Japan

→ Faroese: Japan

→ Icelandic: Japan

From Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).


New Zealand

New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Israel

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)


Finland

Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)


Andorra

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


Bahrain

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Bhutan

Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)


Cuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Guatemala

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Iran

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Kiribati

Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)


Kuwait

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Luxembourg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Malta

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Mozambique

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Nigeria

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


Nicaragua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Nepal

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)


Oman

Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Portugal

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)


Qatar

Qatar (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


San Marino

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


El Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Ukraine

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


Yemen

Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Barbados

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Benin

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Eritrea

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Fiji

Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Georgia

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Not to be confused with Georgien in Danish


Jordan

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


Samoa

Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


England

(informal, somewhat dated) Great Britain (an island in Western Europe)

(informal, somewhat dated) United Kingdom (a country in Western Europe)


Ottawa

Ottawa (a city in Illinois, United States)


bred

head

bred (neuter bredt, plural and definite singular attributive brede, comparative bredere, superlative (predicative) bredest, superlative (attributive) bredeste)

bredt (neuter)
brede (attributive definite singular)
brede (attributive plural)
bredere (comparative)
bredest (predicative superlative)
bredeste (attributive superlative)

From Old Norse breiðr, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.


bred

bred c (singular definite bredden, plural indefinite bredder)

bredden (definite singular)
bredder (indefinite plural)
bred (indefinite nominative singular)
bredden (definite nominative singular)
bredder (indefinite nominative plural)
bredderne (definite nominative plural)
breds (genitive indefinite singular)
breddens (definite genitive singular)
bredders (genitive indefinite plural)
breddernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish bræd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz, cognate with Norwegian bredd, Swedish brädd, Old English breord. Related to *bruzdaz (“thorn”) (Danish brod) and possibly also *burdą (“board”) (Danish bord).


South Dakota

South Dakota (a state of the United States)


Amsterdam

Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)


Paris

From Old French Paris, from Latin Lutetia Parīsiōrum.

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


London

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Stockholm

[ˈsd̥ʌˌkʰʌlˀm]


Madrid

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

autonomous community
autonomous community

Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)

Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)


dam

dam c (singular definite dammen, plural indefinite damme)

dammen (definite singular)
damme (indefinite plural)
dam (indefinite nominative singular)
dammen (definite nominative singular)
damme (indefinite nominative plural)
dammene (definite nominative plural)
dams (genitive indefinite singular)
dammens (definite genitive singular)
dammes (genitive indefinite plural)
dammenes (definite genitive plural)

corf, livewell (for storage of live fish under water)


dal

dal c (singular definite dalen, plural indefinite dale)

dalen (definite singular)
dale (indefinite plural)
dal (indefinite nominative singular)
dalen (definite nominative singular)
dale (indefinite nominative plural)
dalene (definite nominative plural)
dals (genitive indefinite singular)
dalens (definite genitive singular)
dales (genitive indefinite plural)
dalenes (definite genitive plural)

dale, valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains)


Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)


Barcelona

Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)

Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)


Berlin

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)


Edinburgh

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)

Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)


Florida

Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)


Jerusalem

Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)


Kiev

Kyiv (The capital city of Ukraine and regional administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast)


Louisiana

Louisiana (a state of the United States)


New York

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States)


Oslo

Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)


Seoul

From Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).


Tokyo

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)


Tunis

Tunis (The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)


Zagreb

Zagreb (the capital and largest city of Croatia)


Holland

Borrowed from Dutch Holland, probably = Old Dutch holt (“wood”) + lant (“land”).

Holland (a traditional region in the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)

(common, sometimes proscribed) Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


Skopje

Romanization of Macedonian Скопје (Skopje).

Skopje (the capital city of North Macedonia)


berg

head

berg n (singular definite berget, plural indefinite berge)

berget (definite singular)
berge (indefinite plural)

Norwegian Bokmål: berg

From Norwegian berg, from Old Norse berg. Also from German Berg.

han [så] manden […] kjøre gjennom bragende ildsluer ind i det åbne berget, der stod over ham som en port.

1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, edited by Moltke Moe, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 185:

he [saw] the man […] drive through crackling fires into the open mountain, which stood over him like a gate.

(chiefly Norway) alternative form of bjerg (“mountain, hill”)


oase

oase c (singular definite oasen, plural indefinite oaser)

oasen (definite singular)
oaser (indefinite plural)
oase (indefinite nominative singular)
oasen (definite nominative singular)
oaser (indefinite nominative plural)
oaserne (definite nominative plural)
oases (genitive indefinite singular)
oasens (definite genitive singular)
oasers (genitive indefinite plural)
oasernes (definite genitive plural)


Leningrad

(historical) Leningrad (a major city in Russia), now Saint Petersburg


Napoli

Borrowed from Italian Napoli, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”).

Naples (a province and city in Campania, Italy)


Bratislava

Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)


Bern

Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)


Zürich

Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)


Minnesota

Minnesota (a state of the United States)


Genova

Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)

Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)


Babylon

(historical) Babylon (an ancient city in Mesopotamia, built on the banks of the Euphrates, which was the capital of Babylonia)


North Carolina

North Carolina (genitive North Carolinas)

North Carolina (a state of the United States)


Milano

Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)

Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)


Torino

Turin (the capital city of Piedmont, Italy)

Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, Italy)


Indonesien

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Europa

Via Latin Eurōpa from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē)


Norge

From Old Norse Noregr, Norvegr, derived from norðr (from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą) and vegr (from Proto-Germanic *wegaz).

