danish

Hi! I have a problem in pronouncing these words: kvinde/minde and milde, with my mouth and they all sound the same to my ears From what I got from the dictionary: Udtale — ordnet.dk That "e" in the word "kvinde": ˈkvenə and the word "minde": ˈmenə sounds like "i" in the word "milde": ˈˈmilə...

A man /priest/ is introducing a newcomer to his new home: "Ja og det er vores lille kirke. Nu skal du næsten lige se denne her også. Det er vores æbletræ. Og det er vi rigtig stolte af." I wonder if you can translatate this like: "You have to see this right now." or "You have to see this...

Doktor in the hospital: Moderen, hun døde, da hun skulle føde ham. Ja her inde på stuen ved siden af. Is it "in this room, on the neighbouring table" or "in the neighbouring room?"

In the movie Adams Æbler. Gunnar: Jeg hjælper Sarah med at omskrive en artikel Ivan: Nå, om hvad? Gunnar: Om tigrene i Østen, det er grebet helt forkert an. Prøv at se Ivan. Prøv at se hvordan de skriver, at der kun er 400 tilbage. Ivan: Ja skønt. Gunnar: Ja det er jo fuldstændig vanvittigt. De...

In the movie Adams Æbler. Pastor Ivan Fjelsted wants only to see good things in life, he does not see evil. A former alcoholic and a man fom the Middle East (Khalid) who robs gas stations stay with him. Now a neonazi released from prison comes to stay with them. Ivan introduces them. Khalid...

In the movie Adams Æbler. Neo-nazi Adam who has been in prison and now must stay three months with pastor Ivan Fjelsted, who is a bit strange. Adam it talking to doctor Kolberg who knows Ivan well. Doktor Kolberg: Hvad sagde pastor Fjeldsted til det der? Adam: Han er sgu´da en lallende idiot...

Hi, In the book "Jeg er f*cking hot" by Renée Toft Somonsen I read: "Faktisk får det indre barn så meget plads, at jeg indimellem får de vildeste skygger på hende, i så høj grad, at mit overjeg nogle gange siger grimme ting om hende." Can someone tell me what it means to get "de vildeste...

Hello, I have problems understanding this expression "Det slår langt fra til" and I'm not sure I got it right. Here are a few examples: De penge, Odense Kommune har fået til at tage imod ekstra flygtninge, slår langt fra til. Sådan siger socialrådmand Steen Møller (K), der vil have regnet på...

Hi, Could you teach me the correct pronunciation of the name "Togeby"? If possible, please add the phonetic transcription in IPA.

The essential is the difference of "lunt" with the other two.

the "t" in the stem of the two words is silent. So how to say "restauranter" and "pointet"?

Consider the following sentence: The islands of Funen and Zealand are separated by the Great Belt strait. Which of the following options (if either) would the Scandinavian languages prefer for translating the highlighted phrase? 1) Storebælt strædet (da) / Storebælt sundet (no) / Stora Bält...

i.e. 10,000 to 99,999

What does "skoletid" include? Can I use it to refer to my university life?

Hej allesammen, I'm a beginner in Danish, so forgive this simple question. To me, when æ/a/e are pronounced when reciting the alphabet, they sound extremely close to one another. So, when spelling out loud a word or a name containing æ, a or e, does the listener immediately understand which one...

Hi everyone! I'm looking for a word which is pronounced approximately [eekheod]. In English it means "uncomfortable". Which word could it be? Thanks in advance!

The Scandinavian languages have various verbs/nouns that include a prepositional prefix, and that seem to be based on, or influenced by, a German source: Swedish förstå (German verstehen), erhålla (erhalten), bistånd (Beistand), etc. Alongside these are various phrasal verbs, often composed of...

Hi everybody! For a paper about mermaids in medieval metal music (ough, so many m's), I am trying to translate the song Havfrue by Corvus Corax. But as I have no formal training in Danish, I am a bit worried that I might have misunderstood something. Would anyone here be so kind to double check...

