Danglish

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proper noun

An informal variety of language that mixes elements of Danish and English languages.

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Meanings

Danglish1

proper noun
  1. An informal variety of language that mixes elements of Danish and English languages.

    We have our languages, our identity and our culture, and we prefer to muddle through by speaking some sort of “Swenglish”, “Danglish” or even “Finnlandic” with each other during the breaks and at dinner.

    2012, Karin Arvidsson, Does the Nordic Region Speak with a Forked Tongue?, page 98
  2. derogatoryoftenEnglish writing or speech strongly influenced by Danish.

    Many thanks to the people who took time to help me stamp out “Danglish” through their reviews and comments: Chris Demetriou, Paul Richards, Brian Somers, Nik Clayton, and Hanne Munkholm. Any remaining insults to proper use of english language are my own fault.

    2002, Poul-Henning Kamp, “Rethinking /dev and devices in the UNIX kernel”, in Proceedings of BSDCon
  3. derogatoryoftenDanish speech featuring many English loanwords or nonce borrowings.
    1 more example

    I generally try not to speak Danglish (except with my husband, then everything goes. We even throw in a bit of German). Still, it does happen occasionally, if I can’t remember a word, if the person I’m speaking to understands the other language and there’s better word for something, such as “procrastination” in English or “overskudsmenneske” in Danish.

    2018 April 22, May-Lin Demetriou, “Do Danish people who speak English think in Danglish?”, in Quora

Danglish2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

    For we learn from the Illustrated Inventor, that Dr. Danglish, of Great Malvern, in England, has patented an improvement on the preparation of dough

    1858 December, W.A. Alcott, “Manufacture of bread”, in The New England Farmer, page 574

Origin

Danglish · proper noun

Blend of Danish + English.

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Danglish · proper noun

Compare Daglish, from Dalgleish, from Scottish Gaelic dail (“field”) + glas (“green”).

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Translations

Danish danglish
  • danglishmixture of Danish and English
Cite this entry
APA

Danglish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Danglish

MLA

“Danglish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Danglish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Danglish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Danglish.

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