# Danish

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/ · frequency rank #8,137

## Definitions
1. The language of Danes and Denmark.

## Etymology
Alteration of Middle English Denish, Dench (under the influence of Dan — compare Dane), from Old English Denisċ (“Danish”), from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. By surface analysis, Dane + -ish.

## Easily confused with
- **dish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danish-vs-dish)
- **dash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danish-vs-dash)
- **Dans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danish-vs-dans)
- **Davis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danish-vs-davis)
- **Denis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danish-vs-denis)
- **Denise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danish-vs-denise)
- **Dani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dani-vs-danish)
- **dais** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dais-vs-danish)
- **daisy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daisy-vs-danish)
- **Danes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-danish)
- **Daesh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daesh-vs-danish)
- **Daniel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daniel-vs-danish)
- **Danica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danica-vs-danish)

## Common misspellings (9)
`adnish`, `dainsh`, `danihs`, `danishh`, `danissh`, `dannish`, `dansih`, `ddanish`, `dnaish`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/danish