Norway (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Oslo)


fjord

fjord c (singular definite fjorden, plural indefinite fjorde)

fjorden (definite singular)
fjorde (indefinite plural)
fjord (indefinite nominative singular)
fjorden (definite nominative singular)
fjorde (indefinite nominative plural)
fjordene (definite nominative plural)
fjords (genitive indefinite singular)
fjordens (definite genitive singular)
fjordes (genitive indefinite plural)
fjordenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish fiorth, from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).


holm

holm c (singular definite holmen, plural indefinite holme)

holmen (definite singular)
holme (indefinite plural)
holm (indefinite nominative singular)
holmen (definite nominative singular)
holme (indefinite nominative plural)
holmene (definite nominative plural)
holms (genitive indefinite singular)
holmens (definite genitive singular)
holmes (genitive indefinite plural)
holmenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse holmr, from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz.


Nederlandene

Definite plural form, probably from Older Dutch Nederlanden.

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


New Jersey

New Jersey (a state of the United States)


Sverige

[ˈsʋ̥aɐ̯ˀjə]

From Old Norse Svíaríki, from Svía (“of Swedes”) + ríki (“kingdom”). Cognate with Swedish Sverige, Old English Swēorīċe.

Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)


Mexico City

Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)


Gibraltar

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


Albanien

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Armenien

Armenien er et land i Kaukasus.

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Australien

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Belgien

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


flod

flod c (singular definite floden, plural indefinite floder)

floden (definite singular)
floder (indefinite plural)
flod (indefinite nominative singular)
floden (definite nominative singular)
floder (indefinite nominative plural)
floderne (definite nominative plural)
flods (genitive indefinite singular)
flodens (definite genitive singular)
floders (genitive indefinite plural)
flodernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Danish floth, from Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from *pleh₃(w)- (“flow”). Compare Swedish flod, Icelandic flóð, English flood, Dutch vloed, German Flut.


Irak

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Massachusetts

Massachusetts (a state of the United States)


Mississippi

Mississippi (a state of the United States)


North Dakota

North Dakota (a state of the United States)


New Hampshire

New Hampshire (a state of the United States)


New Mexico

New Mexico (a state of the United States)


Nevada

From English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).


Rhode Island

Rhode Island (a state of the United States)


South Carolina

South Carolina (genitive South Carolinas)

South Carolina (a state of the United States)


Tennessee

Tennessee (a state of the United States)


Washington

Washington (a city in the United States)

Washington (a state of the United States)


Wisconsin

Wisconsin (a state of the United States)


West Virginia

West Virginia (a state of the United States)


Tyskland

From tysk (“German”) + land (“land”). Compare Norwegian, Swedish Tyskland, German Deutschland and Dutch Duitsland.

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


Spanien

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


Algeriet

From French Algérie, from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”).

der

اَلْجَزَائِر


Brasilien

Brasilia er hovedstaden i Brasilien.

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Bulgarien

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Kroatien

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Istanbul

From Turkish İstanbul, from Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “in the City”).

εἰς τὴν Πόλιν


Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)


Janus

From Latin Iānus. Has been used as a Latinization of the Danish given name Jens.


Rusland

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Sydkorea

South Korea (a country in northeastern Asia)


Nordkorea

North Korea (a country in northeastern Asia)


Köln

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)


Slovenien

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Montenegro

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Amerika

America (the continents of North America and South America)

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Island

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)


Moskva

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)


Rabat

Rabat (the capital city of Morocco, and capital city of the region of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Morocco)


Hongkong

Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)


Bagdad

Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)
Baghdad (a governorate of Iraq)


Irland

Inherited from Old Norse Írland, from Írar m pl (“Irishmen”), see irer.

Irland er en ø og et land i Vesteuropa.

Ireland is an island and a country in Western Europe.


vig

head

vig c (singular definite vigen, plural indefinite vige)

vigen (definite singular)
vige (indefinite plural)
vig (indefinite nominative singular)
vigen (definite nominative singular)
vige (indefinite nominative plural)
vigene (definite nominative plural)
vigs (genitive indefinite singular)
vigens (definite genitive singular)
viges (genitive indefinite plural)
vigenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō (“village; inlet”), cognate with Norwegian, Swedish vik, English wick, Dutch wijk. Borrowed from Latin vīcus.


Warszawa

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

unadapted borrowing

Warszawa er hovedstaden i Polen.


elv

head

elv c (singular definite elven, plural indefinite elve)

elven (definite singular)
elve (indefinite plural)

Borrowed from Norwegian elv, from Old Norse elfr, from Proto-Germanic *albī.

river (in the mountains, especially in Scandinavia (outside of Denmark) and in Greenland)


Grønland

[ˈɡ̊ʁɶnˌlænˀ]

From grøn (“green”) + land, from Old Norse Grǿnland (“Greenland”).

Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)


plateau

plateau n (singular definite plateauet, plural indefinite plateauer)

plateauet (definite singular)
plateauer (indefinite plural)

Borrowed from French plateau, diminutive of plat (“a plate”); see English plate.


Danmark

[ˈd̥ænˌmɑːɡ̊]

[ˈtænˌmɑ̈ːk]

From Old Norse Danmǫrk, ᛏᛅᚾᛘᛅᚢᚱᚴ (tanmaurk), from danir (“Danes”) + mǫrk (“borderland, march”). The name may have originated as an exonym, designating the northern frontierland of the Frankish Empire.


Cypern

Via German Zypern and Latin Cyprus from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros)

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Egypten

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


kontinent

head

kontinent n (singular definite kontinentet, plural indefinite kontinenter)

kontinentet (definite singular)
kontinenter (indefinite plural)
kontinent (indefinite nominative singular)
kontinentet (definite nominative singular)
kontinenter (indefinite nominative plural)
kontinenterne (definite nominative plural)
kontinents (genitive indefinite singular)
kontinentets (definite genitive singular)
kontinenters (genitive indefinite plural)
kontinenternes (definite genitive plural)


Georgien

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)


Elfenbenskysten

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Madagaskar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


Ungarn

Ungarn er et land i Centraleuropa.


