"Kulturerne er meget anderledes."

Translation: The cultures are very different.

[Photoadventure]

We just learned that 'anderledes' means 'strange' in a previous sentence in which I got wrong for using the word 'different'.
Now why is it that when I use the word 'strange' as a translation for 'anderledes' I am also marked as wrong? Could someone please explain why this is not clear?

[M.Ugatu]

That must have been a misstake, "anderledes" is 'different', 'strange' is "mærkværdig, underlig, sær, besynderlig, mærkelig".

[DerekZinge]

How is the first "a" in "anderledes" pronounced. When I click the speaker icon I get one pronunciation, but when I roll over the word I get another!

[RyagonIV]

It's pronounced quite like the 'u' in the English "under". You can listen to it here. The way it's pronounced in the sentence sounds good, but I cannot listen to the word itself, sadly.

[DerekZinge]

Excellent! Thank you!

[Pat211087]

Having followed the Duolingo course, I have only come across 'underlig' as the meaning of 'strange'. 'Anderledes' has always been translated as 'different' in my experience.

[sriajuda]

why not "much different"?

[Pat211087]

Normally "much" is only used in a negative sense or to ask a question.
Example. I don't have much money. How much do you want?
It does not work in the given translation and sounds un-English.

[Raisinnoir]

I disagree. "Much different" and "Very different" in English convey the identical idea.

[camila_H]

Why anderledes and not forskelligt?

[RyagonIV]

• anderledes - different from the norm
• forskellig - different from each other (It would be forskellige here, because you're comparing multiple cultures.)

[Origami1000]

So does anderledes not become anderledese? Or is it irregular?

[garvanc]

Can the word "kultur" also be used when referring to cultures in a lab?