Crime words
| Danish | English |
|---|---|
| myrde | to murder |
| begå | to commit |
| true | to threaten |
| bomben | the bomb |
| kuglen | the bullet |
Begå goes with crimes and mistakes: begå en forbrydelse, begå en fejl. Its past is irregular: begik, har begået.
| He has committed a crime. | Han har begået en forbrydelse. |
True takes the person as a direct object and med + the threat: true nogen med en kniv, true med at sige op.
| He is threatening to quit. | Han truer med at sige op. |
Kugle is any small sphere, and in crime stories a bullet.
Fanget
fanget is the participle of fange (to catch), used as an adjective: "caught", and with sidde "stuck, trapped":
| We were stuck on the train for two hours. | Vi sad fanget i toget i to timer. |
Ihjel
ihjel means "to death" and is always the last part of a verb phrase. Slå ihjel is the everyday way to say "to kill"; køre ihjel is to run over and kill; and kede sig ihjel is to be bored to death.
| The snake can kill a man. | Slangen kan slå en mand ihjel. |
| I am bored to death. | Jeg keder mig ihjel. |
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