Vatikanstaten

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


dominion

dominion c (singular definite dominionen, plural indefinite dominioner)

dominionen (definite singular)
dominioner (indefinite plural)
dominion (indefinite nominative singular)
dominionen (definite nominative singular)
dominioner (indefinite nominative plural)
dominionerne (definite nominative plural)
dominions (genitive indefinite singular)
dominionens (definite genitive singular)
dominioners (genitive indefinite plural)
dominionernes (definite genitive plural)


Aserbajdsjan

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


Folkerepublikken Kina

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China#English

People's Republic of China (a country in Asia)


Kasakhstan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Libanon

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Republikken Kina

Republic of China
Republic of China#Danish

Republic of China; official name of Taiwan, rarely used


Trinidad og Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

Republikken Trinidad og Tobago
Republikken Trinidad og Tobago#English

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands in the Caribbean; official name: Republikken Trinidad og Tobago)


Bosnien-Hercegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


ø

Ø (uppercase)
ø (indefinite nominative singular)
ø'et (definite nominative singular)
ø'er (indefinite nominative plural)
ø'erne (definite nominative plural)
ø's (genitive indefinite singular)
ø'ets (definite genitive singular)
ø'ers (genitive indefinite plural)
ø'ernes (definite genitive plural)

Analogical after the other names of vowel letters in the Roman alphabet.

The penultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.


ø

ø c (singular definite øen, plural indefinite øer)

øen (definite singular)
øer (indefinite plural)
ø (indefinite nominative singular)
øen (definite nominative singular)
øer (indefinite nominative plural)
øerne (definite nominative plural)
øs (genitive indefinite singular)
øens (definite genitive singular)
øers (genitive indefinite plural)
øernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”), see å.


Kap Verde

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Tromsø

Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark#English

Tromsø (a city and municipality of Troms og Finnmark, Norway)


København

Norwegian Bokmål: Køpenhavn, Kjøpenhavn

→ Faroese: Keypmannahavn

desc

→ Icelandic: Kaupmannahöfn, Kaupinhafn, Köben

→ Low German: Kopenhagen

→ English: Copenhagen

→ French: Copenhague

→ German: Kopenhagen

→ Romanian: Copenhaga

→ Italian: Copenaghen

→ Russian: Копенгаген (Kopengagen)

→ Spanish: Copenhague

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: Kjøpenhamn, Kaupenhamn

→ Old Swedish: *Kø̄pmanhafn, *Kø̄pmanhamn

→ Swedish: Köpenhamn

→ Finnish: Kööpenhamina

From Old Danish Køpmannæhafn, equivalent to modern Danish købmænds havn (“chapmen's haven, merchants' harbor”). Compare Icelandic Kaupmannahöfn.

cog

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


Nordirland

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

Northern Ireland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom; capital: Belfast)


Antwerpen

Antwerp (the capital city of Antwerp province, Belgium)


Jylland

Equivalent to jyde (“Jute”) + land. From Old Danish Iutland, Old Norse Jótland, from Proto-Germanic *Eutalandą, cognate with Old English Ēotaland.


slette

head

slette c (singular definite sletten, plural indefinite sletter)

sletten (definite singular)
sletter (indefinite plural)
slette (indefinite nominative singular)
sletten (definite nominative singular)
sletter (indefinite nominative plural)
sletterne (definite nominative plural)
slettes (genitive indefinite singular)
slettens (definite genitive singular)
sletters (genitive indefinite plural)
sletternes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse slétta, derived from the adjective sléttr (“even”).

(geography) a plain (a large expanse of relatively flat ground)


Aalborg

Ålborg

Aalborg (the capital city of North Jutland, Denmark)


Aarhus

From Old Danish Arus, from Old Norse Áróss, a compound of á (“river”) + óss (“mouth”). The first part of the word is an old genitive of Danish å (“small river”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”), related to Latin aqua (“water”)). The latter part is a (now obsolete) word for "river mouth", os (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₃(o)s (“mouth”), related to Latin os (“mouth”)). The name has been assimilated to the word hus (“house”).


Prag

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


kap

kap n (singular definite kappet, plural indefinite kap)

kappet (definite singular)
kap (indefinite plural)
kap (indefinite nominative singular)
kappet (definite nominative singular)
kap (indefinite nominative plural)
kappene (definite nominative plural)
kaps (genitive indefinite singular)
kappets (definite genitive singular)
kaps (genitive indefinite plural)
kappenes (definite genitive plural)


Islamabad

Islamabad (the capital city of Pakistan)


hav

hav n (singular definite havet, plural indefinite have)

havet (definite singular)
have (indefinite plural)
hav (indefinite nominative singular)
havet (definite nominative singular)
have (indefinite nominative plural)
havene (definite nominative plural)
havs (genitive indefinite singular)
havets (definite genitive singular)
haves (genitive indefinite plural)
havenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, cognate with Swedish hav, German Haff (“bay”) (from Low German).


sund

sund n (singular definite sundet, plural indefinite sunde)

sundet (definite singular)
sunde (indefinite plural)
sund (indefinite nominative singular)
sundet (definite nominative singular)
sunde (indefinite nominative plural)
sundene (definite nominative plural)
sunds (genitive indefinite singular)
sundets (definite genitive singular)
sundes (genitive indefinite plural)
sundenes (definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Old Norse sund (“swimming, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą, derived from the verb Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swim”).


Dortmund

Dortmund (a major city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)


Athen

Via German Athen and Latin Athēnae from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι pl (Athênai).


Skandinavien

Scandinavia; the countries of Denmark (excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Norway and Sweden.

