"Vi spiser aftensmad langs kanten af vandet."

Translation: We eat dinner along the edge of the water.

[mgeisler]

Does water really have an "edge"? Would it not be better to use a word like "shore" or "bank"?

[orfeocookie]

There's even a restaurant in my home town CALLED "Water's Edge", so yes.

[-HKBK-]

With bank you would be referring to 'the bank of the river' not of 'the water'

[mgeisler]

Thanks all for the comments!

[ycUvuSap]

Surely "...by the edge..." is better English than "...along the edge...", unless, I guess, you are moving along the edge while dining.

[dreamloomer]

What's wrong with "We eat dinner along the water's edge"?

[Max.Em]

Waterkant? Lower German for coast, literally water edge... I wonder if there's a similar expression in Denmark.

[Jane531211]

Brings up images of the dinner dotted along the water's edge - along implying movement. By the water's edge, that's stationary. Chase that moving mad.

[Irma177007]

why not 'water's edge

[Angus895979]

Edge = side

[fred371888]

'We eat dinner at the edge of the water' means the same thing!

[milbern]

The edge of the water does not sound correct. The water’s edge does sound correct. But that’s probably only to a native English speaker or someone whose English is better than the person who sets these questions and answers. Clearly nobody ever takes any notice of these discussions.