{"id":1783,"date":"2019-01-31T23:51:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T23:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2019-02-01T01:12:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T01:12:46","slug":"describing-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2019\/01\/31\/describing-looks\/","title":{"rendered":"Describing Looks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hvordan ser han\/hun ud? <\/strong>(How does he\/she look like?) You might not carry around photos of everyone you know in din mobil<\/strong> (your mobile phone), so now and then you\u2019ll need ord<\/strong> (words) to describe somebody\u2019s udseende<\/strong> (appearance, literally \u201dout-looking\u201d).<\/p>\n

H\u00f8j, lav, stor, kraftig, lille, tyk, tynd<\/strong> (tall, short, big, strongly built, small, thick\/stout, thin) \u2013 these basic words for body shapes work approximately as in English: Min bedstefar er en lille, tyk mand.<\/strong> (My grandfather is a little stout man.) Hun er h\u00f8j og slank.<\/strong> (She\u2019s tall and slim \u2013 well, there you got another neat adjective! \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n

NB! Weight is also a sensitive issue in Denmark, so use common sense. The word buttet<\/strong> (chubby) might come handy.<\/p>\n

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Although many outsiders think of Danes as blue-eyed and blonde Vikings (as in the TV series), people in Denmakr of course have all kindes of eye and hair colours, as well as skin tones.<\/p>\n

Hun har bl\u00e5\/gr\u00f8nne\/brune \u00f8jne.<\/strong> (She\u2019s got blue\/green\/brown eyes.)<\/p>\n

Hans h\u00e5r er langt og kr\u00f8llet.<\/strong> (His hair is long and curly.)<\/p>\n

Hun har kort, glat h\u00e5r.<\/strong> (She\u2019s got short, straight hair.)<\/p>\n

Begge har lyst\/m\u00f8rkt\/brunt\/r\u00f8dt\/sort\/gr\u00e5t h\u00e5r. <\/strong>(Both have got light\/dark\/brown\/ginger\/black\/grey hair.)<\/p>\n

Han er skaldet med oversk\u00e6g og sk\u00e6g.<\/strong> (He\u2019s bald with a moustache and a beard.)<\/p>\n

Many Danes with a kind of neutral brown\/dark blonde hair colour joke that they\u2019ve got kommunefarvet <\/strong>(\u201dmunicipality-coloured\u201d) or leverpostejfarvet<\/strong> (\u201dliver-p\u00e2t\u00e9-coloured\u201d) h\u00e5r<\/strong>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Of course there are many more ways to describe people\u2019s look, including alder<\/strong> (age), t\u00f8j<\/strong> (clothing) and accessories (such as rings or tattoos). Here are just a few suggestions:<\/p>\n

En gammel dame med fletninger og \u00f8reringe<\/strong> (an old lady with braids and earrings)<\/p>\n

En ung, fregnet fyr med hat og briller<\/strong> (a young, speckled guy with hat and glasses)<\/p>\n

En familie med mange tatoveringer<\/strong> (a family with a lot of tattoos)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Hvordan ser han\/hun ud? (How does he\/she look like?) You might not carry around photos of everyone you know in din mobil (your mobile phone), so now and then you\u2019ll need ord (words) to describe somebody\u2019s udseende (appearance, literally \u201dout-looking\u201d). H\u00f8j, lav, stor, kraftig, lille, tyk, tynd (tall, short, big, strongly built, small, thick\/stout, thin)…<\/p>\n

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