{"id":1700,"date":"2018-05-16T10:41:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T10:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2018-06-01T03:37:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T03:37:14","slug":"trees-of-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2018\/05\/16\/trees-of-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Trees of Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1701\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1701\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1701\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/05\/8950585241_1e69b9b094_z-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/05\/8950585241_1e69b9b094_z-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/05\/8950585241_1e69b9b094_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Nyudsprungne b\u00f8geblade<\/strong> (recently burst beech leaves). (Photo courtesy of Peter Leth at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/peterleth\/8950585241\/in\/photolist-eCW6Mr-eCW3LR-eCW6Ar-eD38Vj-eCW3i2-eD3bC9-eD38vw-eD3bj1-eCW33T-eD3cvu-eD39xf-eCW4Na-82WJ47-82WDyQ-82WBPb-82WCJ1-82WEWC-82WGsy-82WFpJ-82TxaK-82TA7i-dqXcoP-W93pQ5-82TvoT-eJ1b4S-XgrA8u-XcPg1T-X8ThsA-Wvq6FP-bNAwAv-XER5fo-eHU4nF-eHU3Zv-eJ17Pj-YZFXbZ-ZdA34J-eCW5HD-82WGW9-YAbEdV-eCW6ac-CYCU53-Dyr3Yp-eCW538-JgBLna-YZFWYp-WrADA4-Cvh2G1-ZZUecA-Cvh2kQ-eD3aCw\">Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a> License.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>B\u00f8gen er sprunget ud!<\/b> (The beech has come into leaf!) It\u2019s always a great <b>begivenhed<\/b> (happening) when Denmark\u2019s national tree gets its first <b>blade<\/b> (leaves) after the long, leafless <b>vinter<\/b> season. <b>Skove<\/b> (forests) all across the realm turn breathtakingly <b>lysegr\u00f8n <\/b>(light green), <b>hvide anemoner<\/b> (white anemones) bloom between the <b>r\u00f8dder<\/b> (roots \u2013 <b>rod <\/b>in the singular) and all kinds of people flock to the forests to walk \u2013 or mountain-bike (!) \u2013 among the <b>h\u00f8je stammer<\/b> (tall trunks) like it\u2019s a temple or something. And true enough, when <b>for\u00e5rssolen<\/b> (the Spring sun) is gleaming between the <b>lysegr\u00f8nne kroner<\/b> (light green [tree] crowns), I do think it\u2019s something of the <b>smukkeste<\/b> (most beautiful) the country\u2019s got to offer. \ud83d\ude42 Let\u2019s take a look at the real <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2013\/01\/20\/10-danish-mountains-you-should-climb\/\">\u201dmountains\u201d of Denmark<\/a> \u2013 its <b>tr\u00e6er <\/b>(trees):<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Please note that most tree names in Danish come with\/without the <\/i><b><i>-tr\u00e6<\/i><\/b><i> (-tree) suffix! So, it technically doesn\u2019t matter whether you say <\/i><b><i>b\u00f8g<\/i><\/b><i> (beech) or <\/i><b><i>b\u00f8getr\u00e6<\/i><\/b><i> (\u201dbeech-tree\u201d). The names without the suffix tend to be a bit more poetic or formal, though, but there isn\u2019t a fixed rule on this. Also note that 99% of the \u201dbare\u201d names take the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2011\/12\/08\/en-or-et-the-peculiar-sex-life-of-danish-nouns\/\">(-)<\/a><\/i><b><i>en <\/i><\/b><i>article \u2013 <\/i><b><i>b\u00f8gen<\/i><\/b><i> vs <\/i><b><i>b\u00f8getr\u00e6et<\/i><\/b><i>; <\/i><b><i>granen<\/i><\/b><i> vs <\/i><b><i>grantr\u00e6et<\/i><\/b><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>n\u00e5letr\u00e6erne <\/b>(the \u201dneedle trees\u201d = conifers) of course are green <b>\u00e5ret rundt<\/b> (all the year round). You\u2019ve got <b>gran(tr\u00e6<\/b>) (spruce) and <b>fyr(retr\u00e6) <\/b>(pine). <b>Gran\/er<\/b> are grown in plantations to be sold as <b>juletr\u00e6er<\/b> (Xmas trees!) Oh, I forgot, there\u2019s an exception\u2026 The tree known as <b>l\u00e6rk(etr\u00e6) <\/b>(larch) actually does lose its <b>n\u00e5le<\/b> (\u201dneedles\u201d) <b>om efter\u00e5ret<\/b> (in Autumn\/Fall).<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">an <b>eg(etr\u00e6) <\/b>[eyy] (oak) can become very old and look like something straight out of a fantasy movie! \ud83d\ude42 Check out the jagged leaves.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">think of a zebra, and you easily spot a <b>birk(etr\u00e6)<\/b> (birch) \u2013 the only major Scandi tree with areas of white <b>bark<\/b>. They\u2019re more common in Sweden than in DK, though.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">a <b>pil(etr\u00e6) <\/b>(willow) often has all its <b>grene<\/b> (branches) and <b>kviste<\/b> (twigs) hanging down, as if it\u2019s crying. Funnily, the word <b>pil<\/b> also means \u201darrow\u201d. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>frugttr\u00e6er<\/b> (fruit trees) always take the <b>-tr\u00e6 <\/b>suffix (otherwise you just end up with the name of the tree!) Common ones in DK include <b>\u00e6bletr\u00e6, p\u00e6retr\u00e6, blommetr\u00e6 <\/b>and <b>kirseb\u00e6rtr\u00e6<\/b> (apple, pear, plum, cherry tree).<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">other common Danish trees are <b>ask<\/b>, <b>ahorn <\/b>[Ah-horn], <b>lind <\/b>[lenn], <b>poppel, el, elm <\/b>and <b>r\u00f8n<\/b> (with red <b>b\u00e6r<\/b>, berries!) I don\u2019t know how well-known they are in the English-speaking world, but the names mean <i>ash, maple, lime, poplar, alder, elm <\/i>and <i>rowan<\/i>. As you can probably see, Danish and English are related languages. \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1702\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1702\" class=\"wp-image-1702 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/05\/9007946342_3786745213_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/05\/9007946342_3786745213_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/05\/9007946342_3786745213_z-350x234.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo courtesy of Peter Leth at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/peterleth\/9007946342\/\">Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a> License.)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/05\/9007946342_3786745213_z-350x234.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\/2018\/05\/9007946342_3786745213_z-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/05\/9007946342_3786745213_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>B\u00f8gen er sprunget ud! (The beech has come into leaf!) It\u2019s always a great begivenhed (happening) when Denmark\u2019s national tree gets its first blade (leaves) after the long, leafless vinter season. 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