{"id":17423,"date":"2019-01-24T15:51:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T14:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/blog\/?p=17423"},"modified":"2019-01-24T15:51:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T14:51:38","slug":"danish-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=17423","title":{"rendered":"Danish rooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/41928867385\/in\/album-72157692280325300\/\" title=\"My lodgings in Aarhus\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1745\/41928867385_b3ef27e0db_n.jpg\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 20px 30px;\" alt=\"My lodgings in Aarhus\" width=\"181\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Recently I learnt that there are two different words for room in Danish: <strong>rum<\/strong> [\u0281\u0254m\u02c0], which is a general room, and <strong>v\u00e6relse<\/strong> [\u02c8\u028b\u00e6\u0281\u0251ls\u0259], which is a room for spending time in, at least according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memrise.com\/course\/1125937\/danish-3\/11\/\">Memrise<\/a>. Is this correct?<\/p>\n<p><strong>V\u00e6relse<\/strong> comes from <em>v\u00e6re<\/em> (to be) and <em>-else<\/em> (a suffix that turns verbs into nouns) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/v%C3%A6relse\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Subspecies of <strong>v\u00e6relse<\/strong> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>sovev\u00e6relse<\/strong> = bedroom<\/li>\n<li><strong>badev\u00e6relse<\/strong> = bathroom<\/li>\n<li><strong>arbejdsv\u00e6relse<\/strong> = study<\/li>\n<li><strong>b\u00f8rnev\u00e6relse<\/strong> = nursery<\/li>\n<li><strong>hotelv\u00e6relse<\/strong> = hotel room<\/li>\n<li><strong>klassev\u00e6relse<\/strong> = classroom<\/li>\n<li><strong>loftsv\u00e6relse<\/strong> = loft<\/li>\n<li><strong>g\u00e6stev\u00e6relse<\/strong> = guest room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/ordnet.dk\/ddo\/ordbog?query=v%C3%A6relse\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>A related word is <strong>tilv\u00e6relse<\/strong> (life, existence).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rum<\/strong> means room, comparment or space, and comes from the Old Norse <em>r\u00famr<\/em>, from the Proto-Germanic <em>*r\u016bmaz<\/em> (roomy, spacious, open), the same root as the English word room [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/rum#Danish\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Subspecies of <strong>rum<\/strong> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>omkl\u00e6dningsrum<\/strong> = changing room, locker room<\/li>\n<li><strong>m\u00f8derum<\/strong> = meeting room<\/li>\n<li><strong>siderum<\/strong> = (small) chamber, side room<\/li>\n<li><strong>t\u00f8rrerum<\/strong> = drying room<\/li>\n<li><strong>haverum<\/strong> = garden room<\/li>\n<li><strong>g\u00e5rdrum<\/strong> = courtyard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/ordnet.dk\/ddo\/ordbog?query=rum\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Other Danish words for rooms include <strong>lokale<\/strong> (room), <strong>stue<\/strong> (living room), <strong>sal<\/strong> (hall) and <strong>k\u00f8kken<\/strong> (kitchen).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I learnt that there are two different words for room in Danish: rum [\u0281\u0254m\u02c0], which is a general room, and v\u00e6relse [\u02c8\u028b\u00e6\u0281\u0251ls\u0259], which is a room for spending time in, at least according to Memrise. Is this correct? V\u00e6relse comes from v\u00e6re (to be) and -else (a suffix that turns verbs into nouns) [source]. 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