I was rather surprised to notice in a few places rather blunt statements that Ibsen wrote in Danish. For example, the Wikipedia article for Henrik Ibsen states "He wrote his plays in Danish (the common language of Denmark and Norway)". But elsewhere I have heard (in conversation mainly) that in...

Hello, In the context of Armadillo, Janus Metz's documentary about a UK-Danish base in Afghanistan the commentary speaks of improvised explosive devices (IED) in Danish. (improviserede eksplosive ladninger/Improviseret sprængladning ) While often using the English acronym IED some times he used...

In every place I've checked, I've found that in syllable onset /b, d, ɡ/ contrast with /p, t, k/ in the aspiration of the latter, being both sets voiceless. What surprises me is the use of [b̥, d̥, ɡ̊] for the sound transcription of the /b, d, g/ set instead of simply [p, t, k]. Is this for any...

Hello, if you are speaking in general terms regardless of a person's gender, are there any other alternatives in Danish besides 'han eller hun'? For example, 'The reader can skip this chapter if s/he wants to.' - Læseren må godt springe dette kapitel over hvis .... vil'. One non-native speaker...

Hi, people! Greetings from Rio, Brazil! I need help with the English translation of an old Danish proverb: Bedre er tiende Ord end tarvlös Tale. "Better a silent word than an idle speech"? Thanks, Glauner

I diktet Republikanerne av J. S. Welhaven finnes det følgende linje: Der er ingen Gjæk saa vindig og svag, ... Jeg kan ikke finne noe sted hva ordet Gjæk betyr i dette diktet. Kan noen hjelpe?

Good evening! I'm translating a Danish article about hunting. The hunters wake up early to go hunting on the moor with their dog: "Hunden slippes. Vandsprøjt står om potterne, mens den med lange skridt glider ud over myren. Nu og da skimtes den mellem de lave buske bagerst på myren."...

Dear Danish speaker, Hope you are well. I am considering getting an 'etliv' tattoo. This means 'one life' right? What I want to remind myself is life is precious and we only get one chance so seize all opportunities & cherish every moment. :) I would like to confirm if 'etliv ' emcompass this...

'LEATHER GARMENT CARE LABEL' How can I say in Danish "WASH THIS GARMENT ONLY AT SPECIALIZED LAUNDRIES FOR LEATHER"? Thanks

Hi I came across this in a newspaper article about an IT company - this is a comment in general by someone who works at the company - I am not sure what it means. "in banking, everyone will use? a new MobilePay" or "will make a new MobilePay? Thank you A Gargantua

Hello, Does anybody know the origins of the sound r in Danish? Thanks in advance.

Hi! I found this expression in a novel, where it is repeated several times but in different forms. Could it mean "ruin/damage the car" or what? “Hun ikke også har prøvet at liste bilen hjem". “Hjemme lister bilerne ad ruten bag kirken". Is this like a game that is played in Denmark? Thank...

I've been trying to pin down when it's correct to use the words ikke noget, ingen, intet, ingenting, and ikke nogen. So far, this is what I've got, but I don't know if it's necessarily correct or if I've missed some important points. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance! Ikke nogen/ingen...

Hey guys, could you please tell me what this term mean? I can't find it in the dictionary. I guess it has to do with vehicles, motorbikes? stubræs and also what is "dækafbrænding"? Thank you very much!!!

Dette er en tittel på et maleri: Hest og Sovende Døl. Hva blir det på engelsk? Hva betyr døl? Er det det samme som dal?

Does the word "fædrenehjemmet" mean parents' home?

Utdrag fra et brev, 1877: Om jeg faar ind alle Nummerne paa mine Malerier, kan jeg naturlig ikke faa denne Sum komme videre end til Kristiania, og da jeg ikke lenger har det eingaste Haab om Understöttelse bliver det sansynligvis der til. If I receive all of the numbers/payments/figures(?) of...

Hva betyr det er nu gaaet op med det? Now it has passed?

