mælkevej

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Danish

Etymology

From mælk (milk) +‎ vej (road, way), a calque of Latin Via Lactea. Cognate with English Milky Way, German Milchstraße and Old Norse mjolkhringr.

Pronunciation

Noun

mælkevej c (singular definite mælkevejen, plural indefinite mælkeveje)

  1. (countable) galaxy (collection of billions of stars)
    • 2016, Hans Rosenfalck, SPOR: Oplevelser, tidsbilleder, tanker, refleksioner, overvejelser & tidsspring, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 162:
      Den, der ser ind i sig selv som et vældigt verdensrum og bærer mælkeveje i sig, ved også, hvor uregelmæssige alle mælkeveje er; de fører lige ind i tilværelsens kaos og labyrint.
      The person who looks into themselves like a grand universe and who carries galaxies within them, also knows how irregular all galaxies are; they lead straight into the chaos and labyrinth of existence.
    • 1956, Catholica:
      Han skriver om de millioner af mælkeveje, som man nu har klarhed over, millioner af mælkeveje og ikke kun millioner af stjerner, og fortsætter:...
      He writes of the millions of galaxies of which one now has clarity, millions of galaxies and not just millions of stars, and continues: ...
    • 2015, Henrik Nordbrandt, Under mausolæet, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Du som bærer på mit ufødte barn, som aldrig skal fødes / men møder mit blik fra alle mælkeveje i Universet.
      You who carry my unborn child, who is never to be born / but who meets my gaze from all the galaxies in the Universe.

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Proper noun

mælkevej

  1. indefinite of mælkevejen
    • 2014, Annedorte Ries, Pilgrim: En Caminovandring, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Den uendelige Mælkevej over mit hoved får mine tanker til at løfte sig.
      The infinite Milky Way abve my head make my thoughts rise.
    • 2012, Bjarne Reuter, Kaptajn Bimse og den forstenede skat, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      På en strand som aldrig ender under himlens mælkevej ser du to par visdomstænder fra en selvdød sildehaj.
      On a beach that never ends below the milky way of the sky, you see two pairs of wisdom teeth from a porbeagle that has died of its own.

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