danish

1. 1.

   a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark

   BroaderScandinavian
2. 2.

   light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese

   Synonymsdanish pastry

   Broadersweet roll

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes or their language

   “Danish furniture”

Other forms of danish

plural

danishes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about danish

What does danish mean?

danish means "a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in danish?

danish has 2 syllables: da-nish. The stress falls on "da". In IPA it is /ˈdeɪnɪʃ/.

What is another word for danish?

Close synonyms include danish pastry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is danish a common word?

danish is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.