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Environment & sustainability vocabulary
20 Danish environment & sustainability words for PD3, each with a sentence, its forms and audio.
Environment & sustainability is one of the themes that comes back again and again in PD3. The 20 words below are the ones worth knowing for this topic at that level — not a generic word list. Each card shows the Danish word on the front; flip it for the English meaning and a sentence showing how the word is actually used.
Tap the speaker on any card to hear it spoken by a native Danish voice, so you learn the pronunciation and the spelling together.
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tap to flipen genanvendelse ge-nan-ven-del-serecycling
Odense har i dag mange turister og er kendt for restaureringen af H.C. Andersen-kvarteret og for genanvendelsen af den store tekstilfabrik, Brandts Klædefabrik, i byens centrum i begyndelsen af 1980'erne.
Odense today has many tourists and is known for the restoration of the H.C. Andersen quarter and for the reuse/repurposing of the large textile factory, Brandts Klædefabrik, in the city centre in the early 1980s.
Inflections genanvendelse · genanvendelsen · genanvendelser · genanvendelserne
Used in sende affald til genanvendelse
Tested by short answer
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tap to flipbæredygtig bæ-re-dyg-tigsustainable
Og selvom mange abonnementer bidrager med bæredygtige løsninger, som delebiler, rejser især måltidskasser spørgsmål om miljøbelastningen fra emballage og transport.
And even though many subscriptions contribute sustainable solutions, such as car-sharing, meal-kit boxes in particular raise questions about the environmental impact of packaging and transport.
Inflections bæredygtig · bæredygtigt · bæredygtige
Used in en bæredygtig livsstil
Tested by multiple-choice cloze
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tap to flipet forbrug for-brugconsumption
Det vil altså give god mening at begrænse folks forbrug af kød.
So it would make good sense to limit people's consumption of meat.
Inflections forbrug · forbruget
Used in skære ned på sit forbrug
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipen klimaforandring kli-ma-for-an-dringclimate change
En anden grund til, at folk ikke gør noget, er, at det ikke er klart, hvem der egentlig har ansvaret for klimaforandringerne.
Another reason people don't do anything is that it isn't clear who actually bears responsibility for climate change.
Inflections klimaforandring · klimaforandringen · klimaforandringer · klimaforandringerne
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipet genbrug gen-brugreuse
Olie/ akryl/ overmaling/ genbrug/ blandformer og kunsthistorie.
Oil/acrylic/overpainting/reuse (recycling materials)/mixed techniques and art history. (This is a course-catalogue description line, the only place 'genbrug' occurs anywhere in the PD3 corpus; it is not a conventional sentence but is genuine, verbatim exam text.)
Inflections genbrug · genbruget
Used in købe genbrug
Tested by short answer
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tap to flipen drivhusgas driv-hus-gasgreenhouse gas
Den globale opvarmning skyldes drivhusgasser.
Global warming is caused by greenhouse gases.
Inflections drivhusgas · drivhusgasser
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipen udledning ud-led-ningemission
Der er derfor stor politisk og folkelig interesse for at nedbringe udledningen af CO2 i atmosfæren.
There is therefore great political and public interest in reducing the emission of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Inflections udledning · udledningen
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipen oversvømmelse over-svøm-mel-seflood
Vi vil fx opleve flere oversvømmelser, skovbrande og perioder med tørke.
For example, we will experience more floods, forest fires, and periods of drought.
Inflections oversvømmelse · oversvømmelser
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipen skovbrand skov-brandforest fire
Vi vil fx opleve flere oversvømmelser, skovbrande og perioder med tørke.
For example, we will experience more floods, forest fires, and periods of drought.
Inflections skovbrand · skovbrande
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipen tørke tør-kedrought
Vi vil fx opleve flere oversvømmelser, skovbrande og perioder med tørke.
For example, we will experience more floods, forest fires, and periods of drought.
Inflections tørke · tørken
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipubeboelig u-be-bo-e-liguninhabitable
Vandstanden i havene vil også stige og gøre mange områder ubeboelige.
Sea levels will also rise and make many areas uninhabitable.
Inflections ubeboelig · ubeboelige
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipet kødforbrug kød-for-brugmeat consumption
Et meget omdiskuteret emne i klimadebatten er kødforbrug.
A much-debated topic in the climate debate is meat consumption.
Inflections kødforbrug · kødforbruget
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipen afgift af-gifttax / duty
Men er det rimeligt, at staten gennem kampagner og fx afgifter på kød er med til at bestemme, hvad folk spiser?
But is it fair that the state, through campaigns and, for example, taxes on meat, helps decide what people eat?
Inflections afgift · afgifter
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipregulere re-gu-le-reto regulate
Og han er ikke umiddelbart tilhænger af, at staten regulerer, om folk fx spiser kød eller ej.
And he is not readily in favour of the state regulating whether people eat meat or not.
Inflections regulere · regulerer
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipforpligtet for-plig-tetobligated
Og når man ikke føler, at man er direkte ansvarlig for noget, så føler man sig ikke så forpligtet til at gøre noget ved det.
And when you don't feel directly responsible for something, you don't feel as obligated to do anything about it.
Inflections forpligtet · forpligtede
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipen bevægelse be-væ-gel-semovement
Jesper Ryberg håber på en kollektiv bevægelse
Jesper Ryberg is hoping for a collective movement.
Inflections bevægelse · bevægelsen
Tested by multiple choice
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tap to flipmiljøvenlig mil-jø-ven-ligenvironmentally friendly
Når jeg fx farver tekstiler, så bruger jeg plantefarver, og det betyder, at det bliver en meget miljøvenlig proces.
For example, when I dye textiles, I use plant dyes, which means the process becomes very environmentally friendly.
Inflections miljøvenlig · miljøvenlige
Tested by short answer
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tap to flipen omstilling om-stil-lingtransition / conversion
Energimuseet formidler energiens historie og den grønne omstilling.
The Energy Museum conveys the history of energy and the green transition.
Inflections omstilling · omstillingen
Tested by short answer
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tap to flipet energiforbrug e-ner-gi-for-brugenergy consumption
I Energiværkstedet i hovedbygningen kan man med spændende spil, lege og forsøg teste sit eget energiforbrug, og i Power-to-X udstillingen kan man blive klogere på den nye teknologi.
In the Energy Workshop in the main building, you can test your own energy consumption with exciting games, play, and experiments, and in the Power-to-X exhibition you can learn more about the new technology.
Inflections energiforbrug · energiforbruget
Tested by short answer
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tap to flipet vandkraftværk vand-kraft-værkhydroelectric power plant
Energimuseet er smukt placeret ved Tange Sø og Danmarks største vandkraftværk, Tangeværket.
The Energy Museum is beautifully situated by Lake Tange and Denmark's largest hydroelectric power plant, Tangeværket.
Inflections vandkraftværk · vandkraftværket
Tested by short answer
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