| Q {n} (playing card) | :: D |
| Qatar {prop} (a country in the Middle East) | :: Qatar |
| Qatari {n} (person from Qatar or of Qatari descent) | :: qatarer |
| QR code {n} (2-D barcode) | :: QR-kode {c} |
| Q-tip {n} (type of cotton swab) SEE: cotton swab | :: |
| qua {prep} (in the capacity of) | :: qua, i egenskab af |
| quack {n} (sound made by a duck) | :: rap {n} |
| quack {v} (to make a noise like a duck) | :: rappe |
| quack {n} (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine) | :: kvaksalver {c} |
| quackery {n} (practice) | :: kvaksalveri {c} |
| quackgrass {n} (couch grass) SEE: couch grass | :: |
| quacksalver {n} (one falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills) | :: kvaksalver |
| quad {adj} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral | :: |
| quadrangle {n} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral | :: |
| quadratic equation {n} (second-degree equation) | :: andengradsligning {c} |
| quadrature {n} (squaring) | :: kvadrering {c} |
| quadrature {n} (mathematics) | :: kvadratur {c} |
| quadrature {n} (astronomy) | :: kvadratur {c} |
| quadrilateral {n} (polygon having four sides) | :: firkant {c} |
| quadrilateral {adj} (having four sides) | :: firkantet |
| quadrilingual {adj} (written in four languages) | :: firsproget |
| quadrilingual {adj} (able to speak four languages) | :: firsproget |
| quadroon {adj} (three fourths Caucasian and one fourth African in descent) | :: kvadron {c} |
| quadruped {n} (a four-footed or four-legged animal) | :: firbenet dyr |
| quadruple {adj} (being four times as long, as big or as many of something) | :: firedobbelt |
| quaffle {n} (ball used in Quidditch) | :: Tromler {c} |
| quagmire {n} (swampy ground) | :: sump {c}, dynd {n} |
| quagmire {n} (perilous, mixed up and troubled situation) | :: dynd {n}, hængedynd {n} |
| quail {n} (any of several small game birds) | :: vagtel {c} |
| quaint {adj} (interestingly strange) | :: ejendommelig, kuriøs |
| quaint {adj} (incongruous, inappropriate or illogical) | :: løjerlig |
| quake {n} (earthquake) SEE: earthquake | :: |
| quakebuttock {n} (coward) SEE: coward | :: |
| Quaker {n} (believer of the Quaker faith) | :: kvæker {c} |
| qualification {n} (act or process of qualifying) | :: kvalificering {c} |
| qualification {n} (an ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something) | :: kvalifikation |
| qualification {n} (certificate, diploma, degree) | :: diplom {n}, certifikat {n} |
| qualified majority {n} (majority that reaches a preset threshold level) | :: kvalificeret flertal {f} |
| qualify {v} (to make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task) | :: kvalificere |
| qualify {v} (to certify or license someone for something) | :: kvalificere |
| qualify {v} (to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage) | :: kvalificere sig |
| qualitative {adj} (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity) | :: kvalitativ |
| quality {n} (level of excellence) | :: kvalitet {c} |
| quality of life {n} (general well-being of individuals and societies) | :: livskvalitet {c} |
| quantification {n} (act) | :: kvantificering {c} |
| quantifier {n} (a logical operator) | :: kvantor {c} |
| quantify {v} (to assign a quantity to) | :: kvantificere, gøre målbar |
| quantitative {adj} (of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality) | :: kvantitativ |
| quantity {n} (fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement) | :: kvantitet {c} |
| quantum dot {n} (fluorescent nanoparticle) | :: kvanteø |
| quantum leap {n} (electron's state of change) | :: kvantespring {n} |
| quantum mechanical {adj} (of or pertaining to quantum mechanics) | :: kvantemekanisk |
| quantum mechanics {n} (branch of physics) | :: kvantemekanik {c} |
| quantum number {n} (number that specifies the state of a quantum mechanical system) | :: kvantetal {n} |
