{"id":1188,"date":"2015-01-30T21:44:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T21:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2015-01-30T21:44:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T21:44:08","slug":"snow-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2015\/01\/30\/snow-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Words"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Det sner!<\/strong> (It\u2019s snowing!) The last week or so, temperatures have been dropping all over Danmark<\/strong>. Many places finally got a bit of sne<\/strong> (snow). The region where I live \u2013 Midtjylland<\/strong> (Central Jutland) \u2013 looked like a postkort (postcard) this weekend, with people playing in the snow and even skiing! \ud83d\ude42 Today there are only a few klatter<\/strong> (patches) left, but vinteren er ikke forbi<\/strong> (the winter hasn\u2019t ended)! Here\u2019s a handful of snow words. Catch!<\/p>\n

\u2022 snemand<\/strong> (snow man). Snem\u00e6nd<\/strong> are happy to be built; less so when solen smelter dem<\/strong> (the Sun is melting them), until there\u2019s only a gulerod<\/strong> (carrot) left, lying on the ground.<\/p>\n

\u2022 snebold<\/strong> (snowball). Children love at kaste med<\/strong> (throwing) snebolde<\/strong>, and some adults do, too\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 snefnug<\/strong> (snowflakes) are just as beautiful as they sound\u2026 There aren\u2019t many Danish words starting with fn-<\/strong><\/em>, and fnug<\/strong> [fnook] (fluff, flake) is one of them. Let them fall down on your tunge<\/strong> (tongue). Fnug<\/strong>, fnug<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

\u2022 snestorm<\/strong> (blizzard or snowstorm). Meteorologer<\/strong> (meteorologists) love snestorme<\/strong>, because they always give\u2019em a chance to act really dramatic i fjernsynet<\/strong> (on tv). Skoleb\u00f8rn<\/strong> (school children) are quite fond of them, too, as skolerne<\/strong> (the schools) are occasionally closed n\u00e5r det bliver for vildt<\/strong> (when it gets too wild)\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 snevejr<\/strong> (snow weather) is any kind of vejr<\/strong> [vare] (weather) when it\u2019s snowing. It\u2019s often perfect for a g\u00e5tur<\/strong> (walk), \u2019cause, as the saying goes: Der er intet i verden s\u00e5 stille som sne.<\/strong> (There\u2019s nothing in this world as quiet as snow.) Other times, however, sneen<\/strong> (the snow) conspires with vinden<\/strong> (the wind) to make a chilling snefog<\/strong> [SNEHfoww] (snowdrift)\u2026 Husk hue, vanter og halst\u00f8rkl\u00e6de!<\/strong> (Remember your cap, mittens and scarf!)<\/p>\n

\u2022 t\u00f8sne<\/strong> (melting snow or sleet) is the kind of snow that Danes hate driving their biler<\/strong> (cars) through\u2026 Danish children, though, hope for some more of the cold, nice frostsne<\/strong> (frost snow) that all of a sudden turns bustling Denmark into a true winter wonderland\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Det sner! (It\u2019s snowing!) The last week or so, temperatures have been dropping all over Danmark. Many places finally got a bit of sne (snow). The region where I live \u2013 Midtjylland (Central Jutland) \u2013 looked like a postkort (postcard) this weekend, with people playing in the snow and even skiing! \ud83d\ude42 Today there are…<\/p>\n

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