Danish: på -brogade

[Kwunlam]

Hello everybody!

I am using the book På vej til dansk. At p. 9 i saw the phrase på -brogade but I cannot check it up on Den Danske Ordbog.

Is it a typo or a foreign phrase?

Thank you very much in advance!

Best,

 

[Svenke]

The point is that with most street names in -gade (meaning 'street') you use i, for instance i Nørregade.
But when the name ends in -brogade, you use på, for instance på Vesterbrogade.

There is no word brogade. The name Vesterbrogade is composed of Vesterbro and gade 'street'. Vesterbro is a district in Copenhagen. The name Vesterbro historically means 'west bridge'.

 

[Kwunlam]

Thank you for your clarification! I got it now.

 

[Sepia]

If you take a look at a map of Copenhagen you'll see a whole bunch of districts with "bro" and a few more streets with -brogade:
Vesterbro, Nørrebro, Østerbro, +the district, Amager and the streets to go with them Vesterbrogade, Nørrebrogade, Østerbrogade, +the district, Amagerbrpgade. With them you use the preposition "på". The same with "Vestegnen" - a number of suburban districts called so as a hole. With almost all others the preposition "i" is used.