Word origins

• ZealandThe largest island of Denmark.
• neckThe part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
• taTo act as a teaching assistant (for a class).
• boAn exclamation used to startle or frighten.
• JensenA surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish or Norwegian origin.
• legoAny of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.
• oleAn interjection used to stir up excitement.
• FaroeFaroese, of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroese people, and/or Faroese language.
• OlsenA patrilineal surname.
• windingThe act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff”).
• nisA nix; a hobgoblin, especially one that resides in a farm house.
• DanskDanish.
• KirstenA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• amtA county in Denmark.
• axelA jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.
• PetersenA surname from Danish.
• fussExcessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
• kroneThe currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.
• IngridA female given name from Old Norse.
• DanmarkDenmark (a country in Northern Europe).
• mullTo work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
• SorensenA surname from Danish.
• AarhusA city and port in Denmark, in East Jutland; the second-largest city in Denmark.
• tangleTo mix together or intertwine.
• ChristiansenA surname.
• SorensonA surname from Danish, variant of Sorensen.
• bollThe rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
• JensonA male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Jensen.
• ElsinoreA city in northern Zealand, Denmark. Its Kronborg Castle served as the setting for William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
• SorenA male given name from Danish, an anglicized spelling of Danish Søren.
• KierkegaardA surname from Danish.
• OdenseThe largest city in the Region of Southern Denmark (Region Syddanmark) and third-largest city in Denmark.
• ThomsenA surname.
• HenriksenA surname.
• bilberryVaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
• JohnsenA surname from Danish.
• riffleA swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
• MarenA female given name from Danish.
• EsbjergA port city, the seat of Esbjerg municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark, on the North Sea. The second-largest city in its region and the fifth-largest city in Denmark.
• BornholmAn island and municipality of Denmark in the Baltic Sea.
• OlesenA patrilineal surname.
• YorickA male given name.
• ChristianstedThe largest town in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands, United States.
• WintherA surname.
• ThorsenA surname.
• kringleA Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel.
• FlensburgAn independent city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
• christianiaSynonym of christie (“skiing turn”).
• BraheA surname from Danish.
• overbyA little way over.
• CramlingtonA town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2776).
• HenningsenA surname from Danish.
• FunenThe third largest island of Denmark.
• BruunA surname from Danish.
• ThumbelinaA variety of small, roundish carrot that does not need to be peeled.
• OvergaardA surname.
• GitteA diminutive of the female given name Birgitte, from Danish.
• FiskerA surname from the North Germanic languages, equivalent to English Fisher.
• AgardA surname from Danish.
• KoldingA port town and municipality of the Southern Denmark region, Denmark.
• AagaardA Scandinavian surname from Danish.
• SkovA surname from Danish.
• KrabbeA surname.
• BirgitteA female given name from Danish or Norwegian, equivalent to English Bridget.
• DogmeA movement whose goal is to instill a sense of simplicity into filmmaking by using hand-held cameras, shooting on location, omitting music, etc.
• doonaA padded blanket used as a cover in bed; a duvet.
• NuukThe capital city of Greenland.
• lurA long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.
• IpsenA surname from Danish.
• HerningA town in Jutland, Denmark.
• NyborgA city and municipality in central Denmark, on the island of Funen (Danish Fyn).
• FrederikstedA town at the west end of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
• fuskerA program or algorithm that downloads images or media from a web site that have not been publicly linked, based on guessing at similar URLs.
• FrederikshavnA coastal town in North Jutland, Denmark.
• MartinsenA surname from Danish.
• HorsensA city and municipality in eastern Jutland, Denmark.
• NorgaardA surname from Danish.
• havartiA semi-soft Danish cow's milk cheese.
• ThagardA surname from Danish.
• simperTo smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or smug manner.
• DannebrogThe national flag of Denmark, featuring a white Nordic cross atop a red background; is said to be the oldest continuously used national flag in the world, dating back to the 13th century.
• palstaveA prehistoric bronze axe of the middle Bronze Age with a thin haft for a forked handle and a thick blade.
• PaskeA surname.
• OresundA strait in Northern Europe, which separates Denmark and Sweden.
• OstergaardA surname.
• KristoffersenA surname from Danish.
• fjeldA rocky, barren plateau, especially in Scandinavia.
• aquavitA Scandinavian liquor distilled from potato or grain mash to about 40% ABV and typically flavored with anise, although caraway seeds, fennel, dill, and other spices and herbs are also used.
• KrygerA surname.
• FredericksenA patrilineal surname.
• AmagerAn island in the Øresund strait, the most densely populated island of Denmark, much of the northern part of which is occupied by the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
• AabenraaA town and municipality in Denmark; the capital of the former county of South Jutland.
• PultzA surname.
• rypeA bird, the ptarmigan.
• AndrupA surname from Danish.
• appetitostA Danish cheese made from sour buttermilk.
• atto-In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻¹⁸ (short scale quintillionth or long scale trillionth).
• BindslevA surname.
• bismarA kind of steelyard used in Orkney.
• Black DeathA pandemic outbreak of bubonic plague throughout Europe and most of Asia in the 14th century that killed nearly half the population of Europe and Asia.