Category:Danish terms by usage

Danish terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Danish terms with archaic senses: Danish terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Danish archaic terms: Danish terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Danish childish terms: Danish terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Danish colloquialisms: Danish terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Danish corporate jargon: Danish terms (typically for non-business-specific concepts) that are used especially in a business or corporate context.
• Category:Danish dated terms: Danish terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Danish derogatory terms: Danish terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Danish dialectal terms: Danish terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Danish endearing terms: Danish terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Danish familiar terms: Danish terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Danish formal terms: Danish terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Danish gender-neutral terms: Danish terms that are applicable to all people, independent of gender.
• Category:Danish higher register terms: Danish terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Danish historical terms: Danish terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
• Category:Danish humorous terms: Danish terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Danish informal terms: Danish terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Danish nonstandard terms: Danish terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Danish terms with obsolete senses: Danish terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Danish obsolete terms: Danish terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Danish offensive terms: Danish terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Danish poetic terms: Danish terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Danish polite terms: Danish polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Danish proscribed terms: Danish terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Danish puristic terms: Danish terms adopted for linguistic purism.
• Category:Danish terms with rare senses: Danish terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Danish rare terms: Danish terms that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Danish slang: Danish colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Danish solemn terms: Danish terms that are used to instill a sense of somberness.
• Category:Danish terms with historical senses: Danish terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Danish terms with transferred senses: Danish terms with transferred senses.
• Category:Danish trademarks: Danish terms that identify legal entities, their products and services, by means of legal protection — to some extent, in a number of jurisdictions — against unauthorized use of the terms.
• Category:Danish terms with uncommon senses: Danish terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Danish vulgarities: Danish terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.