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Danish translation: tankstation and benzintank


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English term or phrase:gas station
Danish translation:tankstation and benzintank
Entered by: juliaect
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09:20 Oct 11, 2007
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Tourism & Travel
English term or phrase: gas station
Please explain the diiference between "benzintank" and "Tankstation"
juliaect
Local time: 21:34
tankstation and benzintank
Explanation:
- Both mean gas station.
- "Tankstation" is the more technical term and not much used by its users.
- "Tank" is what users normally say.
- "Benzintank" is becoming obsolete. It dates back to the time when gas stations were much smaller and often had only one pump. (There i a Danish movie from 1960 called "Baronessen fra benzintanken", which means "The baroness from the gas station".
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Randi Stenstrop
Local time: 19:34
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5 +4tankstation and benzintankRandi Stenstrop
5 +1TankstationLisa-Anya


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Tankstation


Explanation:
Benzintank - is the car's petrol tank .
Tankstation - is the service station where you fill the petrol tank. Slang for 'Tankstation' is 'Tanken'.

Lisa-Anya
Local time: 19:34
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DanishDanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tomasz Sienicki
15 mins
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
tankstation and benzintank


Explanation:
- Both mean gas station.
- "Tankstation" is the more technical term and not much used by its users.
- "Tank" is what users normally say.
- "Benzintank" is becoming obsolete. It dates back to the time when gas stations were much smaller and often had only one pump. (There i a Danish movie from 1960 called "Baronessen fra benzintanken", which means "The baroness from the gas station".


    Reference: http://www.danskefilm.dk/index2.html
Randi Stenstrop
Local time: 19:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jeanette Brammer: Nemlig. Da jeg var barn, sagde man altid "benzintank", men på et tidspunkt skiftede det til "tankstation".
10 mins
agree  Rikke Lyksbo
11 mins
agree  Suzanne Blangsted
2 hrs
agree  WTSTranslations
1 day2 hrs
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