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dutch cheese

Danish translation: hollandsk ost/skæreost

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English term or phrase:	dutch cheese
Danish translation:	hollandsk ost/skæreost
Entered by:	Torben Hansen

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23:41 Mar 5, 2009

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Cooking / Culinary

English term or phrase: dutch cheese

I am translating a recipe for a toasted ham and cheese sandwich(!) where Dutch cheese is used. What is dutch cheese exactly and how would you translate that into danish?

Torben Hansen KudoZ activity Questions: 7 (none open) Answers: 5 United States
Local time: 20:32

hollandsk ost/skæreost

Explanation:
Maybe they just want to indicate that this concerns the kind of cheese which is not spreadable?

Selected response from:

Lisbeth Mejer
Sweden
Local time: 05:32

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

hollandsk ost/skæreost

Lisbeth Mejer

4 -2

hollandsk ost / Edammer

BLANGSTED

Summary of reference entries provided

Jeg tror bare det hedder hollandsk ost

Lise Leavitt

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

hollandsk ost / Edammer

Explanation:
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edam_(ost)

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-03-05 23:50:14 GMT)
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I noticed we had two at the same time, though mine is now later because I wanted to correct my typo. Edammer is the Danish name for the type of cheese from Holland

BLANGSTED
United States
Local time: 20:32
Native speaker of:

Danish,

English
PRO pts in category: 11

11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

hollandsk ost/skæreost

Explanation:
Maybe they just want to indicate that this concerns the kind of cheese which is not spreadable?

Lisbeth Mejer
Sweden
Local time: 05:32
Native speaker of:

Danish
PRO pts in category: 4

Reference comments

6 mins peer agreement (net): +5

Reference: Jeg tror bare det hedder hollandsk ost

Reference information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_cheese_markets

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-03-05 23:49:04 GMT)
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http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edam_(ost)

Lise Leavitt
United States
Native speaker of:

Danish
PRO pts in category: 4