Danish-English tips and translation
To help you Danish instructions in patterns you may have purchased from us, we've translated some of the terms most frequently used.The Onion and Multisnit patterns are easy to use, and if you've sewn before you probably won't need much help with the instructions.
If you do however, we've put together a list of commonly used terms, and measurement used in the patterns.
This page list some random help for translation of patterns. We try to expand the vocabulary whenever we get requests for new translations.
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Danish to English
| afsluttet / afsluttet | finished / ended / terminated | |
| bomuld | cotton | |
| bredde | width< | |
| bukseben | pant leg | |
| bukser | pants / trousers | |
| dele | parts | |
| fast stof | woven (or firm) fabric | |
| foer | lining | |
| forstykke | front peice | |
| hals | neck | |
| hofte | hip | |
| hoftevidde | hip measurement / width | |
| høre | right side (as in left and right) | |
| højrejusteret | right adjusted / adjusted to the right | |
| hør | linen | |
| indvendig | inside | |
| ingen | none / nothing / noone | |
| jakke | jacket | |
| justeret | adjusted / fitted | |
| justeret forneden | adjusted at the bottom | |
| justeret foroven | adjusted at the top | |
| klip | cut (with cissors) | |
| krave | collar | |
| lodret | vertical | |
| læg | calf / | |
| manchet | cuff | |
| materiale | material / fabric | |
| mønster | pattern | |
| mål | measure / measurements | |
| nakke | back of neck | |
| nummer | number | |
| oplægning | hem (ex. bottom of sleeve or pant leg) | |
| overarm | upper arm | |
| overvidde | bust measurement | |
| ret / retside | right side (as in proper side) | |
| ryghøjde | back measurement | |
| saks | cissors | |
| silhout | silhouette | |
| skråbånd | bias binding | |
| snitmønster | pattern | |
| strikstof | knitted fabric | |
| stryge | to iron | |
| strækstof | stretchable fabric | |
| størrelse | size | |
| søm or sømkant | hem or seam | |
| talje | waist | |
| taljevidde | waist measurement | |
| tilpasning | adjustment | |
| tråd | thread | |
| udvendig | outside | |
| underarm | forearm | |
| vandret | horizontal | |
| vrangside | wrong side /backside of fabric | |
| venstre | left (as in left and right side) | |
| venstrejusteret | left adjusted / adjusted to the left | |
| ærme | sleeve |
English to Danish
| adjustment | tilpasning / justering |
| adjusted | justeret |
| back measurement | ryghøjde |
| back of neck | nakke |
| backside of fabric | vrangside |
| bias binding | skråbånd |
| bust measurement | overvidde |
| calf | læg |
| cissors | saks |
| collar | krave |
| cotton | bomuld |
| cuff | manchet |
| cut (with cissors) | klip |
| finish | afsluttet / stoppe |
| forearm | underarm |
| bottom (at the bottom) | forneden |
| foroven | at the top |
| front peice | forstykke |
| ended | afsluttet |
| hem | søm / oplægning |
| hip | hofte |
| hip measurement | hoftevidde |
| horizontal | vandret |
| inside | indvendig |
| jacket | jakke |
| knitted (fabric) / knits | strikstof / strikket stof |
| left | venstre |
| linen | hør |
| lining | foer |
| material / fabric | materiale |
| measure / measurements | mål |
| neck | hals |
| number | nummer |
| none | ingen / intet |
| nothing | ingen / intet |
| outside | udvendig |
| pant leg | bukseben |
| pants / trousers | bukser |
| parts | dele |
| pattern | mønster |
| pattern | snitmønster |
| right (as in left and right side) | højre |
| right side (as in proper side) | ret / retside |
| seam | søm |
| silhouette | silhout |
| size | størrelse |
| sleeve | ærme |
| stretch (fabric) | stræk stof / strækstof (woven with lycra) |
| terminate | afslutte |
| thread | tråd |
| iron | stryge |
| upper arm | overarm |
| vertical | lodret |
| waist | talje |
| waist measurement | taljevidde |
| width | bredde |
| woven fabric | fast stof |
| wrong side | vrang / vrangside |
Translation from Danish to English
The instructions for the Onion, Multisnit and Minikrea patterns are in Danish and while they're easy to follow, we happily translate bits of the instructions to help you if needed. We cannot offer to translate the entire instructions however.Measurements
1. Bust width: Largest horizontal measurement across the
chest.
2. Waist width: The measurement around the waist.
3. Hip width: Largest measurement around the hips ca. 21cm (8,3 imches) below the waist.
4. Back height: Distance from upper vertebrae bone to the waist.
Measurements are to be taken as "tight" measurement on to of the clothes you're wearing.
Room for moving is calculated into the pattern's size.
