Meaning of fordanskning | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A translation into Danish.
   archaic, common-gender
2. A loanword in Danish that has been modified in spelling or pronunciation to better fit Danish phonemics.
   common-gender
3. The act of producing any of these.
   common-gender

Examples

“Af Sagaens tredie Fortælling, Velents Saga, har man en skjön Fordanskning af Professor Oehlenschläger, ...”

Of the third tale of the saga, Velent's saga, there is a wonderful translation into Danish by professor Oehlenschläger, ...

“Eksempler på nye fordanskninger er kamuflage, kommuniké, krebinet, majonæse, resurse, trubadur, odør.”

Examples of new Danishifications [for lack of better term, ed.] are kamuflage, kommuniké, krebinet, majonæse, resurse, trubadur, odør.

“Af ændringer i enkeltord er der som i 1955-ordbogen eksempler på såvel fordanskninger som det modsatte.”

Of changes in individual words, there are, as in the dictionary from 1955, examples of Danishifications as well as the opposite.

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