C2 · Mastery
Older Danish in Context
Recognize dated words in older fiction, letters and period settings, and paraphrase their meaning in contemporary Danish.
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- Words & phrases
- 39
- Lessons
- 3
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
A preview of what you’ll master
Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- dapper, spruced up, spiffy
- Miss, unmarried young lady
- to court, to woo
- a suitor
- to propose marriage to
- a gallant gentleman escort
- brave, stout, fine
- a qualified craft worker, a journeyman
- a consort; a husband (formal or humorous)
- a lumber room, a junk room
- a bureau, a writing desk
- to court, to woo
- soberly sensible, down-to-earth
- a big lout, a rascal
- a good-for-nothing, an idler
- a scoundrel, a rascal
- a rogue, a mischief-maker
- a tattletale, a gossip
- to treat, to serve (guests)
- an errand boy
- a bootlicker, a sycophant
- chaste, respectable, demure
- a feast, a banquet
- a young lad, a youth
- a betrothed woman, a fiancée
- a valise, a traveling bag
- a galosh, an overshoe
- a potentate, a big shot (often ironic)
- flabbergasted
- a spinster
- an icebox
- swanky
- victuals
- to gallivant
- meddlesome
- to gladden
- unaided
- hunky-dory
- a lad, a fellow (literary or humorous)
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Older Danish in Context
- Lesson 2
Spelling Details and Punctuation
- Lesson 3
Reading Old Love Letters
Where this unit fits
Courses with this unit.
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