Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6617 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 1 of 50 12 January 2014 at 5:41am | IP Logged |
Inspired by a similar thread for Russian, which in turn was inspired by the consistency thread.
Just share anything you learned recently.
I've wanted to start this thread for a week or so. I've spent some time in Porvoo, Finland, and I came across a lot of Swedish there.
So the first word I'm sharing is bilskola, driving school. I think it's kinda cute.
AFAIU the Norwegian and Danish version is bilskole.
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daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4541 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic
| Message 2 of 50 12 January 2014 at 10:41am | IP Logged |
Serpent wrote:
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køreskole/kjøreskole or trafikskole/trafikkskole (first word of each pair is Danish)
a school for cars sounds kinda funny :P
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leroc Senior Member United States Joined 4331 days ago 114 posts - 167 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 3 of 50 12 January 2014 at 2:12pm | IP Logged |
Emerging from a crazy Norwegian weekend, my word for today is bakrus. It means hangover.
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Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4688 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali
| Message 4 of 50 12 January 2014 at 4:41pm | IP Logged |
mångata
Swedish
Etymology> måne (“moon”) + gata (“street, road”), known at least since 1890.
Noun
mångata c
the roadlike reflection of moonlight on water
Nybrovikens tjocka och stilla vatten speglade en bred, glimmande mångata i oljiga ringlar, och utmed kajen reste skutorna en gles och orörlig skog af master och tackling.
The thick and still water of Nybroviken [a bay in Stockholm] reflected a broad, glistering mångata in oily serpents, and along the quay the ships raised a sparse and immobile forest of masts and rigging.
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leroc Senior Member United States Joined 4331 days ago 114 posts - 167 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 5 of 50 13 January 2014 at 8:14am | IP Logged |
Having just woken up I figured I should get the word of the day out of the way, but all I can think about is my warm bed. Å sove, it means 'to sleep'.
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leroc Senior Member United States Joined 4331 days ago 114 posts - 167 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 6 of 50 17 January 2014 at 7:26pm | IP Logged |
Is the Scandinavian word of the day still a thing? I would like it if a community of people got together and shared cool words, I'm not motivated enough to keep a log, but I am motivated enough for this haha.
Anyways the Norwegian word I felt like sharing today is vektrom (which is weight-room).
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prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4879 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish
| Message 7 of 50 17 January 2014 at 8:31pm | IP Logged |
Maybe the Swedish one?
förmedla - to mediate, to act as a proxy, to make a deal
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daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4541 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic
| Message 8 of 50 17 January 2014 at 8:38pm | IP Logged |
dass
Norwegian for (public/outdoor) toilet
from German 'das Häuschen' (the small wooden "house" around the hole you shit in :) )
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