{"id":1746,"date":"2018-09-29T10:48:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T10:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2018-09-29T10:48:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-29T10:48:09","slug":"the-rooms-of-a-danish-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2018\/09\/29\/the-rooms-of-a-danish-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The rooms of a Danish home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Danish houses are commonly made of bricks. (Free image from Pixabay; no copyright.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Ding dang! D\u00f8ren g\u00e5r op.<\/strong> (The door opens.) Velkommen til et meget gennemsnitligt dansk hus!<\/strong> (Welcome to a very average Danish house!) Because of klimaet<\/strong> (the climate), a lot of family & social life in Denmark happens indoors. Let\u2019s go for a walk in the different v\u00e6relser<\/strong> (rooms).<\/p>\n

Entr\u00e9en<\/strong> (the hallway) is where you \u2013 let\u2019s listen to the word \u2013 enter\u2026 There are often a knager\u00e6kke<\/strong> (coat rack) where you can h\u00e6nge dit t\u00f8j<\/strong> (hang your clothes). It\u2019s customary to take off your sko<\/strong> (shoes) before proceeding\u2026<\/p>\n

Gangen <\/strong>(the corridor) links the various rum<\/strong> (another word for rooms<\/em>). Some houses have flere etager<\/strong> (more than one floor), and may have a trappe<\/strong> (staircase) leading down to a k\u00e6lder<\/strong> (cellar, basement) or up to a loft<\/strong> (loft).<\/p>\n

Stuen<\/strong> (the living room) is were you\u2019ll probably spend most of your time as a g\u00e6st<\/strong> (guest). There\u2019s a gulvt\u00e6ppe<\/strong> (\u201dfloor carpet\u201d) and various m\u00f8bler<\/strong> (pieces of furniture) \u2013 a sofa<\/strong>, a couple of l\u00e6nestole <\/strong>(armchairs), a bord<\/strong> [bor] (table), a bogreol<\/strong> (bookcase), a fjernsyn<\/strong> (tv). The room is full of pynt<\/strong> (decorations) such as planter<\/strong> (plants) and billeder<\/strong> (images). Danish stuer<\/strong> are typically very bright with hvide v\u00e6gge<\/strong> (white walls), design lamper<\/strong> (lamps) hanging down from loftet<\/strong> (the ceiling), and often a pejs<\/strong> (fireplace) as well.<\/p>\n

K\u00f8kkenet<\/strong> (the kitchen)\u2026 Well, there\u2019s so much going on in a kitchen, that I\u2019ll save it for a follow-up post! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Sovev\u00e6relset<\/strong> (the sleeping room) is where you go to \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 sove<\/strong> (sleep). (As a guest, you\u2019ll maybe be lodged in a g\u00e6stev\u00e6relse<\/strong> \u2013 guest room.) There\u2019s a seng<\/strong> (bed) and maybe some skab\/e<\/strong> (cupboard\/s) such as a garderobe<\/strong> (wardrobe). In sengen<\/strong> (the bed) you sleep on a lagen <\/strong>(sheet) and a pude<\/strong> (pillow) beneath a dyne<\/strong> (duvet).<\/p>\n

Badev\u00e6relset<\/strong> (the bathroom) is the place to take a brusebad<\/strong> (shower) or a karbad<\/strong> (\u201dtub bath\u201d) in a badekar<\/strong> (bathtub). You shower with s\u00e6be<\/strong> (soap) and shampoo<\/strong>. When you\u2019re done, you t\u00f8rrer<\/strong> yourself with a badeh\u00e5ndkl\u00e6de<\/strong> (bath towel). Of course, on the wall there\u2019s also a spejl<\/strong> (mirror) for you.<\/p>\n

Lots of homes even have a have<\/strong> (garden), a garage<\/strong> for bilen<\/strong> (the car), an altan<\/strong> (balcony) and maybe a barnev\u00e6relse<\/strong> (nursery, kid\u2019s room). Hvor er wc\u2019et? <\/strong>(Where\u2019s the toilet?) Sorry, how could I forget? In Denmark, as anywhere else in the world, the room you often need most urgently is the wc<\/strong> [veh seh] or toilet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Ding dang! D\u00f8ren g\u00e5r op. (The door opens.) Velkommen til et meget gennemsnitligt dansk hus! (Welcome to a very average Danish house!) Because of klimaet (the climate), a lot of family & social life in Denmark happens indoors. Let\u2019s go for a walk in the different v\u00e6relser (rooms). Entr\u00e9en (the hallway) is where you \u2013…<\/p>\n

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