Formal consequence words
Everyday Danish states a result with derfor (therefore) or så (so). Written and formal Danish has a richer set:
| Danish | English | it points to |
|---|---|---|
| således | thus, in this way | the manner, or the conclusion |
| dermed | thus, with that | the direct result |
| derved | thereby | the means |
| følgelig | consequently | the logical result |
| af den grund | for that reason | the reason just given |
Fronted, each one takes the verb straight after it, before the subject:
| Consequently, the prices rose. | Følgelig steg priserne. |
Dermed or derved?
Dermed gives the result: "and so, with that". Derved gives the means: the result comes by doing what was just said.
| The train was delayed, and thus we did not make the meeting. | Toget var forsinket, og dermed nåede vi ikke mødet. |
| We share the car and thereby use less gas. | Vi deler bilen og bruger derved mindre benzin. |
Whole-clause frames
Det betyder at … ("that means that …") and its formal twin det medfører at … ("that leads to …") put the result in a full clause. There is no comma before at.
| That means, so to speak, that we are starting from zero. | Det betyder så at sige at vi starter fra nul. |
Så at sige ("so to speak") marks a word used loosely.
Når det kommer til + a noun is "when it comes to". It is a subordinate clause, so a comma follows it and the main clause starts with the verb:
| When it comes to food, he is very picky. | Når det kommer til mad, er han meget kræsen. |
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