Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
i bunden af landets fjorde
English translation:
nestled into the country's fjords
Added to glossary by
Jeanette Waldvogel
Oct 10, 2006 14:12
17 yrs ago
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Danish term
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: German to Spanish, English to Spanish, Danish to Spanish, and 2 more.
i bunden af
Danish to English
Social Sciences
Geography
Hovedparten af de større danske byer er placeret langs den danske kyst eller i bunden af landets fjorde.
Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | nestled into the country's fjords |
Jeanette Waldvogel
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| 4 +2 | along the Danish coastline or the country's fjords |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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| 5 +1 | along the banks of |
Eliza-Anna
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Proposed translations
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Jeanette Waldvogel
United States
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Native in: Danish 
Works in: English to Danish, Danish to English, Swedish to English, and 1 more.
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nestled into the country's fjords
Doesn't this make it sound more deeply embedded into the fjords than along them?
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Comment: "Thank you all for your great help!"
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along the Danish coastline or the country's fjords
f. eks.
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Eliza-Anna
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danske kyst is coastline. "or the country's fjords" does not include the word coastline.
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Dziadzio
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thank you
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Eliza-Anna
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
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Native in: English
Works in: Danish to English, English
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along the banks of
You could translate "i bunden af" in many ways here. You could also say "by the banks of the fjords".
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-10-10 19:57:36 GMT)
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I was tryint to amend my comment to Blangsted's answer - I don't know why but the system would not let me. I must have been half asleep or something when I made it, but anyway of course I think she is right now!
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-10-10 20:00:21 GMT)
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It does say along the Danish coastline!
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-10-10 19:57:36 GMT)
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I was tryint to amend my comment to Blangsted's answer - I don't know why but the system would not let me. I must have been half asleep or something when I made it, but anyway of course I think she is right now!
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-10-10 20:00:21 GMT)
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It does say along the Danish coastline!
Peer comment(s):
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Mark Gallacher
: could even say, as in a river, "the mouth of a fjord"
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