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variety store

Danish translation: varehus

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English term or phrase:variety store
Danish translation:varehus
Entered by: Mette Kragholm (X)

14:32 Jan 15, 2007
English to Danish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: variety store
Spørgsmålet er, hvor man normalt køber sine toiletsager m.m. Svarmuligheden er "discount department/variety store". Hvad er det (især det sidste...).
Mette Kragholm (X)
Local time: 14:35
varehus
Explanation:
Et bud.
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Rikke Lyksbo
Local time: 14:35
Grading comment
I sammenhængen er dette nok det, der passer bedst.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1varehus
Rikke Lyksbo
3lavprisvarehus
Bente Sorensen
4 -2blandet landhandel
Suzanne Blangsted (X)


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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
varehus


Explanation:
Et bud.

Rikke Lyksbo
Local time: 14:35
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
I sammenhængen er dette nok det, der passer bedst.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bente Sorensen: Helt enig
10 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
lavprisvarehus


Explanation:
I would definitely use just the one word as that covers both, i.e. Lavprisvarehus/varehus
Ref.: EUR-Lex - - EN
(in Google, type in "lavprisvarehus"

Bente Sorensen
Local time: 20:35
Native speaker of: Danish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
blandet landhandel


Explanation:
Munksgaards engelsk-dansk ordbog

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2007-01-16 16:21:31 GMT)
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http://www.blandet-landhandel.dk/
http://www.sitecenter.dk/alt_er_gratis/enblandetlandhandel/
http://www.123hjemmeside.dk/Boegely/2465567

Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 05:35
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Bente Sorensen: I don't think anybody would use that term - it has negative connotations today
9 hrs
  -> det bruges stadigvæk
disagree  Rikke Lyksbo: og eksisterer vel næppe som sådan (som et sted, hvor man går på indkøb). Udtrykket kan ikke bruges i denne sammenhæng.
15 hrs
  -> google termen
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