Utdrag fra et brev (1878): Det er nu to Dage siden jeg begynte paa dette Brev igaar som var Söndag tænkte jeg paa at fulföre det men saa reiste Folkene som jeg er hos til en [Pienie/Prenie/Renie/Rönie] og saa maatte jeg ogsaa gaa med. Again I'm having trouble making out the handwriting. From...

Utdrag fra et brev: De döde den 17 Juni begge paa samme Time. Det er ogsaa merkeligt de vare begge födte paa [Löen/Svin/Lien/Sien] og begge bleve begravede paa en gang. I can't make out the handwriting, but I've narrowed it to löen, svin, lien, or sien. Lien is the only word I've heard before...

Utdrag fra et brev: Det er uvist hvorledes det gaar med han, han har været syg lige siden siste Vaar ikke værre end han har været oppe sommetider/sommelider han fik det af Forkjölelse. It is unknown how he is doing, he has been sick ever since last spring not worse than he has been [oppe...

Utdrag fra et brev fra 1878 fra en norsk kunstner som studerer i Berlin. Han prøver å overbevise vennen sin, en norskamerikansk kunstner, om å studere der med ham. -- I begyndelsen følte jeg mig saa underlig liden her iblandt alle disse stive Adelsmänd og höie officerer, (ja jeg er jo heller...

Utdrag fra et brev: Efter et meget stygt veir, saa at vi maate ligge over i Christiansand et par Dage, kom vi endelig fram til Hambourgh den – ja datoen husker jeg ikke, men det quitter da ogsaa. Der vare vi en dagstid. After some very ugly weather, so that we had to stay here in...

Utdrag fra et brev: Hvede[snelgren] og andet seer udmærkket godt ut siges der. Det er vanskelig å lese håndskriften, men jeg tror det står "hvedesnelgren." I så fall, hva betyr det da? The wheat crop? (Det kan hende at jeg har lest feil, kanskje noen kan hjelpe meg til å gjette hva det står der.)

Utdrag fra et brev: Her har været meget kaldt for nogle dage saa de nesten var lang for frost men nu er det mildere. Hva betyr "de nesten var lang for frost?" Takk på forhånd!

Som Gotaas vel har underrettet dig om, har han omsendt mig fra dig en Vexel fraa Andersen, s[t]ar Kr. 105. Jeg har hævet den og kjöpt i Kreditbanken Anvisning paa München, Dem/Drm 117,71. hvilken Vexel jeg hermed omsender dig. This is taken from a letter written to a Norwegian living in Munich...

Utdrag fra et brev: Louise döde af Rosentæring, var syg siden siste höst. Er det noen som kan forklare hva rosentæring er? Jeg har søkt på nettet men finner nesten ingenting. Takk på forhånd!

Jeg skulde önske jeg kunde faa en Plads i en Butik men her runde i disse smaabyene er det ingen som leier Piger til at staa i [Kransbodene/Krambodene] saa det er ikke at tænke paa. This is (again) from letter from 1877 I'm translating. It's hard to make out the handwriting and I'm not familiar...

"Hun kom ikke til at faa Exsammen og det gjorde mig meget Bedrövet, er nu hjemme og intet fortjener" I'm confused about the last part of this sentence -- is it that she doesn't deserve anything? Or doesn't deserve to be home? This is from an old Norwegian letter. Takk på forhånd!

"Jeg ved jeg har læst om ham og set ham tegnet da han etsteds i Afrika var." Which of these sentences gets closer to what the above is saying? I know I have read about him and seen him draw when he was somewhere in Africa. I know I have read about him and seen him be drawn when he was...

Hi, I'm working on translating some subtitles (for the Danish TV show 'Dicte' if anyone knows it). It's just a hobby project, nothing important, and I'm translating from a Swedish source, itself translated from Danish, so perhaps not ideal. Anyway, I'm stuck on this term 'slipsnisse' which...

I'm currently trying to figure out how Swedish adjectives get nominalized. My native language is German, so this is how it works in German: adjective: süß (sweet) man: ein Süßer [Er ist ein Süßer.] woman: eine Süße [Sie ist eine Süße.] thing: etwas Süßes [Dies ist etwas Süßes.] man: der...