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4 unusual facts about danish language


Danish language

Basbøll, Hans (2005) The Phonology of Danish ISBN 0-19-824268-9

Similar constructions are found in German, Dutch, Afrikaans, certain varieties of Norwegian, Slovene and Arabic as well as in archaic and dialect English (compare the line "Four-and-twenty blackbirds" in the old nursery rhyme.)

Mø or ungmø Danish language is a "maid", and an old term for virginity.

Skol, Vikings

Skol (written "skål" in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish and "skál" in Faroese and Icelandic or "skaal" in transliteration of any of those languages) is the Danish/Norwegian/Swedish word for "cheers," or "good health," a salute or a toast, as to an admired person or group.


Aarhus Municipality

Aarhus Municipality, also commonly known by its older Danish spelling Århus Municipality, is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark.

Bernstorffstøtten

The Bernstorff Memorial (Danish: Bernstorffstøtten) is a memorial to Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff located at Lyngbyvej, just south of Kildegårds Plads, Gentofte Municipality, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Carl Andreas Koefoed

Carl Andreas Koefoed (in Danish, Андрей Андреевич Кофод or Карл Андреас Кофод in Russian) (16 October 1855, Skanderborg – 7 February 1948) was a specialist on agrarian problems and ethnographer.

Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry

The Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry (Danish: Dansk Jagt- og Skovbrugsmuseum) is a state-owned museum in Hørsholm exhibiting objects connected with the history of hunting and forestry in Denmark

Danish Wikipedia

The Danish Wikipedia (Danish: Dansk Wikipedia) started on 1 February 2002 and is the Danish-language edition of Wikipedia.

Dennis Jürgensen

He grew up in Brønshøj near Copenhagen (today he's living in Rødovre), he was doing okay in school with the exception being Danish.

Euronord

It is chiefly based on English, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish and is intended to be a zonal constructed language for Northern Europe.

Geoffrey Malcolm Gathorne-Hardy

Called to the Bar in 1903, he was in Norway in 1905, when the country gained independence, and he learned Norwegian as well as some Danish and Icelandic.

Gör mig lycklig nu

"Gör mig lycklig nu" is a 1992 Swedish / Danish song performed by Mats Ronander and Kim Larsen with music by Larsen and lyrics by Larsen and Ronander.

Helena Pedersdatter Strange

Helena Pedersdotter Strange (Danish: Helene; in Sweden also called Queen Elin) (ca. 1200–1255) was a Swedish Queen Consort, spouse of King Canute II of Sweden and of a Danish noble family later called Ulfeldt.

Helsingør Municipality

Helsingør Kommune (variant English name: Helsingør / Elsinore municipality), is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark.

Karup Municipality

The municipality uses a coat of arms depicting a Black Grouse (in Danish: urfugl), a bird once typical for many areas in Jutland, but now extinct in Denmark.

Kvívík

Kvívík (Danish: Kvivig, older Qvivig) is a village on the west coast of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands, in the eponymous municipality of Kvívík.

Little Things Mean a Lot

Otto Leisner wrote lyrics for a Danish rendering entitled "Småting kan sige alt" recorded by Raquel Rastenni, acc.

Mest ondt

"Mest ondt" is a Danish language hit song by Burhan G, a Danish pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish origin, featuring Danish-Chilean singer Medina.

Nebel, Germany

It is thought that the name is derived from the words nei and bel, where the former means "new" and the latter is based on the ancient Danish term boli, "settlement" (confer Niebüll and Nieblum).

Norðoyri

Norðoyri (in Danish Nordøre, or Oyri by the locals) is a village in the Faroe Islands on the northern island of Borðoy.

Ole Christian Madsen

Among the most successful projects are the movies Flammen og Citronen, Prague, Angels in Fast Motion (da. Nordkraft) and the TV series Rejseholdet and Edderkoppen.

Peter Christian Knudsen

Peter Christian Knudsen (in Danish known as P. Knudsen) (1848, Randers – 1910, Copenhagen) was the leader of the Danish Social Democratic party from 1882 to 1910.

Re-Sepp-Ten

"Re-Sepp-Ten" is a 1986 Danish language football song released on Replay Records that was battle song for the Denmark national football team for 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Regional District of Mount Waddington

Sointula, on Malcolm Island, is a historic Finnish Canadian settlement which began life as a cooperative; a similar Danish experiment at Cape Scott was a failure, although the Danish name Holberg remains in the area.

Socialist List of Tårnby

Socialist List of Tårnby (in Danish: Tårnby Socialistiske Liste) is a political alliance in Tårnby, Denmark.

Tættere på himlen

"Tættere på himlen" is a Danish language hit song by Burhan G, a Danish pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish/Turkish origin, featuring Danish duo Nik & Jay.

The David Collection

The David Collection (Danish: Davids Samling) is a museum of fine and applied art in Copenhagen, Denmark, built around the private collections of lawyer, businessman and art collector C. L. David.

Thorotrast

The Danish director Nils Malmros's movie, Facing the Truth (original Danish title At Kende Sandheden) from 2002, portrays the dilemma that faced Malmros's father, Richard Malmros, when treating his patients in the 1940s.

Tipperne

The reserve, which falls under the control of Denmark's Environmental Ministry and is managed by the Danish Forest and Nature Agency (Danish: Skov- og Naturstyrelsen) via Oxbøl Statsskovdistrikt, has a total area of about 2,200 ha, of which about 1,500 ha are shallow water areas around the peninsula.

Torquil

Scandinavian variants of the Torkel include: the Norwegian and Swedish Torkil, Thorkel; the Norwegian Torkjell; the Faroese Torkil; and the Danish Torkil, Torkild.

Velkommen til Medina

Velkommen til Medina (Danish for "Welcome to Medina") is the second studio album by the Danish pop singer Medina.


see also

Else Cederborg

Cederborg has published books and articles in both English and Danish language as well as translating e.g. Gloria Steinem's Revolution From Within, Oliver Sacks' The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat and Joyce Johnson's Minor Characters.

Michael Elo

Since his 1991 entry, Michael Elo was seen as one of the judges on the Danish "look-alike" talent competition "Stjerneskud" in 1995, and he has also voiced several cartoons in the Danish language, as well as written translated lyrics for Disney songs and more.