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In texts from Danish hospitals, I sometimes see the verb hænge used in contexts like the following: "The CT scan will be [????] at a meeting with the radiologist(s), with the aim of determining the final plan [before the patient's upcoming surgery]. The patient's case was discussed with...

Jeg ser i stigende omfang at anglicismen, "jeg tænker" i betydningen "jeg mener" eller "jeg synes" anvendes. Er vi nået til det punkt, hvor det anses for korrekt, standard dansk. Eller bør man stadig fraråde fra brugen af vendingen?

In Danish, the term anamnese is a ubiquitous commonplace in medical records. (Just as it is in many/most other continental European languages, though the precise form of the word varies (anamnesis, anamnes, anamneesi, etc.).) Though I have some understanding of what the term means, blind spots...

From a Danish patient chart: SAT = oxygen saturation BT = blodtryk "acc" = ? Earlier, in a private thread about a different medical text, Segorian helpfully suggested that "acc" might be short for "accrescat" (Latin for "may it increase"). In that case, the intended meaning of the above...

Excerpt from a patient chart from Sweden: "[The patient] was feeling well during the [hospital] rounds. He expressed a wish to go home. He has appeared not entirely [???] during this treatment period. I telephoned his wife and conversed with her, updating her on the situation." "adekvat" in...

Excerpt from a patient's chart: "Current cognitive status: The patient appeared [???????] throughout the entirety of the shift." "relevant" in this sort of context = ? Thanks, Gavril

Veningen "at have fri" forekommer mig at være ulogisk. "Fri" burde efter min opfattelse være adverbialet i sætningen og derfor efter samme logik som. "bilen kører hurtigt", hedde, "jeg har frit i morgen". Hvis jeg f.eks. havde en tjenesteplan hvor bestemte dage var markeret med forskellige...

A hearty hello! (No pun intended with "hearty" and "heart", despite the subject matter of the quote below. :)) Apart from "HK", all the abbreviations in this quote seem to be internationalisms that don't need translation (VES = ventricular extrasystole, etc.). But "HK" has so far eluded all...

In private communication, I asked about the Danish abbreviation "PP" as seen in the following medical context: To which Segorian helpfully replied: Possibly this reading of "PP" is generalizable to the other Scandinavian languages as well?

From a medical report: As far as I can tell, "neat" simply does not work as a translation of "pæne" in these contexts. What is the doctor getting at with "pæn(e)" here? Thanks for your assistance, Gavril Side note: In the continental European languages, I've noticed a tendency for...

More goodies from a clinical report I'm reviewing: "Summary of course of treatment The patient [????] ileal conduit, cardiac amyloidosis and ischemic heart disease. Was hospitalized on 30/12/2025 with shortness of breath [...]" The only definition of kendt med that I've found so far is...

Excerpts from a clinical report: [AT = almentilstand; ET = ernæringstilstand; VKO = vågen, klar og orienteret] [obj = probably "objektivt"; rhagader = rhagades, a type of cracking of the skin] "affected"/"unaffected" do not work as translations of påvirket/upåvirket in these contexts, as far...

I've been told that 'hvilken' may be used both as a determiner (Hvilken bog tog du?) and in formal speech as pronoun (Hvilken af bøgerne tog du?). Is one more current in normal, everyday speech?

Some more excerpts from a doctor's notes: "[The patient became] very dizzy and light-headed, and fainted shortly thereafter. He fell hard against the floor and was unable to [????]. [...] [The patient] has experienced syncope twice in the past 1.5 days, both times in connection with a change...

Excerpt from a Danish doctor's notes (which, as usual, are brimming with straightforward clarity and intelligibility :)): [HIK = hjerteinsufficiensklinik] [NYHA = a cardiac classification scale] “[The patient] states that he is otherwise feeling relatively well. He has been struggling with...

Excerpt from an ophthalmology assessment: "The patient was referred again in Feb. 2025 to be assessed for a possible new BRVO (branch retinal vein occlusion) in the left eye. [??] without treatment due to a limited number of cysts and spontaneous improvement. The patient has now come in for a...

