Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
himmelrum
English translation:
opening to the sky
Added to glossary by
Charlesp
Sep 5, 2005 14:20
18 yrs ago
Danish term
himmelrum
Danish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
room in a building/house.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +4 | space or sky |
Paul Larkin (X)
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| 3 | open-air room/patio (roof patio) |
Christian Schoenberg
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| 3 -1 | room with cathedral ceiling |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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| 2 | skylight |
Eliza-Anna
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Proposed translations
+4
10 mins
Selected
space or sky
himmelrum - usually means space or sky
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Note added at 2005-09-05 19:23:57 (GMT) Post-grading
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jeez lads there was an awful lot of hot air-space lost to the sky in that debate!
ha ha
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Note added at 2005-09-05 19:23:57 (GMT) Post-grading
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jeez lads there was an awful lot of hot air-space lost to the sky in that debate!
ha ha
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Pernille Chapman
: Don't quite see how this can be used about a specific room? Can we have some more context from the asker?
7 mins
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| agree |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
: this is now the best answer after asker's own comment
56 mins
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| agree |
Christian Schoenberg
: I agree with Blangsted...
1 hr
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| agree |
Sven Petersson
2 hrs
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| agree |
Christine Andersen
: The sentence must simply mean 'heat loss by radiation into the sky in clear weather' - ie a variation on 'at fyre for gråspurvene' - providing heating for the sparrows (through inadequate insulation).
4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "yes, of course. "rum" doesn't always mean room, it can also mean space.
And in this context is appears to mean an opening, an opening to the sky!
"
-1
23 mins
room with cathedral ceiling
a room in the house where the ceiling is very high - term often used where the ceiling is at least 2 stories high
31 mins
Eliza-Anna
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Meaning and understanding in a package.
Native in: English
Works in: Danish to English, English
skylight
This is a guess but it is difficult to say for definite since there is no context. A skylight is a window set in a roof or ceiling - does it fit the context?
34 mins
Christian Schoenberg
United States
United States
Native in Danish
&
English
United States
Nordic Legal Language Solutions
Native in: Danish 
, English
Works in: Danish to English, Swedish to English, Norwegian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
open-air room/patio (roof patio)
It's difficult to be certain without the full context. It seems to have different meanings to different architects and lesser mortals (there is even such a thing as an 'open bath', which I can't imagine would generate much traction in frigid Denmark :-)) Anyway, do these terms suit your context?
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
: you hit it on the nail with your question.
36 mins
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Discussion
Maybe it is not an actual room?