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A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air.Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material, a sash set in a frame [1] in the opening; the sash and frame are also referred to as a window. [2]
Also, the external divisions of a building by fenestration (windows). Bay window A window of one or more storeys projecting from the face of a building. Canted: with a straight front and angled sides. Bow window: curved. Oriel: rests on corbels or brackets and starts above ground level; also the bay window at the dais end of a medieval great ...
Conversely, Danish has a greater tendency to preserve loan words' original spellings. In particular, a c that represents /s/ is almost never normalized to s in Danish, as would most often happen in Norwegian. Many words originally derived from Latin roots retain c in their Danish spelling, for example Norwegian sentrum vs Danish centrum.
Danglish words often receive standard Danish endings and prefixes; in other words, they are conjugated or declined in the same manner as Danish words. The following are examples of sentences featuring Danified English words; the correct terms in Danish are also included as well:
Key fob can also specifically refer to modern electronic car keys, or smart keys, which serve as both a key and remote. The word fob may be linked to the low German dialect for the word Fuppe , meaning "pocket"; however, the real origin of the word is uncertain.
Danish language exonyms for non-Danish speaking locations exist, primarily in Europe, but many of these are no longer commonly used, with a few notable exceptions. Rom ( Rome ), Lissabon ( Lisboa (Lisbon)), Sankt Petersborg ( St Petersburg ) and Prag ( Prague ) are still compulsory, while e.g. Venedig is more common than Venezia (Venice).
One elaborate kind of door surround is the Gibbs surround, which is a type of banded "rusticated" architectural frame surrounding a door, window or niche in the tradition of classical architecture. The term surround may be used to refer to just an ornamental border which encircles the sides and top of a door frame, [ 1 ] or it may refer to the ...