The word of the day is one of LookUp’s hallmark features ... and more extensive contextual information through things like example sentences and technical notes. There’s also a nice new feature called ...

This French word is a 'false friend' that can cause confusion ... as you would in English. For example, you might say je vais profiter de l’occasion (I’ll benefit from the occasion ...

Swedes love waffles. They've even designated a day just for eating them: March 25th. But where does the word våffla come from? Honeycombs and waffles both have similar patterns (Wabe comes from a term ...

The flowers are also blue and yellow, the same colours as the Swedish flag. Don’t miss any of our Swedish words and expressions of the day by downloading The Local's app (available on Apple and ...

You will have no doubt seen this word in the Norwegian headlines recently. However, it's easy to get it mixed up with a couple of English words. This is the Norwegian word for tariffs or customs. It ...

Krone is one of the first Norwegian words you’ll come across ... Initially, there would have been a number of øre (a hundredth of a krone) after the colon, for example, 10:90 indicating ten kronor and ...