Norden

includes, besides Scandinavia, also the Faroe Islands


Korsika

administrative region
administrative region

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


vulkan

head

vulkan c (singular definite vulkanen, plural indefinite vulkaner)

vulkanen (definite singular)
vulkaner (indefinite plural)
vulkan (indefinite nominative singular)
vulkanen (definite nominative singular)
vulkaner (indefinite nominative plural)
vulkanerne (definite nominative plural)
vulkans (genitive indefinite singular)
vulkanens (definite genitive singular)
vulkaners (genitive indefinite plural)
vulkanernes (definite genitive plural)


nunatak

nunatak (indefinite nominative singular)
nunatakken (definite nominative singular)
nunatakker (indefinite nominative plural)
nunatakkerne (definite nominative plural)
nunataks (genitive indefinite singular)
nunatakkens (definite genitive singular)
nunatakkers (genitive indefinite plural)
nunatakkernes (definite genitive plural)


Bornholm

From Old Norse Burgundaholmr, a name meaning something like "high or mountainous hill/island," ultimately from or related to Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain, hill”) and *hulmaz (“hill, island”). Some believe the tribe name *bergundijô is derived from this place. More at Bornholm.

der

Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)


Bukarest

Bukarest er hovedstaden i Rumænien.

Bucharest is the capital of Romania.


Haag

The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)


hede

head

hede c (singular definite heden, plural indefinite heder)

heden (definite singular)
heder (indefinite plural)
hede (indefinite nominative singular)
heden (definite nominative singular)
heder (indefinite nominative plural)
hederne (definite nominative plural)
hedes (genitive indefinite singular)
hedens (definite genitive singular)
heders (genitive indefinite plural)
hedernes (definite genitive plural)


Hamborg

Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)

Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)


Nørrebro

[ˈnœ̞ɐ̯ɐˌb̥ʁoːˀ]

From an archaic adjective nørre (“northern”) + bro (“bridge”).


Fyn

Funen (the third largest island of Denmark)

Sjælland

Zealand or Sealand; the largest island of Denmark

Jutland north of the Limfjord

Jylland nord for Limfjorden; the second largest island of Denmark


bakke

bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)

bakken (definite singular)
bakker (indefinite plural)
bakke (indefinite nominative singular)
bakken (definite nominative singular)
bakker (indefinite nominative plural)
bakkerne (definite nominative plural)
bakkes (genitive indefinite singular)
bakkens (definite genitive singular)
bakkers (genitive indefinite plural)
bakkernes (definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Old Danish bakkæ, from Old Norse bakki (“bank; ridge”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô (“bank, embankment; a hill”). Akin to English bank.


bakke

From Middle Low German bak, back or Middle Dutch bak, from Medieval Latin bacca (“basin, bowl”).


bakke

head

bakke (imperative bak, infinitive at bakke, present tense bakker, past tense bakkede, perfect tense har bakket)

bak (imperative)
at bakke (infinitive)
bakker (present)
bakkede (past)
har bakket (perfect)


Skotland

Scotland (country in northwest Europe to the north of England)


havn

havn (indefinite nominative singular)
havnen (definite nominative singular)
havne (indefinite nominative plural)
havnene (definite nominative plural)
havns (genitive indefinite singular)
havnens (definite genitive singular)
havnes (genitive indefinite plural)
havnenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse hǫfn (“haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habnō, from Proto-Indo-European *kopno-.


Mykines

Mykines (the westernmost of the 18 main islands of the Faroe Islands)

Mykines (the only village on Mykines island, Faroe Islands)


Gøteborg

/ˌɡøːtəˈbɔrɡ/

[ˌɡ̊øːd̥əˈb̥ɒwˀ]


Amerikansk Samoa

American Samoa (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United States in Polynesia)


München

Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany)


Sachsen

Borrowed from German Sachsen and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō.


Sjælland

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Norse Selund, a compound from selr (“seal”) + the suffix -und (“suffix for placenames”), thus meaning place with seals. The later name was Sjóland, which changed the meaning to "sea-land;" see sær (“sea”). More at Zealand.

Zealand (the largest island of Denmark).


Færøerne

→ Dutch: Faeröer

→ Dutch Low Saxon: Faeröer

desctree

→ Italian: Fær Øer
Sardinian: Fær Øer
Sicilian: Ìsuli Fær Øer
Venetan: Ixołe Fær Øer

[ˈfɛɐ̯ˌøːˀɐnə]


Kreta

[ˈkʰʁ̥ɛːtˢa]

[ˈkʰʁ̥æːtˢa]

Via German Kreta and Latin Crēta from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).


Donau

Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)


Schweiz

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Venedig

Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)

Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, Italy)


Syrien

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


kyst

head

kyst c (singular definite kysten, plural indefinite kyster)

kysten (definite singular)
kyster (indefinite plural)
kyst (indefinite nominative singular)
kysten (definite nominative singular)
kyster (indefinite nominative plural)
kysterne (definite nominative plural)
kysts (genitive indefinite singular)
kystens (definite genitive singular)
kysters (genitive indefinite plural)
kysternes (definite genitive plural)

From Middle Low German kost, from Old French coste (“coast, side”), from Latin costa (“rib, side”).


Tasmanien

Tasmania (an island and state of Australia)


sø

sø c (singular definite søen, plural indefinite søer)

søen (definite singular)
søer (indefinite plural)
sø (indefinite nominative singular)
søen (definite nominative singular)
søer (indefinite nominative plural)
søerne (definite nominative plural)
søs (genitive indefinite singular)
søens (definite genitive singular)
søers (genitive indefinite plural)
søernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse sær, sjór, sjár, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, cognate with Norwegian sjø, Swedish sjö, English sea, German See, Dutch zee.

