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Textiles / Clothing / Fashion | | English term or phrase: rug | | Please to help the most common word if we have "tæppe" as "blanket" and "gulvtæppe" as "carpet". |
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| | Danish translation:plaid (blanket to keep yourself warm) or måtte (to place on the floor) | Explanation:
en plaid (pluran plaider, plaiderne)
- this is used in Danish for a rug that you wrap around yourself like a blanket
En måtte (måtter, måtterne)
-- this is a small "carpet" placed under a table, by a bed etc. on the floor, or like a hearthrug by the fire.
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Note added at 11 mins (2007-10-26 11:50:30 GMT)
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Birthe is right: I think 'løst tæppe' is probably more common on the floor.
But 'plaid' is the 'rug' used as a blanket.
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8 mins confidence:  plaid (blanket to keep yourself warm) or måtte (to place on the floor)
Explanation:
en plaid (pluran plaider, plaiderne)
- this is used in Danish for a rug that you wrap around yourself like a blanket
En måtte (måtter, måtterne)
-- this is a small "carpet" placed under a table, by a bed etc. on the floor, or like a hearthrug by the fire.
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Note added at 11 mins (2007-10-26 11:50:30 GMT)
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Birthe is right: I think 'løst tæppe' is probably more common on the floor.
But 'plaid' is the 'rug' used as a blanket.
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