til ud

English translation: time out

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Danish term or phrase:tid ud
English translation:time out
Entered by: Thomas T. Frost

13:57 Aug 28, 2015
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources
Danish term or phrase: til ud
From an employee survey:

"Man burde have til ud hver dag …"

"...når man beder om at få til ud."

"... når det sker, at man siger man vil have til ud, og man så ikke får det."
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 22:17
time out
Explanation:
Det lyder som en stavefejl. Jeg tror, der menes "tid ud", som igen lyder som en 'undersættelse' af det engelske 'time out'. Mange danskere bruger i dag direkte, 'undersatte', engelske udtryk som fx 'hænge ud' (hang out). Det lyder forfærdeligt på dansk, men sådan gør de.
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Thomas T. Frost
Portugal
Local time: 04:17
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3 +1time out
Thomas T. Frost


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tid ud
time out


Explanation:
Det lyder som en stavefejl. Jeg tror, der menes "tid ud", som igen lyder som en 'undersættelse' af det engelske 'time out'. Mange danskere bruger i dag direkte, 'undersatte', engelske udtryk som fx 'hænge ud' (hang out). Det lyder forfærdeligt på dansk, men sådan gør de.

Thomas T. Frost
Portugal
Local time: 04:17
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, I had thought of "tid ud" but the repeated use of "til" threw me.

Asker: One lexicological note: It's very likely the speaker is not a native user of Danish. Which makes jobs like these even more "interesting". :-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen
19 hrs
  -> Ta

neutral  564354352 (X): I definitely like Thomas' suggestion better than my own, but the source text is still appalling Danish...
1 day 1 hr
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