Artemisia vulgaris) | :: grå-bynke |
| Muhammad {prop} (the prophet who introduced Islam) | :: Muhammed |
| Muhu {prop} (island) | :: Muhu |
| mulatto {n} (person of mixed black and white descent) | :: mulat {c} |
| mulberry {n} (the fruit) | :: morbær {n} |
| mulct {n} (pecuniary penalty) SEE: fine | :: |
| mule {n} (offspring of male donkey and female horse) | :: muldyr {n} |
| mull {v} (to work over mentally) | :: overveje, gennemtænke |
| mull {v} (to heat and spice something, such as wine) | :: temperere |
| mulled wine {n} (wine with spices served hot) | :: gløgg {c} |
| mullet {n} (fish of the family Mugilidae (grey mullets)) | :: multe |
| mullet {n} (hairstyle) | :: svenskerhår {n}, bundesligahår {n}, bundesligagarn {n} |
| multicellular {adj} (having many cells) | :: flercellet, multicellulær |
| multicolor {adj} (multicolored) SEE: multicolored | :: |
| multicolored {adj} (having multiple colors) | :: flerfarvet |
| multicultural {adj} (relating to several different cultures) | :: flerkulturell, multikulturell |
| multiculturality {n} (multiculturality) | :: multikulturalitet {c} |
| multilingual {adj} (pertaining to multiple languages) | :: flersproget |
| multiplayer {n} (allowing multiple players to play simultaneously) | :: multiplayer, flerspiller |
| multiple {adj} (having more than one element, part, component or function) | :: flere |
| multiple {n} (a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder) | :: multiplum {n} |
| multiple personality disorder {n} (dissociative identity disorder) SEE: dissociative identity disorder | :: |
| multiplication {n} (process) | :: multiplikation {c} |
| multiplication table {n} (in arithmetic) | :: multiplikationstabel {c}, gangetabel {c}, lille tabel {c} (small table) , store tabel {c} (great table) |
| multiplicative identity {n} (algebra) | :: etelement {n} |
| multiply {v} (transitive: perform multiplication on (a number)) | :: multiplicere |
| multi-storey {n} (a car park or parking garage with more than one storey) SEE: parking garage | :: |
| mumble {v} (to speak unintelligibly) | :: mumle |
| mumble {n} (quiet vocalization) | :: mumlen |
| mummy {n} (embalmed corpse) | :: mumie {c} |
| mung bean {n} (seed of Vigna radiata) | :: mungbønne {c} |
| Munich {prop} (capital of Bavaria) | :: München {n} |
| municipality {n} (a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts) | :: kommune {c} |
| mural {n} (painting on wall) | :: vægmaleri {n} |
| mural crown {n} (heraldry: a crown representing city walls or towers, used on coats of arms representing towns) | :: murkrone {c} |
| murder {n} (an act of deliberate killing) | :: mord {n} |
| murder {n} (the crime of deliberate killing) | :: mord {n} |
| murder {v} (deliberately kill) | :: myrde |
| murder {v} (defeat decisively) | :: smadre |
| murder {v} (express one’s anger at) | :: myrde, slå ihjel |
| murder {v} (devour) | :: kvæle |
| murderer {n} (person who commits murder) | :: morder {c} |
| murderess {n} (woman who commits murder) | :: morderske {c} |
| murky {adj} | :: mørk, dunkel, dyster |
| Murmansk {prop} (city) | :: Murmansk |
| murmur {n} (low sounds or speech) | :: mumlen |
| murmur {n} (sound by turbulent flow of blood etc.) | :: susen, rislen |
| murmur {v} (to speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble) | :: mumle |
| murrey {n} (mulberry) SEE: mulberry | :: |
| musalla {n} (prayer rug) SEE: prayer rug | :: |
| muscle {n} (contractile tissue) | :: muskel {c} |
| muscleman {n} (bodyguard) SEE: bodyguard | :: |
| Muscovian {adj} (relating to Muscovy) | :: moskovitisk |
| Muscovian {n} (descendant of the people of Muscovy) | :: moskovit {n} |
| Muscovite {n} (resident of Moscow) | :: moskovit {c} |
| Muscovite {adj} (Relating to Moscow) | :: moskovitisk |
| Muscovy {prop} (Grand Duchy of Moscow) | :: Moskovien, Storfyrstendømmet Moskva |
| muscular {adj} (of or relating to muscles) | :: muskulær |
| muscular {adj} (having strength) | :: muskuløs |
| muscular {adj} (having large, well-developed muscles) | :: muskuløs |
| muscular dystrophy {n} (muscular dystrophy) | :: muskelsvind |
| muse {n} (a source of inspiration) | :: muse |
| Muse {n} (one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts) | :: Muse |
| museum {n} (building or institution) | :: museum {n} |
| mushroom {n} (fruiting body of a fungus) | :: svamp {c} |
| mushroom {n} (champignon) SEE: champignon | :: |
