Danish

[ dey-nish ]

/ ˈdeɪ nɪʃ /

of or relating to the Danes, their country, or their language.

a North Germanic language, the language of Denmark, closely related to Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic.

(sometimes lowercase) Danish pastry.

Origin of Danish

before 900; Middle English, alteration of Denish (by influence of Dan Dane), Old English Denisc, from Germanic danisk- (unattested); see Dane, -ish¹

non-Dan·ish, adjective pro-Dan·ish, adjective

Of course, with such a soft-handed approach comes criticism from the Danish right.

What the U.S. Can Learn from Europe About Dealing with Terrorists |Scott Beauchamp |December 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The event grew out of an anti-consumerist action by the Danish radical theater collective Solvognen.

Before the Bros, SantaCon Was as an Anti-Corporate Protest |David Freedlander |December 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Nolde was an anti-Semite and member of the Danish Nazi Party.

Top Nazis And Their Complicated Relationship With Artists |William O’Connor |November 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Danish Air Force, as luck would have it, had just the aircraft.

The American Ebola Rescue Plan Hinges on One Company. Meet Phoenix. |Abby Haglage |November 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But Lundbeck, the Danish maker of Nembutal, no longer sells the drug to U.S. prisons.

Pennsylvania’s Lethal Injection Fiasco |Christopher Moraff |September 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The crypt is of interest from being mainly built up from the rude early church of the Danish founder.

Romantic Ireland; volume 1/2 |M.F and B. McM. Mansfield
It was in the year 1843, that the Danish students travelled to Upsala.

Pictures of Sweden |Hans Christian Andersen
That was the pet name which Elfgiva had given to her Danish attendant because it signified lively one.

The Ward of King Canute |Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
We called for the foaming brown brew and asked for roed spoette, our old Danish joy, and lunched delightfully.

Through Scandinavia to Moscow |William Seymour Edwards
Jamieson has translated an inferior copy of the Danish ballad in Illustrations of North.

English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) |Various

Danish

/ (ˈdeɪnɪʃ) /

of, relating to, or characteristic of Denmark, its people, or their language

the official language of Denmark, belonging to the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European family