| quantum theory {n} (quantum mechanics) SEE: quantum mechanics | :: |
| quarantine {n} (sanitary measure isolating infected people) | :: karantæne {c} |
| quarantine {n} (place for isolating persons) | :: karantæne {c} |
| quarantine {n} (period of isolation) | :: karantæne {c} |
| quarantine {n} (any rigorous measure of isolation) | :: karantæne {c} |
| quark {n} ((physics) In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle which forms matter) | :: kvark {?} |
| quark {n} (soft creamy cheese) | :: kvark {c} |
| quarrel {n} (verbal dispute or heated argument) | :: skænderi {n} |
| quarrel {n} (ground of dispute; complaint) | :: uenighed {c} |
| quarrel {v} (to contend, argue strongly, squabble) | :: skændes |
| quarry {n} (site for mining stone) | :: stenbrud |
| quart {n} (a unit of liquid capacity) | :: kvart, fjerdedel gallon |
| quarter {n} (one of four equal parts) | :: fjerdedel {c}, kvart {c} |
| quarter {n} (period of three months) | :: kvartal {n} |
| quarter {n} (section of a town) | :: kvarter {n} |
| quarter bottle {n} (piccolo) SEE: piccolo | :: |
| quarter-final {n} (quarter-final) SEE: quarterfinal | :: |
| quarterfinal {n} (competition in a tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals) | :: kvartfinale {c} |
| quarter-hour {n} (quarter-hour) SEE: quarter of an hour | :: |
| quarterly {adj} (occurring once every quarter year) | :: firårig |
| quarterly {adj} (divided into four parts crosswise) | :: kvadreret, firdelt |
| quartermaster {n} (officer responsible for supplies) | :: kvartermester {c} |
| quarter note {n} (quarter note) SEE: crotchet | :: |
| quarter of an hour {n} (fifteen minutes) | :: kvarter {n} |
| quartile {n} (any of the three points) | :: kvartil {c} |
| quartile {n} (any of the four groups) | :: kvartil {c} |
| quartz {n} (mineral) | :: kvarts {c} |
| quasar {n} (An extragalactic object) | :: kvasar {c} |
| quasi- {prefix} (almost) | :: kvasi-, nær- |
| quay {n} (structure for loading and unloading vessels) | :: kaj {c} |
| Quechua {prop} (language) | :: quechua |
| queen {n} (female monarch) | :: dronning {c} |
| queen {n} (wife of a king) | :: dronning {c} |
| queen {n} (chess piece) | :: dronning {c}, dame {c} |
| queen {n} (playing card) | :: dame {c} |
| queen {n} (powerful or forceful female person) | :: dronning {c} |
| queen {n} (slang: male homosexual) | :: bøsse {c} |
| queen {n} (reproductive female animal in a hive) | :: dronning {c} |
| queen {n} (adult female cat) | :: hunkat {c} |
| queen {v} (to make a queen) | :: gøre til dronning, udnævne til dronning, krone |
| queen {v} (chess: to convert a pawn into a queen) | :: gøre til dronning |
| queen mother {n} (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch) | :: dronningemoder {c} |
| Queensland {prop} (Australian state) | :: Queensland |
| queer {n} (slang: homosexual) SEE: fag | :: |
| queer theory {n} (field of critical theory) | :: queerteori {c} |
| quell {n} (transitive: to take the life of; to kill) SEE: kill | :: |
| quench {v} (to satisfy thirst) | :: slukke |
| quern {n} (mill) | :: kværn {c} |
| query {n} (question or inquiry) | :: spørgsmål, forespørgsel |
| question {n} (talk; conversation; speech) SEE: talk | :: |
| question {n} (sentence, phrase or word) | :: spørgsmål {n} |
| question {n} (subject or topic) | :: spørgsmål {n} |
| question {n} (doubt or challenge) | :: spørgsmål {n} |
| question {n} (proposal to a meeting as a topic for discussion and vote) | :: spørgsmål {n} |
| questionable {adj} (problematic; open to doubt or challenge) | :: tvivlsom |
| questionary {n} (questionnaire) SEE: questionnaire | :: |
| questioning {n} (interrogation) SEE: interrogation | :: |
| question mark {n} (punctuation mark) | :: spørgsmålstegn {n} |
| questionnaire {n} (form containing a list of questions) | :: spørgeskema {n} |
