{"id":1643,"date":"2017-11-30T19:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T19:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2018-04-30T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T14:26:09","slug":"danish-homonyms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2017\/11\/30\/danish-homonyms\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish Homonyms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1644\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1644\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1644\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/11\/105807896_ef34547042_z-350x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/11\/105807896_ef34547042_z-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/11\/105807896_ef34547042_z.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo courtesy of Tommy Hemmert Olesen at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tommyhj\/105807896\/in\/photolist-2dRFWy-3cAVeF-a1Ersk-jrnVaq-5CWEsn-piaRn6-9BzAn7-ajuYz-e6jn4q-e7TrZe-amhZP-aj2Zj-ami15-7RY2sb-dtNSRj-bZYNMu-bZYVqj-83RrN9-8qvCY4-nHGy7x-KJnzni-HUFZRg-8jMFS-r5gQR-XtbMNy-HUG1me-Ztu4bg-NbrNYo-sAZ9pF-HUFZzp-JN1GgW-HUFZZn-2FmuKX-JR37SP-HUG1sg-JFX1dC-JFX1DC-HUG18P-HUG1fn-FoXroe-6tUenf-2rQaum-JR2RMP-NuBnHy-woVYwK-vEoPcy-mRytMQ-6Do5wN-5aHMR6-546SRk\">Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/2.0\/\">CC BY-ND 2.0<\/a> License.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Good Knight! What would <b>ordspil<\/b> (puns) be without <i>homonyms<\/i> \u2013 words that sound the same, yet have quite different meanings? <b>Og s\u00e5 var der den om\u2026<\/b> <b>harpespilleren der var streng. <\/b>(And then there was the story about\u2026 the harpist who was strict\/a string!) Here\u2019s a list of some <b>danske homonymer<\/b>. You never know when you\u2019ll knead them \u2013 into a silly <b>vittighed<\/b> (joke)\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>sk\u00e5l<\/b> (bowl) \u2013 <b>sk\u00e5l!<\/b> (cheers!)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>blad<\/b> (leaf) \u2013 <b>blad <\/b>(magazine)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>b\u00e5de <\/b>(boats) \u2013 <b>b\u00e5de \u2026 og <\/b>(both \u2026 and)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>bakke<\/b> (hill) \u2013 <b>bakke<\/b> (tray) \u2013 <b>at bakke<\/b> (to back)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>hede<\/b> (heath) \u2013 <b>hede<\/b> (heat)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>hjul <\/b>(wheel) \u2013 <b>jul<\/b> (X-mas)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>kort<\/b> (map) \u2013 <b>kort<\/b> (card) \u2013 <b>kort<\/b> (short)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>sky<\/b> (cloud) \u2013 <b>sky <\/b>(shy) \u2013 <b>sky<\/b> (gravy)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>fuld<\/b> (full) \u2013 <b>fuld<\/b> (drunk)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>scene<\/b> (stage) \u2013 <b>sene <\/b>(sinew) \u2013<b> sene blomster<\/b> (late flowers)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>k\u00f8er <\/b>(cows) \u2013 <b>k\u00f8er<\/b> (queues, lines)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>fr\u00f8<\/b> (frog) \u2013 <b>fr\u00f8<\/b> (seed)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>kl\u00f8er<\/b> (claws) \u2013 <b>kl\u00f8r<\/b> (clubs [in card games]) \u2013 <b>det kl\u00f8r<\/b> (it\u2019s itching)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>have<\/b> (garden) \u2013 <b>have<\/b> (oceans) \u2013 <b>at have<\/b> (to have \u2013 though most people would shorten it to <b>at ha\u2019<\/b>)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>skade<\/b> (damage) \u2013 <b>skade<\/b> (magpie [a bird that looks a bit like a crow])<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>sv\u00e6r<\/b> (difficult) \u2013 <b>sv\u00e6rd<\/b> (sword)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>seks<\/b> (six) \u2013 <b>sex<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>elvere<\/b> (elevens) \u2013 <b>elvere<\/b> (elves)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>rude<\/b> (square) \u2013 <b>rude<\/b> (pane)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>ramme<\/b> (frame) \u2013 <b>at ramme<\/b> (to hit)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>at leje<\/b> (to rent) \u2013 <b>at lege <\/b>(to play)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>at vide<\/b> (to know) \u2013 <b>hvide<\/b> (white of egg) \u2013 <b>hvide<\/b> (whites)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>bord<\/b> (table) \u2013 <b>bor<\/b> (drill) \u2013 <b>vi bor i\u2026 <\/b>(we live in\u2026)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>skuffe<\/b> (drawer) \u2013 <b>at skuffe<\/b> (to disappoint)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>stol<\/b> (chair) \u2013 <span class=\"s1\"><b>stol<\/b><\/span><b> p\u00e5 mig! <\/b>(trust in me!)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>sk\u00e6g <\/b>(beard) \u2013 <b>det er kun for sk\u00e6g<\/b> (it\u2019s only for fun)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>bare<\/b> (only) \u2013 <b>de er bare<\/b> (they\u2019re naked)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>n\u00f8d<\/b> (nut) \u2013 <b>n\u00f8d<\/b> (distress)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>dyr <\/b>(animal) \u2013 <b>dyr<\/b> (expensive)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>t\u00e5ge<\/b> (mist) \u2013 <b>toge<\/b> (trains)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>ben<\/b> (leg) \u2013 <b>ben<\/b> (bone)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>regning<\/b> (arithmetic) \u2013 <b>regning<\/b> (bill)<\/li>\n<li><strong>gift<\/strong> (poison) \u2013 <strong>gift<\/strong> (married)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>stamme<\/b> (trunk) \u2013 <b>stamme<\/b> (tribe) \u2013 <b>at stamme<\/b> (to stammer) \u2013 <b>at stamme fra<\/b> (to originate from)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>fyr<\/b> (guy) \u2013 <b>fyr <\/b>(lighthouse) \u2013 <b>fyr!<\/b> (fire!) \u2013 <b>fyr<\/b> (fir-tree \u2013 though unlike the others, this one is usually pronounced without <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2013\/02\/20\/how-to-hiccup-like-a-dane\/\"><b>st\u00f8d<\/b><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Did I miss your favourites? Feel free to add them in a comment. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/11\/105807896_ef34547042_z-350x232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/11\/105807896_ef34547042_z-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/11\/105807896_ef34547042_z.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Good Knight! What would ordspil (puns) be without homonyms \u2013 words that sound the same, yet have quite different meanings? Og s\u00e5 var der den om\u2026 harpespilleren der var streng. (And then there was the story about\u2026 the harpist who was strict\/a string!) Here\u2019s a list of some danske homonymer. 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