Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
klunsning
English translation:
buy on credit - see answers
Added to glossary by
Charlotte Langbeen
Aug 21, 2002 11:19
21 yrs ago
Danish term
United Kingdom
MA, BA, 20 years' freelance experience
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
klunsning
Danish to English
Tech/Engineering
construction work
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | buy on credit |
Charlotte Langbeen
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| 2 | drawing straws |
Mads Grøftehauge
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Proposed translations
+2
9 hrs
Charlotte Langbeen
United States
United States
Native in Danish
United States
Medical/Pharma, BA, 25 Years' Exp.
Native in: Danish 
Works in: English to Danish, Danish
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buy on credit
It could be either of these three:
1) buy on credit (købe noget på klods, klunsning)
2) scavenge (go through garbage)
3) play Spoof (game)
1) buy on credit (købe noget på klods, klunsning)
2) scavenge (go through garbage)
3) play Spoof (game)
Peer comment(s):
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Trine A
: Yes, that about sums it up.
12 hrs
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Tak.
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Matt Nichols
: Got to be one of them!
60 days
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Mads Grøftehauge
Native in Danish
Get creative!
Native in: Danish 
Works in: English to Danish, Danish to English, Danish, and 1 more.
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drawing straws
'Kluns' the game may be the one called Spoof, as the dictionary suggests, but I for one have never played it.
Quote The American Heritage Dictionary: "Sometime in the 19th century Arthur Roberts (1852-1933) invented a game called Spoof, which involved trickery and nonsense."
In today's Denmark 'at klunse' to some people means to hide matches in your hand and have your opponent guess how many you are holding.
To others it means to draw straws (usually done with matches too).
In either case the game can be used to determine who has to do a particularly unpleasant task, of which there are many on a construction site.
But I'm guessing... the 'pilfering' option seems likely too.
Quote The American Heritage Dictionary: "Sometime in the 19th century Arthur Roberts (1852-1933) invented a game called Spoof, which involved trickery and nonsense."
In today's Denmark 'at klunse' to some people means to hide matches in your hand and have your opponent guess how many you are holding.
To others it means to draw straws (usually done with matches too).
In either case the game can be used to determine who has to do a particularly unpleasant task, of which there are many on a construction site.
But I'm guessing... the 'pilfering' option seems likely too.
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