I'm wondering of the meaning of the word 'snydetest'. Specifically in sentences similar to the one below: "Hun havde foretaget en snydetest, der viste, at maskinen kunne..." What is the meaning and if anyone could think of a translation into English. I'd appreciate any comments.

A short medical report, written in a mixture of Danish and Faroese, concludes with: 1. "RD" = ? My guess is that "D" might stand for "diagnosis", but nothing comes to mind in regards to the "R". 2. a. Is it fair to conclude that "annarsei. a." should actually be written "annars ei. a."? b...

Hi! I'm reading (and translating!) Jensen's Ved Frokosten and I'm wondering about the meaning of certain words and phrases, particularly in the context of the poem, and I'd really appreciate your thoughts, especially if you are familiar with the poem. You can find the whole text here, and...

Normalt ville jeg gå ud fra, at et "d" i ord som "våd", "måde", "med" bliver udtalt med ein let berøring af fortænderne (de øverste!) med tungespidsen. Hos mange mennesker fra Storkøbenhavnsområdet lyder det imidlertid for mig som om de berører de nederste tænder og næsten lukker af mod ganen...

From a patient's notes: Thus far, "sinusrytme" is the likeliest reading I've found for "SR" in this context. But what about "SI LC"? Also, should "vendt" be understood to mean "reversed" here? Thanks, Gavril

Here are lines from the movie Fødre og Mødre. At a school cottage trip two parents, a mother and a father who is new there, go and smoke a joint. The following is what they say: Mother who is a psychologist is asking: Er du et godt menneske? Father: Wow. Er det der, vi er? Mother: Det ved...

Quotes from a Danish doctor's report: I'm aware of the abbreviation "pn" meaning "pro necessitate" (= "as needed"). But that would make no clear sense here, since these sentences don't specify what the patient has received. Is there some implicit object of "har fået" that the writer of this...

From a Danish medical report: "[...] Here, the patient's case was discussed with the undersigned as backup on-call doctor, and the patient was referred to the emergency department [?]" SAH could very well mean "subarachnoid hemorrhage", and I'm familiar with "obs." meaning "Please...

Hello! I wonder if the word "glemme" could mean "keep" in the following sentence (taken from a letter from Marie Krøyer to Robert Hirschsprung, in which she breaks off their engagement, full text can be found here: 1888-06-14 | Den Hirschsprungske Samlings Arkiv ): Glem min lille Ring til Minde...

Hello. I assume you perceive a difference in pronunciation between ven (friend) and vand (water). Could you explain this difference? Vowel length?

"Thank you for contacting the Danish Environmental Protection Agency [???] 09 May 2023 regarding [...]" "pr. d." = ? Thanks for your time, Gavril

Hello everyone, How is Høyer pronounced in Danish? Høy-er or Hø-yer? More poignantly is "y" like the French u /German ü or like the English "y" in "year"? Does it combine with the preceding or following vowels, both or neither? I'm a bit confused. Thanks for your insight!

From a doctor's report (emphasis is mine): I'd guess that "pt." stands for "patient" and "tbl." for "tablet", and apparently "K5" is a ward in this hospital. But "rp." = ???? Takk, Gavril

Hello, everyone, In the following Portuguese context, this is one Danish sentence "Jeg holder af Dem". What is its meaning? Thank you very much! PRESIDENTE - Atenção; as galerias não se podem manifestar. ORADOR -... tenho que procurar no Almanck, para segurança de minha ação, qual é o mais...

Hello, I would like to know the meaning of the phrase in this context. It is in the film Klienten. Te psychologist's client, a mass murderer, wants to die and have it as he never existed. He has kidnapped the psychologist and is standing with her on a cliff high above the water. He is intending...

Kan nogen sige mig, om ordet "en tuborg" - betegnelse for en bestemmt parantes i mathematik - i almindelighed stadig bruges? Det korrekte tekniske ord er i øvrigt "en akkolade".