(uncountable, in the definite) sea (a large body of salt water)


Konstantinopel

Via German Konstantinopel and Latin Cōnstantīnopolis from Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis), a compound of Κωνσταντῖνος (Kōnstantînos, “Constantin”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”)

der

Κωνσταντινούπολις

com

Κωνσταντῖνος

Constantinople (the city now named Istanbul)


Serbien

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Østersøen

[ˈøsd̥ɐˌsøːˀən]


Sardinien

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


kanal

head

kanal c (definite singular kanalen, indefinite plural kanaler, definite plural kanalerne)

kanalen (definite singular)
kanaler (indefinite plural)
kanalerne (definite plural)

den Engelske Kanal


Wisła

Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship#English

Wisła (a town in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, near the source of the Vistula)


Storbritannien

From stor (“great”) + Britannien. Calque of English Great Britain.


Filippinerne

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


gletsjer

gletsjer c (singular definite gletsjeren, plural indefinite gletsjere)

gletsjeren (definite singular)
gletsjere (indefinite plural)
gletsjer (indefinite nominative singular)
gletsjeren (definite nominative singular)
gletsjere (indefinite nominative plural)
gletsjerne (definite nominative plural)
gletsjers (genitive indefinite singular)
gletsjerens (definite genitive singular)
gletsjeres (genitive indefinite plural)
gletsjernes (definite genitive plural)


Saudi-Arabien

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


jøkel

jøkel c (singular definite jøkelen or jøklen, plural indefinite jøkler)

jøkelen (definite singular)
jøklen (definite singular)
jøkler (indefinite plural)
jøkel (indefinite nominative singular)
jøkelen (definite nominative singular)
jøklen (definite nominative singular)
jøkler (indefinite nominative plural)
jøkelene (definite nominative plural)
jøkels (genitive indefinite singular)
jøkelens (definite genitive singular)
jøklens (definite genitive singular)
jøklers (genitive indefinite plural)
jøkelenes (definite genitive plural)

From Icelandic jökull, from Old Norse jǫkull.


Troja

(historical) Troy (an ancient city in far northwestern Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)


Grækenland

[ˈɡ̊ʁɛˀɡ̊ŋ̩ˌlanˀ]

A compound of græker + land, but the form with -en- is influenced by German, cf. German Griechenland, Low German Grekenland, Dutch Griekenland.

(historical) An ancient region in Southeast Europe, home of the Greeks


Frankrig

[ˈfʁɑŋkʰʁ̥i]

From Middle Low German Frankrīke, from Old Saxon *Frankrīki. The name is a compound of Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“a Frank”) and *rīkī (“kingdom”).
See also German Frankreich, Dutch Frankrijk, and Yiddish פֿראַנקרײַך (frankraykh). The Low German word has been borrowed into Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish Frankrike. The Old Norse and Icelandic name is Frakkland.


Washington D.C.

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.#English

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)


Østrig

Calque of German Österreich, equivalent to øst (“east”) + rige (“realm, kingdom, country”).


Ægypten

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


mose

head

mose c (singular definite mosen, plural indefinite moser)

mosen (definite singular)
moser (indefinite plural)
mose (indefinite nominative singular)
mosen (definite nominative singular)
moser (indefinite nominative plural)
moserne (definite nominative plural)
moses (genitive indefinite singular)
mosens (definite genitive singular)
mosers (genitive indefinite plural)
mosernes (definite genitive plural)

moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)


kilde

kilde c (singular definite kilden, plural indefinite kilder)

kilden (definite singular)
kilder (indefinite plural)
kilde (indefinite nominative singular)
kilden (definite nominative singular)
kilder (indefinite nominative plural)
kilderne (definite nominative plural)
kildes (genitive indefinite singular)
kildens (definite genitive singular)
kilders (genitive indefinite plural)
kildernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse kelda, from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ, cognate with Norwegian kjelde, Swedish källa. Derived from *kaldaz (“cold”).

spring, fountain, source (a place where water emerges from the ground)


lagune

lagune c (singular definite lagunen, plural indefinite laguner)

lagunen (definite singular)
laguner (indefinite plural)
lagune (indefinite nominative singular)
lagunen (definite nominative singular)
laguner (indefinite nominative plural)
lagunerne (definite nominative plural)
lagunes (genitive indefinite singular)
lagunens (definite genitive singular)
laguners (genitive indefinite plural)
lagunernes (definite genitive plural)


Tyrkiet

[tˢyɐ̯ˈkʰiˀəð]

Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


Weichsel

Vistula (The longest river in Poland and erewhile a river of Prussia, which flows into the Baltic Sea)


Tjetjenien

Chechnya (a republic of the northern Caucasus of Russia; capital: Grozny)


Ækvatorialguinea

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Odense

Originally Odins vi ("shrine of Odin"), whence also Vojens (a town in Southern Jutland). Compare Old Norse Óðinn and vé (“temple, sanctuary”). The surrounding area was known as a sanctuary for worshippers of Odin. (See Odense on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)

Odense (third-largest city in Denmark) and largest city in Region Syddanmark.


Esbjerg

[ˈɛsb̥jæɐ̯ˀ]

Southern Denmark
Southern Denmark#English

Esbjerg (a port city, the seat of Esbjerg municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark, on the North Sea)

Esbjerg (a municipality of the Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark)


Randers

Randers, a port on the River Guden. The second-largest city in Region Midtjylland and sixth-largest city in Denmark.


Kolding

Kolding (a port town and municipality of the Southern Denmark region, Denmark)


Horsens

Horsens (a city and municipality in eastern Jutland, Denmark)


Vejle

Vejle, a port on Vejle Fjord. The fourth-largest city in Region Syddanmark and ninth-largest city in Denmark.