| mushroom cloud {n} (mushroom shaped cloud) | :: paddehatsky {c}, paddehattesky {c} |
| music {n} (sound, organized in time in a melodious way) | :: musik {c} |
| music {n} (any pleasing or interesting sounds) | :: musik {c} |
| music {n} (sheet music) | :: noder {p} |
| musical {n} (stage performance, show or film) | :: musical {c}, musikal {c} |
| musical instrument {n} (a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds) | :: musikinstrument {n} |
| musical notation {n} (writing system) | :: nodeskrift {c} |
| music chart {n} (ranking of music) | :: Hitliste |
| musician {n} (person who performs or writes music) | :: musiker {c} |
| music notation {n} (system which represents aurally perceived music) SEE: musical notation | :: |
| musicology {n} (study of music) | :: musikvidenskab {c} |
| music school {n} (school of music) | :: musikskole {c} |
| music stand {n} (stand for holding sheet music) | :: nodeholder {c} |
| music video {n} (motion picture accompanying a song) | :: musikvideo |
| musket {n} (firearm) | :: musket {c} |
| musketeer {n} (foot soldier) | :: musketer {c} |
| muskrat {n} (Ondatra zibethicus) | :: bisamrotte |
| Muslim {n} (believer of Islam) | :: muslim {c} |
| Muslim {adj} (relating to believers of Islam) | :: muslimsk |
| muslin {n} (very different styles of fabric) SEE: fabric | :: |
| musquash {n} (Ondatra zibethicus) SEE: muskrat | :: |
| muss {n} (mess) SEE: mess | :: |
| mussel {n} (any small edible bivalve shellfish, see also: clam; oyster; mollusc) | :: musling {c} |
| must {v} (be required to) | :: skulle |
| mustard {n} (plant) | :: sennep |
| mustard {n} (condiment) | :: sennep {c} |
| mustard gas {n} (vesicant gas) | :: sennepsgas |
| muster {v} (to show, exhibit) SEE: show | :: |
| mutagen {n} (agent or substance that can cause genetic mutation) | :: mutagen {n} |
| mutation {n} (heritable change in genetic material) | :: mutation {c} |
| mute {adj} (not having the power of speech) | :: stum, umælende |
| mutilate {v} (To physically harm as to impair use) | :: lemlæste |
| mutiny {n} (organized rebellion) | :: mytteri {n}, oprør {n} |
| mutual {adj} (having the same relationship, each to each other) | :: gensidig |
| mutual {adj} (reciprocal) | :: gensidig |
| mutual {adj} (possessed in common) | :: fælles |
| muzzle {n} (part of animal's head) | :: snude {c} |
| muzzleloader {n} (type of firearm) | :: forlader {c}, forladegevær {n} |
| my {determiner} (belonging to me) | :: min {c} |
| Myanmar {prop} (Southeast Asian country, see also: Burma) | :: Myanmar |
| Myanmar {prop} (Burmese) SEE: Burmese | :: |
| my arse {interj} (Indicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief) | :: min røv |
| my ass {interj} (Indicates disapproval, disagreement, or disbelief) | :: min bare røv |
| my car has broken down {phrase} (my car has broken down) | :: min bil gikk i stykker |
| mycology {n} (study of fungi) | :: mykologi {c} |
| my condom broke {phrase} | :: mit kondom gik i stykker |
| mycorrhiza {n} (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) | :: svamperod, svamprod |
| my emphasis {interj} (my emphasis) | :: min kursivering , min fremhævelse |
| my kingdom for a horse {phrase} (willingness to sacrifice anything for something previously unimportant) | :: mit kongerige for en hest |
| Mykolaiv {prop} (a city in Ukraine) | :: Mykolajiv, Nikolajev |
| my name is {phrase} (a way to identify oneself) | :: jeg hedder... |
| myocardial infarction {n} (heart attack) SEE: heart attack | :: |
| myopia {n} (disorder of the vision) SEE: nearsightedness | :: |
| myopic {adj} (unable to see distant objects unaided) | :: nærsynet |
| myriad {n} (vast diversity or number) | :: myriade {c} |
| myroblyte {n} (saint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity) | :: myroblyt {c} |
| myrrh {n} (dried sap of the myrrha tree) | :: myrra |
| myrtle {n} (evergreen shrub) | :: myrte |
| myself {pron} (me, reflexive form of me) | :: mig selv |
| myself {pron} (in apposition with I; personally) | :: personligt |
| Mysia {prop} (ancient region) | :: Mysien |
| mystery {n} (something secret or unexplainable) | :: mysterium {n} |
| mystery {n} (someone or thing with an obscure or puzzling nature) | :: mysterium {n} |
| myth {n} (divine story) | :: myte {c} |
| mythology {n} (collection and study of myths) | :: mytologi |
| mythos {n} (story or set or stories relevant to a particular culture or some other group) | :: mytologi {c} |