{"id":913,"date":"2013-03-31T20:23:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T20:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=913"},"modified":"2013-03-31T20:23:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T20:23:24","slug":"words-from-the-easter-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2013\/03\/31\/words-from-the-easter-egg\/","title":{"rendered":"Words From The Easter Egg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2013\/03\/eggs_in_grass.png.png\" aria-label=\"Eggs In Grass.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-914\"  alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"193\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2013\/03\/eggs_in_grass.png.png\"><\/a>It\u2019s <strong>p\u00e5ske<\/strong> (Easter)! Last year I told you about the various <strong>dag\/e<\/strong> (day\/s) of <a title=\"Danish Easter\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2012\/04\/07\/danish-easter\/\">Easter in Denmark<\/a>. Let\u2019s look at some words associated with this important <strong>h\u00f8jtid<\/strong> (festival, literally \u201dhigh-time\u201d):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>kirke<\/strong> (\u201dKEERkeh\u201d, church). As a rule, Denmark is not a very religious country. However, even the typical Danish <strong>tvivler<\/strong> (doubter) might fall in love with whitewashed churches and <strong>lilla<\/strong> (lilac) candles in Easter\u2026 (In ordinary houses, the Easter colour of choice is <strong>gul<\/strong>, yellow.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>p\u00e5skeferie<\/strong> (\u201dPAWskeh-ferh-eeyeh\u201d, Easter Holiday). It\u2019s nice getting a few days off. If you\u2019re a schoolkid, you get an entire <strong>uge<\/strong> (week) to enjoy the early <strong>for\u00e5r<\/strong> (Spring)!<\/li>\n<li><strong>p\u00e5ske\u00e6g<\/strong> (\u201dPAWskeh-ehg\u201d, Easter eggs). <strong>P\u00e5skeharen<\/strong> (The Easter Hare) has laid <strong>chokolade\u00e6g<\/strong> (chokolate eggs) in <strong>haven<\/strong> (the garden) and in <strong>skoven<\/strong> (the forest). Can you find them?<\/li>\n<li><strong>kylling<\/strong> (\u201dK<em>EEH<\/em>ling\u201d, chicken). Yes, the eggs are brought by a hare, but upon hatching little yellow <strong>kyllinger<\/strong> appear. At least they do in countless <strong>p\u00e5skedekorationer<\/strong> (Easter decorations).<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Who Made Holes In My Letter?\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2012\/04\/10\/who-made-holes-in-my-letter\/\">g\u00e6kkebrev<\/a><\/strong> (\u201dGEHKeh-breoo\u201d, teasing letter). This tradition only exists in Denmark. In the days prior to <strong>p\u00e5sken<\/strong> you may send an anonymous letter to someone you know. The <strong>g\u00e6kkebrev<\/strong> is usually cut from a piece of paper in a way that makes it look like a piece of lace. You write a little verse and add your name like this: \u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022. If your friend fails to guess it\u2019s you, (s)he owes you a <strong>p\u00e5ske\u00e6g<\/strong>! Make sure to make your letter as mysterious as possible, so you\u2019re not the one that has to give an egg\u2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>p\u00e5skefrokost<\/strong> (\u201dPAWskeh-frohkost\u201d, Easter lunch). What would Denmark be without its delicious <strong>mad<\/strong> (food)? Put half an egg on your <strong>sildemad<\/strong> (piece of bread with herring), some <strong>snaps<\/strong> in the little glass, and <strong>p\u00e5skebryg<\/strong> (Easter brew = beer) in the big glass\u2026 <strong>God p\u00e5ske!<\/strong> (Happy Easter!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"250\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2013\/03\/eggs_in_grass.png.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>It\u2019s p\u00e5ske (Easter)! Last year I told you about the various dag\/e (day\/s) of Easter in Denmark. Let\u2019s look at some words associated with this important h\u00f8jtid (festival, literally \u201dhigh-time\u201d): kirke (\u201dKEERkeh\u201d, church). As a rule, Denmark is not a very religious country. However, even the typical Danish tvivler (doubter) might fall in love with&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2013\/03\/31\/words-from-the-easter-egg\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[913,13],"tags":[4673,3167,8082,269724,8135,269723],"class_list":["post-913","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traditions","category-vocabulary","tag-church","tag-easter","tag-egg","tag-gaekkebrev","tag-paske","tag-snaps"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":917,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions\/917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}