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This sentence does not make any sense! If I've learned anything from the danish course so far, it's that anything is possible "i Danmark". ;)
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That's how you would tell someone that something is completely impossible! That would never happen, ikke engang i Danmark!
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Engang actually means "once" (en-gang - one time), but "ikke engang" is a fixed expression, meaning "not even". "Ikke engang et mirakel kunne redde ham nu" - "Not even a miracle could save him now."
Endda means "even" in the sense of "more than initially expected". "Jeg forstod endda folket, der var langt væk" - "I even understood the people that were far away."
Endnu means "still", or "another" (in the expression "endnu en/et"), or "not yet" (in the expression "endnu ikke"). "Vil du endnu bade?" - Do you still want to bathe?"; "Jeg vil gerne have endnu et stykke" - "I would like another piece"; "Han er endnu ikke færdig" - "He is not ready yet."
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I just got this sentence after the one that says "where are you at?" I thought that was the best thing ever!
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Just curious, I thought that in Danish the names of places weren't capitalized. Or is this only the languages?
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Places are capitalized. Language names and nationalities are not. Han er tysk. Han kommer fra Tyskland.
I also wrote "once". The meaning of the phrase would be different and from just a few words it is impossible to know the context of "engang" to select which one is appropriate.
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"Once" should be accepted: Saying "not once in Denmark" is not less odd than "Not even in Denmark" ;-)
My answer was " Not once in Denmark" but it was not accepted !!! May be next year ☺
