Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
borgerhus
English translation:
hist.: town house
Nov 26, 2001 05:24
23 yrs ago
Danish term
United Kingdom
Award-winning translations
Native in: Danish 
Works in: English to Danish, Swedish to Danish, Danish to English, and 4 more.
borgerhus
Danish to English
Other
Architecture
Architecture
Kolding afspejler dansk arkitektur
gennem tiderne...Fra det gamle borgerhus
til Kolding Byferies geometriske
glasprofiler
gennem tiderne...Fra det gamle borgerhus
til Kolding Byferies geometriske
glasprofiler
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | town house |
Eva Harbo Andersen (X)
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| 5 +1 | burgher's house |
Randi Stenstrop
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| 5 | citizen's house |
Sven Petersson
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| 5 | townhouse |
John Arce
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Proposed translations
+1
30 mins
Selected
town house
"Borger" in this context is the term used for the middle-class people once living in the towns as opposed to the peasants living in the rural districts.
Via German I have been confirmed in my proposal Bürgerhaus = town house
Via German I have been confirmed in my proposal Bürgerhaus = town house
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot - I've checked this with an architect friend, and she agrees!"
4 mins
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Sweden
Native in English
Sweden
Medical Translator
Native in: Swedish 
, English
Works in: English to Swedish, Danish to Swedish, German to Swedish, and 13 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
12
citizen's house
Declined
From Source:
borgerhus sb. (arkit.) citizen's house
borgerhus sb. (arkit.) citizen's house
Reference:
Comment: "Thanks-this would work for a modern building, I'm sure"
+1
38 mins
Randi Stenstrop
Native in Danish
Works in field
Elegant Precision
Native in: Danish
Works in: Swedish to Danish, English to Danish, German to Danish, and 1 more.
burgher's house
Declined
is the usual term for a historic building of this type outside Britain.
The usual term for the British equivalent.
A citizen's house is used about a modern building - e.g.:
.. a proposal to bring the Internet to every citizen's house.
You will find plenty of Google hits to confirming this.
The usual term for the British equivalent.
A citizen's house is used about a modern building - e.g.:
.. a proposal to bring the Internet to every citizen's house.
You will find plenty of Google hits to confirming this.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Robert Creutz (X)
: Agree wholeheartedly! "Town house" is wrong!
9 hrs
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Comment: "Thank you - this is a rather confusing subject!"
1 hr
townhouse
In America, any nice-sized house in any metropolitan area (ie - a big city)is referred to as a "townhouse."
It's one word, not two!
It's one word, not two!
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