Roskilde

Equivalent to Ro (“male name”) + -s- + kilde (“spring”).
From Old Danish Róiskelda, from Old Norse Hróiskelda, from Hrói (“male name”) + kelda (“spring”).
Compare Medieval Latin Roskildia (attested c. 1200 in Gesta Danorum) and the Old Icelandic Hróarskelda (in which Hrói has been interpreted as the more common name Hróarr).
The name is traditionally associated with the semi-legendary King Roar, but Roar (Hróarr) is not the same name as Ro (Hrói).

compound

Roskilde (a city and municipality in central Zealand, Denmark). The largest city in Region Sjælland, tenth-largest city in Denmark, and the country's former capital.


Hviderusland

From hvid (“white”) + Rusland (“Russia”), a calque of Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ). Cognate with Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, German Weißrussland, Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, English White Russia, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, among others.


Tjekkiet

[tɕɛˈkʰiˀəð]

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


Dominikanske Republik

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Fransk Guyana

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769

French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


Centralafrikanske Republik

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Malmø

From Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Ore Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“ore”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin.


Nilen

Nilen (definite nominative singular)
Nils (genitive indefinite singular)
Nilens (definite genitive singular)

Via Latin Nīlus from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).


Californien

California (a state of the United States)


Sicilien

Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)


Skåne

From Old Norse Skáney, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō.

Scania (region of Sweden occupying the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula)


Rumænien

Rumænien er et land i Østeuropa.

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


stræde

head

stræde n (singular definite strædet, plural indefinite stræder)

strædet (definite singular)
stræder (indefinite plural)
stræde (indefinite nominative singular)
strædet (definite nominative singular)
stræder (indefinite nominative plural)
stræderne (definite nominative plural)
strædes (genitive indefinite singular)
strædets (definite genitive singular)
stræders (genitive indefinite plural)
strædernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse stræti, from Old Frisian strēte (or maybe from Old English strǣt), from Proto-West Germanic *strātu, from Latin strāta (“a paved road”).


Middelhavet

Middelhavet n (singular indefinite Middelhav)

[ˈmiðəlˌhæːˀvəð]

From middel + havet (definite singular of hav).

af

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="da">hav</i>

the Mediterranean Sea (the sea between Europe and Africa)


fjeld

fjeld (indefinite nominative singular)
fjeldet (definite nominative singular)
fjelde (indefinite nominative plural)
fjeldene (definite nominative plural)
fjelds (genitive indefinite singular)
fjeldets (definite genitive singular)
fjeldes (genitive indefinite plural)
fjeldenes (definite genitive plural)

English: fjeld

French: fjeld


Catalonien

autonomous community
autonomous community

Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Forenede Arabiske Emirater

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Lolland

Lolland (the fourth-largest island of Denmark)


Arabien

[ɑˈʁɑːˀb̥iən]

[aˈʁɑːˀb̥iən]

Arabia (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf)


mæander

head

mæander c (singular definite mæanderen, plural indefinite mæandere)

mæanderen (definite singular)
mæandere (indefinite plural)
mæander (indefinite nominative singular)
mæanderen (definite nominative singular)
mæandere (indefinite nominative plural)
mæanderene (definite nominative plural)
mæanders (genitive indefinite singular)
mæanderens (definite genitive singular)
mæanderes (genitive indefinite plural)
mæanderenes (definite genitive plural)

From Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros).


bæk

bæk c (singular definite bækken, plural indefinite bække)

bækken (definite singular)
bække (indefinite plural)
bæk (indefinite nominative singular)
bækken (definite nominative singular)
bække (indefinite nominative plural)
bækkene (definite nominative plural)
bæks (genitive indefinite singular)
bækkens (definite genitive singular)
bækkes (genitive indefinite plural)
bækkenes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse bekkr (“brook, creek”). Cognate with English beck, Old Norse bekkr (“a stream or brook”), Low German bek, beck, German Bach, Dutch beek, Swedish bäck.


Femern

Fehmarn (German island in the Baltic Sea)


Jeriko

Jericho (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


Samsø

[ˈsɑmˀˌsøːˀ]

Samsø (an island in Denmark, lying within the Kattegat)


Marshalløerne

From Marshall and øerne (“the islands”).

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


næs

næs n (singular definite næsset, plural indefinite næs)

næsset (definite singular)
næs (indefinite plural)
næs (indefinite nominative singular)
næsset (definite nominative singular)
næs (indefinite nominative plural)
næssene (definite nominative plural)
næs' (genitive indefinite singular)
næssets (definite genitive singular)
næs' (genitive indefinite plural)
næssenes (definite genitive plural)


Flensborg

Flensburg (an independent town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Kongernes Dal

Valley of the Kings (Egyptian valley known for its tombs)


Ålandsøerne

From Åland (“Åland Islands”) + -s- + øerne (“islands”).

affix

Åland Islands (an autonomous province of Finland). Swedish speaking group of islands between Finland and Sweden.


Gibraltarstrædet

Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Gibraltar#English

Strait of Gibraltar (a strait between Spain and Morocco)


Gazastriben

Gaza Strip (A region in Palestine between Egypt and Israel)


Arabiske Halvø

Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula#English

Arabian subcontinent
Arabian subcontinent#English

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

Arabian Peninsula, Arabian subcontinent, Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)


Caribiske Hav

Caribbean Sea (a sea southeast of the Gulf of Mexico)


Døde Hav

Dead Sea (a highly saline lake in Israel, Palestine and Jordan)


Anatolien

Anatolia (a region of southwestern Asia)


Britannien

(historical) Britannia (province of the Roman Empire)


halvø

head

halvø c (singular definite halvøen, plural indefinite halvøer)

halvøen (definite singular)
halvøer (indefinite plural)
halvø (indefinite nominative singular)
halvøen (definite nominative singular)
halvøer (indefinite nominative plural)
halvøerne (definite nominative plural)
halvøs (genitive indefinite singular)
halvøens (definite genitive singular)
halvøers (genitive indefinite plural)
halvøernes (definite genitive plural)


Amerikas Forenede Stater

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Østtimor

East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor)


Østtyskland

East Germany (former European country); the German Democratic Republic; (abbreviated DDR)


Miklagård

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”), from mikill and garðr. Compare megen and gård, -gård.

lbor

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)


Danmark-Norge

From Danmark (“Denmark”) + Norge (“Norway”).


