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(Ordens)duks

English translation: prefect; monitor

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Danish term or phrase:	(Ordens)duks
English translation:	prefect; monitor
Entered by:	Pieter_H

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07:31 Dec 7, 2004

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Danish term or phrase: (Ordens)duks

Kan noen hjelpe? Jeg har ingen kontekst, men kan mulig ha sammenheng med en medlemsorganisasjon.

TIA

Pieter_H KudoZ activity Questions: 46 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 520 Norway
Local time: 09:41

prefect; monitor

Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 09:41

Grading comment

Som vanlig er du ute som førstemann.
Og takk til Christine for den greie forklaringen.

Piet
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

prefect; monitor

Sven Petersson

3 +2

monitor or class prefect

Christine Andersen

do-gooder

Terence Ajbro

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

prefect; monitor

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 09:41
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Som vanlig er du ute som førstemann.
Og takk til Christine for den greie forklaringen.

Piet

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

monitor or class prefect

Explanation:
pupil charged with keeping the classroom etc. in order

This is a slightly old-fashioned idea in Denmark! But those were the corresponding terms or functions in English schools in my day.

In a member organisation it would be s omeone who takes on some extra responsibilities or duties in some way.

'orden' means keeping order, tidying up etc. and duks is from the Latin dux - a leader.

Used on its own, 'duks' or 'duksedreng' is used more as a mockery - we used to call them goody-goodies at school in my day!

Vinterberg Bodelsen Dansk-engelsk

Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 09:41
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 22

21 mins confidence:

do-gooder

Explanation:
Outside of the context of a school, I would suggest something that conveys the idea of a "mr nice Guy" (Flanders from Simpsons springs to mind).

Terence Ajbro
Denmark
Local time: 09:41
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 3