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by kasperni 2315 days ago
'Enkel' translates to 'simple' in Danish (and some other Nordic languages as well).
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looperhacks 2315 days ago
It also translates to grandson in German.
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jam3sn 2314 days ago
It sure does! I find naming stuff hard and can't remember exactly how I decided on Enkel, but it meaning 'Simple' in Norwegian was a big part.
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dmytrish 2315 days ago
It also translates to "only/sole/single" from Dutch.
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hestefisk 2315 days ago
In Danish it can mean ‘only/sole/single’ as well. Very strange. Danish has about 1/3 the amount of words that English has.
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vages 2314 days ago
Depends on how you count: https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-how-many-english-wo...

Also, there are several everyday situations in which the English language has fewer nuances than the Scandinavian. "Flere/mer" (discrete vs. continuous amounts, "Flere trær" vs. "mer melk") comes to mind. In English, that's just one word: "More trees" and "More milk".

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