| Question Period {n} (Q&A session in parliament) SEE: Question Time | :: |
| Question Time {prop} (Q&A session in parliament) | :: spørgerunde {c} |
| queue {n} (hairstyle) | :: hårpisk {c} |
| queue {n} (line of people) | :: kø |
| queue {n} (waiting list) | :: kø, venteliste |
| queue {n} (data structure) | :: kø , stak |
| queue {v} (put oneself at the end of a queue) | :: stille sig i kø |
| queue {v} (arrange into a queue) | :: danne kø |
| queue up {v} (add something to a queue) | :: sætte i kø, stille i kø |
| quick {adj} (moving with speed) | :: hurtig, kvik |
| quick {adj} (occurring in a short time) | :: rask, kvik |
| quick {adj} (lively, witty) | :: kvik, rap |
| quick {adj} (mentally agile, perceptive) | :: kvik, rap |
| quick {adj} (alive) | :: frisk og rask |
| quick {adj} (pregnant) | :: gravid |
| quick as a flash {adv} (extremely quickly) | :: lynhurtigt |
| quick-drying {adj} (able to dry quickly) | :: hurtigtørrende |
| quicklime {n} (calcium oxide) | :: kalk |
| quickly {adv} (rapidly, fast) | :: hurtig, hurtigt |
| quickness {n} (dexterity) SEE: dexterity | :: |
| quicksand {n} (type of sand) | :: kviksand |
| quicksilver {n} (mercury) | :: kviksølv {n} |
| Quidditch {n} (fictitious ball game) | :: Quidditch {c} |
| quiet {adj} (with little sound) | :: stille, tyst |
| quiet {adj} (not busy) | :: rolig, stille |
| quiet {adj} (not talking) | :: stille |
| quiet {n} (absence of sound) | :: stilhed {c}, ro {c} |
| quiet {n} (absence of movement) | :: ro {c} |
| quiet carriage {n} (railway carriage where noise is forbidden) | :: stillezone {c} , stillevogn {n} |
| quietism {n} (form of mysticism) | :: kvietisme {c} |
| quill {n} (music: plectrum) SEE: plectrum | :: |
| quill {n} (pen made of feather) | :: fjerpen {c} |
| quillwort {n} (any plant of the family Isoetaceae) | :: brasenføde |
| quilt {n} (bed covering) | :: vattæppe {n} |
| quince {n} (fruit) | :: kvæde |
| quincunx {n} (coin) SEE: coin | :: |
| quinine {n} (alkaloid used to treat malaria) | :: kinin |
| quinquangle {n} (pentagon) SEE: pentagon | :: |
| quintuple {adj} (fivefold) SEE: fivefold | :: |
| quintuplet {n} (one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth) | :: femling {c} |
| quisling {n} (traitor) | :: quisling {c}, landsforræder {c} |
| quitch {n} (couch grass) SEE: couch grass | :: |
| quite {adv} (to the greatest extent; completely) | :: ganske , helt, fuldt ud, fuldstændig |
| quite {adv} (to a moderate extent) | :: temmelig, ret, ganske |
| Quito {prop} (capital of Ecuador) | :: Quito |
| quitting time {n} (the time when a day's work ends) | :: fyraften {c} |
| quiver {n} (arrow container) | :: kogger, pilekogger |
| quiver {v} (shake or move with slight and tremulous motion) | :: dirre, sitre, sitre, bævre |
| quiz {n} (competition in the answering of questions) | :: spørgekonkurrence {c}, quiz {c} |
| quorate {adj} (having a quorum) | :: beslutningsdygtig |
| quota {n} (proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division) | :: kvote |
| quotation {n} (fragment of a human expression) | :: citat {n} |
| quotation {n} (act of naming a price; price that has been quoted) | :: citation {c}, citering {c}, citering {c} |
| quotation mark {n} (quotation marks) SEE: quotation marks | :: |
| quotation marks {n} (Note: These languages use “◌”-style marks or other styles as indicated. Some are singular and some plural.) | :: anførelsestegn {n} , citationstegn {n} |
| quote {n} (a statement attributed to someone) | :: citat {n} |
| quote {n} (a quotation mark) | :: citationstegn |
| quote unquote {adj} (Emphasize the following word or phrase for irony) | :: i gåseøjne |
| quotient {n} (number resulting from division) | :: kvotient {c} |
| Qur'an {prop} (the Islamic holy book) | :: koran {c} |
| Qur'an {n} (a copy of the Qur'an) | :: koran {c} |