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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6552 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes  Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 17 14 January 2010 at 1:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
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"artig" in Modern Danish can only mean polite, obedient ... so we don't have much use for it nowadays
However I have a vague feeling that it could mean funny or at least noteworthy as in Norwegian 2-300 years ago (so Ludvig Holberg, who came from Norway, could have used it in that meaning). Herudover kunne det betyde "køn" (pretty), and in that capacity it has been used by Jens Baggesen, who lived in the early 1800s. It is a complicating factor that the Danish word for 'pretty' ("køn") also can be used ironically: "en køn redelighed" = "en værre suppedas" (= a mess) I recently bought a big fat Danish etymology dictionary, and I'll check the word later. "Jætte" is only used as a substantive in Danish, end mostly with direct reference to the Nordic myths. "Kæmpe" kan be used as a prefix (sometimes even separated from the substantive in writing:"en kæmpe overraskelse" (a big surprise)). I have had the pleasure of making hyperliteral translations from Swedish, and I take a special delight in translating Swedish "jättefin" as something like big-troll-fine. Edited by Iversen on 14 January 2010 at 2:00pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Impiegato Triglot Senior Member Sweden bsntranslation. Joined 5282 days ago 100 posts - 145 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, Italian Studies: Spanish, French, Russian | Message 10 of 17 26 January 2010 at 10:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The Danish word "rolig" means "lugn" (calm/silent) in Swedish.
Although it is only a few hundred words that differ between Swedish and Danish, there is a huge problem regarding nuances. For example, the Danish word "allene" is "allena" in Swedish, but we don't use it that often. In Swedish it is a literary/poetic/obsolete word. There are so many examples of this. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Rikyu-san Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5377 days ago 213 posts - 413 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, French | Message 11 of 17 26 January 2010 at 11:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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"Kul" in Danish means "coal"... slang for action, sizzle, speed: "Kom, lad os give den en spand kul." ("Come, let us put the pedal to the metal").
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| densou Senior Member Italy foto.webalice.it/denRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5981 days ago 120 posts - 121 votes Speaks: Italian* | Message 12 of 17 27 January 2010 at 12:46am | IP Logged | |||||
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so I have to assume that a Danish metal singer might say the above statement to the band drummer (if he's Danish). Am I right ?
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5183 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 13 of 17 29 April 2010 at 12:01am | IP Logged | |||||
I have used "kul" my entire life, since I grew up in the 60ies. I guess I'll just have to accept that I am officially weird. :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5183 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 14 of 17 29 April 2010 at 12:08am | IP Logged | |||||
Hm. Det var mye rart på den listen. Tror nok de færreste norske kvinner ville likt å bli beskrevet som en tøs - selv om det skal bety "en söt flicka". Hvis listen ellers er riktig skal jeg aldri snakke til svensker om å bakvaske noen. Min personlige favoritt er ellers en is som man kunne kjøpe i Sverige for mange år siden (vet ikke om den fortsatt er i salg)som het Tresmak (den hadde tre ulike smaker, jordbær, pære og et eller annet til tror jeg). Ettersom ordet tresmak på norsk kun brukes i uttrykket "tresmak i baken" som beyr den følelsen man få etter å ha sittet veldig lenge på et hardt underlag, så ga den oss latterkrampe. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6758 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 15 of 17 29 April 2010 at 12:17am | IP Logged | |||||
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Båda uttryck finns i svenskan, men "tresmak" (="tresmaksglass") och "träsmak" (som i det norska uttrycket) stavas annorlunda. Den tredje smaken är/var sannolikt vanilj.
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| vyxir Hexaglot Newbie Norway Joined 5086 days ago 11 posts - 17 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, German, Spanish, Swedish, Danish | Message 16 of 17 24 July 2010 at 11:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Some dangerous ones
Må (Danish) = can, may Må (Norw) = must, have to Frokost (Danish) = Lunch Frokost (Norw) = Breakfast Syre (Swedish) = Oxygen Syre (Norwegian) = Acid Glass (Swedish) = Ice cream Glass (Norwegian) = Glass there are many many more 1 person has voted this message useful |
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