Rising and falling
To describe a change in figures, Danish uses stige (to rise) and falde (to fall). The size of the change takes med, the old and new values take fra … til:
| Prices rose by five percent last year. | Priserne steg med fem procent sidste år. |
| The number of tourists fell from three to two million. | Antallet af turister faldt fra tre til to millioner. |
| Danish | English | |
|---|---|---|
| how much | stige med fem procent | rise by five percent |
| from … to | falde fra tre til to millioner | fall from three to two million |
| a share | andelen af unge | the proportion of young people |
Percent or percentage point?
When a share changes, Danish keeps the two apart just as careful English does. From 10 % to 12 % is a rise of two procentpoint (percentage points), but of twenty procent:
| The proportion rose by two percentage points. | Andelen steg med to procentpoint. |
Doubling, halving and comparing
fordoble and halvere are regular verbs: fordoblede, har fordoblet.
til sammenligning introduces a second figure to compare with. It counts as the first position, so the verb follows straight after it:
| By comparison, prices rose by only two percent last year. | Til sammenligning steg priserne kun med to procent sidste år. |
These are the phrases of a written report or a description of a chart (diagrammet).
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