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stag/bachelor & hen/bachelorette

Danish translation: polterabend


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English term or phrase:stag/bachelor & hen/bachelorette
Danish translation:polterabend
Entered by: Joern Wennerstroem
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09:51 Aug 20, 2009
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Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
English term or phrase: stag/bachelor & hen/bachelorette
Context: ... group events or parties, including prewedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.

I'd be disposed to write "polterabend" in Danish, irrespective of the sexes involved. I do not kow of a specific Danish term for hen/bachelorette...
Joern Wennerstroem
Local time: 04:07
polterabend
Explanation:
Enig. Jeg ville også bare skrive "herunder polterabender". Man skelner normalt ikke på dansk, så vidt jeg ved.
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Mette Melchior
Local time: 03:07
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Hej Mette, Tak for assistancen. Da jeg ikke var helt blank mht. polterabend gi'r jeg dig 2 points for svaret, jeg spurgte for at være på den HELT sikre side.
VH,

Jørn Wennerstrøm
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4 +6polterabend
Mette Melchior


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
polterabend


Explanation:
Enig. Jeg ville også bare skrive "herunder polterabender". Man skelner normalt ikke på dansk, så vidt jeg ved.

Mette Melchior
Local time: 03:07
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 5
Grading comment
Hej Mette, Tak for assistancen. Da jeg ikke var helt blank mht. polterabend gi'r jeg dig 2 points for svaret, jeg spurgte for at være på den HELT sikre side.
VH,

Jørn Wennerstrøm

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jeanette Brammer: Nej, bruden holder også polterabend
22 mins

agree  Michael J.H. Davies: Enig - jeg har heller aldrig hørt andet end polterabend i denne forbindelse.
1 hr

agree  Randi Stenstrop
1 hr

agree  Pernille Chapman
5 hrs

agree  Malberg
7 hrs

agree  Anne Kjaer Iversen: jeg vil også være med
9 hrs
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