"En avis"

Translation: A newspaper

[Amerikansken]

I have never heard this form before. In my experience it's typically bladet or nyhederne when my danish friend refers to a newspaper. It could just be colloquialism though.

[anonym7119]

"Avis" is "newspaper". "Bladet" is either "the leaf" or "the magazine" (think leaflet). "Nyhederne" are "the news".

[ceejen]

"Bladet" can also mean "the newspaper", but it is very rarely used today, so I would recommend to just stick with "avisen"

[Arabella210259]

I screenshoted this, thank you :)

[Xahnas]

Could a loanword from French, from avis, meaning opinion, or view? Or is this just me confusingly overthinking language?

[jamesjiao]

It is. It's not a coincidence.

[Robbadob]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avis#Danish
Yep, it's a borrowing.

[SantiAnnd]

Avisen drikker vandet og elefanterne spiser jer :)

[ConnorScul5]

on the floor right now :D

[akterrey]

jeg laeser en avis

[ConnorScul5]

isn't Avis easier to type than Newspaper

[TiaraPutri2]

I just heard the first voice "i" N not sound.. en.

[jeremyhans3]

To me it sounds like avix. Anyone want to expand on that?

[jamesjiao]

avix in which language? Can you use IPA to denote it?

[Robbadob]

I'm assuming he's hearing is something like /aviʔs/.

[Indrutel]

It is because of one speciality of Danish "stød" ("push"). You pronounce "avis" like "aviis".

[SavvyAdam]

Avis makes me think of the rental car company of the same name

[JensTheViking]

Sometimes these voice tasks are annoying. I know exactly how to pronounce avis (äviis) and still wrong