Topic: Danish

"Vi spiser aftensmad langs kanten af vandet."

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

October 12, 2014

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mgeisler

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

    October 12, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/orfeocookie

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

      August 29, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/-HKBK-

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

        September 13, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mgeisler

          Thanks all for the comments!

          September 16, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ycUvuSap
          • 748

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

          July 1, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/dreamloomer
          • 477

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

          February 27, 2019
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Max.Em
          • 523

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

          April 16, 2019
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