Well, I don't feel like discussing "oppfølging" any more, but here's an interesting one, also related to healthcare. I didn't know until very recently that "pårørende" not only referred to family members of a patient but could also be e.g. a good friend. Same thing in Danish, it seems, but the...

From a company's articles of association: (This is in the section that talks about shareholders' right to pre-empt the sale of shares outside the company. "Den overdragende anpartshaver" refers to the shareholder who originally intended to sell the share(s).) I am not very familiar with the...

I saw that a Dane had posted something about 'kommune' many years ago under the heading 'commune', with a couple of replies, so I replied without realising that it was in 'English only' rather than 'Nordic languages'. I'm no doubt not allowed to move the whole thread here, so I'll just repeat...

What does "arbeidskaffe" (arbejdskaffe, arbetskaffe) mean to you? Or have you never heard/used the term? To me it doesn't necessarily just mean "coffee drunk at work" but it also has the connotation of "maybe not very good quality coffee, but at least it wakes me up, so I can do my work...

I've got so used to the common Norwegian expression 'arbeide/jobbe med' that my Norwenglish brain can't always decide whether you actually can translate this as 'work with' in some cases (I think Danish 'arbejde med' and Swedish 'arbeta/jobba med' are used in the same way). Sometimes it's...

Sounds good, doesn’t it? No more difficulties! But unfortunately it’s not so simple - now you have to rise to the occasion, because all your “vanskeligheter” have become “utfordringer”! The n-graphs for both Norwegian and English show a very clear picture. “Challenges” has replaced...

In Andre Bjerke's De dødes tjern, on a couple of occasions, heterosexual men refer to each other as "kjære deg". For example: "Du har sikkert hørt tale om noe som heter magi. Eller har du ikke det?" "Kjære deg, jeg har jo middelskoleexamen." Was this a normal thing for men to say to each...

I wonder if you (Scandinavians or non-Scandinavians) have ever been in a situation where you didn't understand one word (that's what the title means, roughly) when you heard other people speaking (a dialect of) your own language. Norwegian is supposed to be difficult because of all the dialects...

Is the word mord used at all in Danish and Norwegian (b/n), since I rarely heard mord but just drab. Is the word drab or its descendent used in Swedish since so far as I know only mord is used there.

Hi, guys In the fourth episode of the TV series "Forhoeret", there is this excerpt: "Hvor er Rylander? Han lagde altid en god presball. Hvor er han henne?" What does "presball" mean in this passage? From the context, it is a person who is good at exerting pressure. Am I right?

Hi, guys Does "klatmaleri" means daub, a badly painted picture?

If I write the surname Hansen in Danish, would /a/ be pronounced the same if I write the surname Hansen as Hænsen. If not what is the difference in quality between /a/ and /æ/ in Standard Danish.

I have seen both. Is there any difference?

Jeg hadde lest et sted at 'mange dansker' uttaler 'læge' og 'lærer' likt, og så fant jeg følgende på sproget.dk - vel å merke fra 1985! "Hos de fleste danskere under 35 er ordene lærer, lærere og læger faldet helt sammen i udtalen. Det har ikke spor med sjusk at gøre, for det er en generel...

Do these sentences sound ok to you? Or the equivalent sentences in Danish and Swedish? (From Utdanningsnytt): Men i 1997 brøt borgerkrigen ut og bidro til store ødeleggelser i landet (From Årsrapport, Røde Kors): Syklonene Idai og Kenneth bidro til store ødeleggelser langs kysten i Mosambik...

Ifølge Den Danske Ordbog skal det være stød i entall prins. prins — Den Danske Ordbog Faller stødet bort i flertall prinser, eller blir det stående?

Have you noticed that the usual words for 'boy' and 'girl' are completely different in Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic (I think) and German? Whereas the words for 'man' and 'woman' show much more similarity between the languages, as do the words for various everyday things such as 'house'...