Inn

Inn (a right tributary of the Danube in Switzerland, Austria and Germany)


Sankt Petersborg

Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg#English

Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia), and former capital (1732–1918).


Øresund

English: Øresund

Øresund (a strait between Denmark and Sweden)


Themsen

Thems (indefinite)
Thems (indefinite nominative singular)
Themsen (definite nominative singular)
Themss (genitive indefinite singular)
Themsens (definite genitive singular)

Via German Themse from Middle English, Old English Temese, from Latin Tamesis.


Vadehavet

Compare with German Wattenmeer and Dutch Waddenzee. Possibly influenced by vade (“wade”).


Comorerne

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Godthåb

[ˈɡ̊ʌd̥ˌhɔːˀb̥]

(now rare) Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland)


bugt

head

bugt c (singular definite bugten, plural indefinite bugter)

bugten (definite singular)
bugter (indefinite plural)
bugt (indefinite nominative singular)
bugten (definite nominative singular)
bugter (indefinite nominative plural)
bugterne (definite nominative plural)
bugts (genitive indefinite singular)
bugtens (definite genitive singular)
bugters (genitive indefinite plural)
bugternes (definite genitive plural)

From Middle Low German bocht, from Old Saxon *buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“bend, curve”).
See also English bight, Icelandic bót (Swedish bukt and German Bucht are also borrowed from Low German). The noun is derived from the verb *beuganą (“to bend”).


Læsø

Læsø (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Kattegat)


moræne

moræne c (singular definite morænen, plural indefinite moræner)

morænen (definite singular)
moræner (indefinite plural)
moræne (indefinite nominative singular)
morænen (definite nominative singular)
moræner (indefinite nominative plural)
morænerne (definite nominative plural)
morænes (genitive indefinite singular)
morænens (definite genitive singular)
moræners (genitive indefinite plural)
morænernes (definite genitive plural)


Peloponnes

Borrowed from German Peloponnes, from Latin Peloponnēsus, from Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos).

der

Πελοπόννησος

Peloponnese (the peninsula of southern Greece)


Gudenåen

Gudenå (indefinite)
Gudenå (indefinite nominative singular)
Gudenåen (definite nominative singular)
Gudenås (genitive indefinite singular)
Gudenåens (definite genitive singular)

[ˈɡ̊uðˀn̩ˌɔˀn̩]

From Old Danish Guthen, with a later addition of the noun å (“river”). Maybe derived from the noun gud (“god”).


Lilleasien

[ˈliləˌæˀɕən]

From lille (“little”) + Asien (“Asia”). Calque of Latin Asia Minor.


skærgård

head

skærgård c (singular definite skærgården, plural indefinite skærgårde)

skærgården (definite singular)
skærgårde (indefinite plural)

/skɛːrɡɔːˀr/

[ˈsɡ̊ɛɐ̯ˌɡ̊ɒˀ]

Equivalent to skær (“rock, skerry”) + gård (“yard”), from Old Norse skergarðr. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk skjergard, Norwegian Bokmål skjærgård and Swedish skärgård.

coastal archipelago (with rocks or skerries, especially with reference to Sweden or Norway)


klint

klint (indefinite nominative singular)
klinten (definite nominative singular)
klinter (indefinite nominative plural)
klinterne (definite nominative plural)
klints (genitive indefinite singular)
klintens (definite genitive singular)
klinters (genitive indefinite plural)
klinternes (definite genitive plural)

Likely borrowed from German Low German Klint. Doublet of klit.

a bluff; a cliff; a very steep incline at a coast


Trondhjem

From earlier Throndhiem, Thrunthiem, Thronhiem or Thrandhiem, Danicisations of Old Norse Þróndheimr and Norwegian Trandem, Tran(n)em or Trandheim during the union between Norway and Denmark where the Danish written language was used. Þróndheimr itself started out as a name of the region Trøndelag, but later become synonymous with the city Niðaróss, whence also the current name Trondheim.

Trondheim (a city and municipality in southern Trøndelag county, central Norway)


Falster

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”).

Falster (an island in south-east Denmark).


Rødovre

From rød (“red”) + Ovre (from Old Danish awartha (“river brink”)).


Nordmakedonien

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Abkhasien

Abkhazia (a region and unrecognised country in Georgia, Caucasus)


svømmebassin

svømmebassin n (singular definite svømmebassinet, plural indefinite svømmebassiner)

svømmebassinet (definite singular)
svømmebassiner (indefinite plural)
svømmebassin (indefinite nominative singular)
svømmebassinet (definite nominative singular)
svømmebassiner (indefinite nominative plural)
svømmebassinerne (definite nominative plural)
svømmebassins (genitive indefinite singular)
svømmebassinets (definite genitive singular)
svømmebassiners (genitive indefinite plural)
svømmebassinernes (definite genitive plural)


Sæd

A municipality of Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (Seeth in German)


Høng

Comprised of høj (“high”) and the suffix -ing, -inge (“of, inhabiting”).


