DANSK
Idioms have a way of transforming in spoken language. Some are just hard for everyone. Here are four examples of major Danish newspapers getting idioms hilariously wrong. Your task is to guess the correct idiom in each case:
..”samme erkendelse virker efterhånden til at have slået rod på de brunede gulve i Bruxelles.”
“Jeg ville ikke bære den af, hvis jeg møder én jeg har haft et skænderi med…”
“Inden for restaurationsbranchen skal de rådne kar sorteres fra."
1. Bonede gulve
2. Bære nag
3. Brodne kar
Spotify Wrapped has arrived! When discussing the Danish music industry, we simply can’t ignore Gilli, who for the sixth year in a row takes the top spot as the most-streamed artist. Which Spanish island shares its name with Gilli’s all-time most-streamed track?
Ibiza
At Klimaambassaden, we believe that children should get outside and have meaningful, hands-on experiences to feel connected to and take care of nature. On average, how many minutes per day do Danish children aged 3 to 6 spend on screens?
100 minutes
The coolest kid in the schoolyard or on TikTok is undeniably the one who knows their denim. Jeans are timeless... but their shape is not. Which controversial style of pants, which has had an on-and-off chokehold on teenagers around the world since the 1960s, is making a comeback despite strong online resistance?
Skinny Jeans
Generation Alpha spends a bit too much time on the internet. What happens in the wildly viral YouTube series that has introduced the phrase "Skibidi Toilet" into the vocabulary of young people?
Singing toilets and "Camera Men" battle in a surreal, absurdly hilarious world.
Approximately 60,000 songs are released on Spotify every single day. It may seem like the music industry and listeners only want new music.
But one thing is certain, we always come back to the classics.
Which iconic Kate Bush song made a huge comeback and topped the charts when it was used in a scene from Stranger Things where Max played the song as an anchor to escape Vecna's control?
Running up that hill
Some might believe there are only two genders. Others might say there are 72. Where is the safest place to position yourself if the topic comes up at the family dinner?
Its a spectrum!
Which catchy phrase is used to describe the hyper-popular mullet hairstyle, which dates back to ancient Greece but had its biggest resurgence among 1980s rock stars?
Business in the front, party in the back
You need to be razor-sharp to keep up with what's cool to say among young people. The language is full of micro-trends, and, for example, it's pretty cringe to talk about your brat summer, and no one has said "slay" since 2023. A brand-new trend shares its name with the U.S. state of Ohio. Is it good or bad to be "Ohio"?
Not good. A little like "delulu"
December is here, and we simply must listen to Christmas music. What specific criticism has the controversial charity song "Do They Know It’s Christmas" faced, particularly in recent years?
White saviorism
In many ways, we have returned to old methods of preparing and preserving food, where pickling and fermenting are truly popular.
Where is sauerkraut believed to have originated?
China, The 14th century
Hiking boots, carabiners, Patagonia, etc., etc. Everyone loves it, even if we’re just walking around in the rain in Copenhagen, but what does "gorp" in "gorp-core" stand for?
good old raisins and peanuts; a mixture of dried fruit and nuts eaten as a snack food by walkers and campers; trail mix.