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==English==

===Etymology 1===
{{interwiktionary|da}}
Alteration of {{der|en|enm|Denish}}, {{m|enm|Dench}} (under the influence of {{m|enm|Dan}} — compare {{m|en|Dane}}), from {{der|en|ang|Denisċ|t=Danish}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*daniskaz}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|danish}} {{qualifier|noun; sense ''Danish pastry''}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-uk-Danish.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-danish.wav|a=General American}}

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun|-}}

# {{senseid|en|Q9035}}The [[language]] of [[Danes]] and [[Denmark]].

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|Old Danish}}
* {{l|en|Middle Danish}}
* {{l|en|Modern Danish}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|language}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Deens}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|Danisht}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ዴኒሽ}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|دانماركية|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|դանիերեն}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|danés|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|Данимарка}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|daniera}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|да́цкая мо́ва|f|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|be|да́цкая|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|daneg|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|датски}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|danès|m}}
*: Valencian: {{t+|ca|danés|m}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᏓᏂᏍ}}, {{t|chr|ᏕᏂᏏ}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|丹麥語|tr=dānmàiyǔ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dánština|f}}, {{t|cs|dánský jazyk|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|dansk}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Deens|n}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|taani keel}}
* Farefare: {{t|gur|Dannɛ}}
* Faroese: {{t+|fo|danskt|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tanska}}
* French: {{t+|fr|danois|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|dinamarqués|m}}, {{t+|gl|danés|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|დანიური}}, {{t|ka|დანიური ენა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Dänisch|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|δανικά|n-p}}
* Greenlandic: {{t+|kl|qallunaatut}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|דנית|tr=denít|f}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|डेनिश}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|dán}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|danska|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Danmhairgis}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|danese|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|デンマーク語|tr=denmākugo}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|дат тілі}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ភាសាដាណឺម៉ាក}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|덴마크어}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|danîmarkî}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|Dāņu}}
* Ligurian: {{t|lij|daneïse|m}}, {{t|lij|daneise|m}}, {{t|lij|danéize|m}}
* Limburgish: {{t|li|Dieënsj|n}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|Danų}}, {{t|lt|Daniškai}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|дански|m}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|daniż}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|डेनिश|f}}
* Moksha: {{t|mdf|данонь}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|дани}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|Déinish Dineʼé bizaad}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|ड्यानिश}}
* North Frisian: {{t|frr|Dånsch}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|dansk|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t+|nn|dansk|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|danés|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|دانمارکی|tr=dânmârki}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|duński}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|dinamarquês|m}}, {{t|pt|danês|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|daneză|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|да́тский}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|Dens}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|Danmhairgis|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|дански|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|danski|m}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|dánčina|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dánščina|f}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|Danšćina}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|Dańšćina}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|danés|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|Kideni}}, {{t|sw|Kidenishi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|danska}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|Danes}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|டேனிஷ்}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|дания}}
* Thai: {{t|th|[[ภาษา]][[เดนมาร์ก]]}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ዴኒሽ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Danca}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|[[датський|да́тська]] [[мо́ва]]|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|ڈینش}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|tiếng Đan-mạch}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|Danänapük}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|daenwès|m}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|Daneg}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|Deensk|n}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|דעניש|n}}
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====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# Of or pertaining to [[Denmark]].

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en|Danishness|Danish Gambit|Danish axe|Danish blue|Danish dog|Danish longball|Danish oil|Danish pastry|Danish Sign Language|Danish West Indies|Danish Red}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|of Denmark}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Deens}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|danez}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|دَنْمَارْكِيّ}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|դանիական}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|danés}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|dan}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|daniar}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|да́цкі}}, {{t|be|да́нскі}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|ডেনীয়}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|да́тски}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|ဒိန်းမတ်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|danès}}
*: Valencian: {{t+|ca|danés}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|丹麥|alt=丹麥的|tr=Dānmài de}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dánský}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|dansk}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Deens}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|dana}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|taani}}
* Farefare: {{t|gur|dan}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|danskur}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tanskalainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|danois|m}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|danês}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|dinamarqués}}, {{t+|gl|danés}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|დანიური}}
* German: {{t+|de|dänisch}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|δανικός}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|Kenemaka}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|דני|tr=deni}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|डैनिश}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|dán}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|danskur}}
* Interlingua: {{t+|ia|danese}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Danmhargach}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|danese}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|デンマーク|tr=Denmāku no|alt=デンマークの}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|дат}}, {{t|kk|дания}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ដាណឺម៉ាក}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|덴마크|alt=덴마크의}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|дан}}, {{t|ky|дания}}, {{t+|ky|даниялык}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ແດນມາກ}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|dāņu}}, {{t|lv|dānisks}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|danų}}, {{t+|lt|daniškas}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|дански}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|Denmark}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|डेनिश}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|dansk}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t+|nn|dansk}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|danés}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|denisc}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|ډنمارکي|tr=ḍanmárkí}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|دانمارکی|tr=dânmârki}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|duński}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|dinamarquês}}, {{t|pt|danês}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|danez}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|да́тский}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|Danmhairgeach}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|да̑нскӣ}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|dȃnskī}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|dánsky}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dánski}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|danés}}, {{t+|es|dinamarqués}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dansk}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|Danes}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|даниягӣ}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|дания}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เดนมาร์ก}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Danimarkalı}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|daniýaly}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|да́тський}}, {{t+|uk|да́нський}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|ڈینش|tr=ḍainiś}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|دانىش}}, {{t|ug|دانىيە}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|dan}}, {{t+|uz|daniya}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|Đan Mạch}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|דעניש}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|Danhmwz}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|Danish}}

# {{lb|en|usually|collective}} [[Dane]]s, natives of [[Denmark]].

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|native of Denmark|Dane}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|informal|chiefly|US}} {{ellipsis of|en|Danish pastry}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|Danish pastry|Danish pastry}}

====See also====
* {{langcat|da}}
* {{langlist}}

====References====
* {{R:Lexico}}

====Further reading====
* {{ISO 639|ref=1|da||dan}}
* {{ethnologue|dan}}
* {{pedia}}

===Etymology 2===
{{bor+|en|fa|دانش|lit=knowledge, science, wisdom}}.

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{given name|en|gender=male}}.

===Etymology 3===
From {{affix|en|Dan|-ish}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|very rare}} The [[nature]] or [[characteristic]]s of someone named [[Dan]].

=====See also=====
* {{l|en|Danielish}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=adhins|handis|sandhi}}

{{C|en|Denmark|Languages|Nationalities}}

==Malay==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ms|fa|دانش|t=knowledge}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ms|[dɛ.neʃ]}}
* {{rhymes|ms|niʃ|iʃ|s2=2}}
* {{hyph|ms|Da|nish}}

===Proper noun===
{{ms-proper noun|j=دانيش}}

# {{given name|ms|male|from=Persian|A=A}}.