Falklandsøerne

Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands#English:_Q9648

Falkland Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic)


Salomonøerne

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


ishav

ishav n (singular definite ishavet, plural indefinite ishave)

ishavet (definite singular)
ishave (indefinite plural)
ishav (indefinite nominative singular)
ishavet (definite nominative singular)
ishave (indefinite nominative plural)
ishavene (definite nominative plural)
ishavs (genitive indefinite singular)
ishavets (definite genitive singular)
ishaves (genitive indefinite plural)
ishavenes (definite genitive plural)

ice-covered ocean (e.g. the Arctic or Southern Ocean)


Sydsudan

South Sudan (a country in East Africa, formerly the southern part of Sudan)


Guldalen

Danicised form of Norwegian Gauldalen, from Old Norse Gaulardalr.

Guldalens Fogderie

Guul-Elven, (Gaula-Elv) en meget stor Elv i Ørke- og Guldalens-Fogderie, kommer fra Guul-Søen, N. for Store-Skarvfjeldet, og falder i Guul-Fjorden, en Arm af Trondh. Fjord.

1821, Christian Magnus Falsen, Geographisk Beskrivelse over Kongeriget Norge, og Udsigt over dette lands ældste Historie og Forfatning, som en Inledning til Norges udførligere Historie:

The Guul River, (Gaula River) a very large river in the Orkdal and Guldal bailiwick, comes from the Gaul Sea, north of the Storskarv mountain, and flows out in the Gaul Fjord, an arm of the Trondheim Fjord.

A valley and former bailiwick in southern Trøndelag, Norway


Mosøen

Danicised form of Norwegian Mosjøen, Mossyen, from the farm name Mo + sjø (“town by the sea”). Equivalent to mo + sø.

(Norway) Mosjøen (a town and former municipality of Vefsn, Nordland, Norway)


Jorvig

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Jórvík.

slbor

(historical) York (a city and unitary authority in modern North Yorkshire, England)


Bjørneøen

Definite form; from bjørn (“bear”) + ø (“island”).

Bear Island (an island in Svalbard, Norway)


Vefsen

Danicised form of Norwegian Vefsn f, from Old Norse *Vefsn.

A municipality of Helgeland district, Nordland, Norway. Official name: Vefsn


Meglegård

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr, from mikill (“big, great”) + garðr (“city”), literally “the large city”. Compare megen and gård, -gård. Doublet of Maglegård.

compound

Saaledis er denne vnge Juncker da kommen til skibs fra Venedig til Græckeland, Moream, Corinthum, Athen oc i Arcipelago til Thracien oc Constantinopel, som voris gamle folck kalte fordom Meglegaard, oc i Tyrcki, samt nogle andre ypperlige Personer, som vaare der i selskab met, bode her aff Riget oc anden steds fra, ved stor bekostning oc fare.

1918, C. F. Bricka, “Christian Barnekov”, in Den danske Adel i det 16de og 17de Aarhundrede, page 8:

Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)


Jæderen

From Old Norse Jaðarr, compare Norwegian Jadaren, Jæren. Cognate with Swedish Jäderen and Icelandic Jaðar.


Dravn

From Old Norse Drafn m, Drǫfn f (genitive Drafnar). Cognate with Norwegian Dramn, Drammen and Icelandic Dröfn.

Da Skule Jarl spurgte dette, for han ind i Dravn med en stor Hær; han havde et stort Skib paa sex og tyve Rum og mange Smaaskibe.

1871, “Haakon Haakonssøns Saga”, in P. A. Munch, Oluf Rygh, transl., Norges Konge-Sagaer, Christiania: Feilberg & Landmarks Forlag, page 290:

When earl Skuli heard that he made ready to go in to Drafn. He had a great ship of six and twenty benches and many small ships.

(historical) a fjord in Norway, in older times thought to be a lake

Disse samme Ting bleve og af Fremmede selv hentede, deels fra Tønsberg, deels fra Lade- og Toldpladsen Drafn (Drammen), og af Stæderne Sarpsborg og Trondhiem eller Nidaraas.

1777, Ludwig Albrecht Gebhardi, Kongeriget Norges Historie, Odense: Christian Iversens Forlag, page LVII:

Drammen (a town in Norway; official name: Drammen)


Mycklegaard

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”). From a popular ballad collection "200 Viser om Konger, Kæmper og andre" (1787 or 1695) or its earlier version from 1591.


Aabenraa

[ɔːb̥m̩ˈʁɔˀ]

Inherited from Old Danish Obenroe, from Opnør (a lost nearby place-name) + ā (“river”). Opnø̄r is itself from opæn (“open, exposed”) + ø̄r (“gravel beach”).

af

Aabenraa (town and municipality in Denmark).


Christiansted

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

Christiansted (a town in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands, United States).


Nordjylland

[ˈnoɐ̯ˀˌjyˌlænˀ]

From nord (“north”) + Jylland (“Jutland”).


Hvidovre

From hvid (“white”) + Ovre (from Old Danish awartha (“river brink”)).


Himlingøje

→ English: Himlingøje

Himlinge (a personal name) + høje c pl (“mounds”), in reference to the tumuli (Danish gravhøjene) on the hamlet’s outskirts, which date from the third century.

compound

Himlingøje (an ancient hamlet in [formerly Himlingøje Sogn, Bjæverskov Herred, Præstø Amt,] Stevns Kommune, Region Zealand, Denmark, founded in the 5th century BC, notable for its archaeological remains)


granskov

head

granskov c (singular definite granskoven, plural indefinite granskove)

granskoven (definite singular)
granskove (indefinite plural)
granskov (indefinite nominative singular)
granskoven (definite nominative singular)
granskove (indefinite nominative plural)
granskovene (definite nominative plural)
granskovs (genitive indefinite singular)
granskovens (definite genitive singular)
granskoves (genitive indefinite plural)
granskovenes (definite genitive plural)