Verb
at nyse
Meaning
to sneese
| Infinitive | Nutid | Datid | Førnutid |
| at nyse | nyser | nøs | har nyst |
Example on how to use the verb – Danish version
Byen Brindlewick har altid kendt til en ejendommelig form for magi, og i foråret har den mest uventede trylleformular grebet Gamle Mara, bageren hvis latter engang fyldte markedspladsen.
Hver morgen nyser hun så højt, at dejen hæver, før hun overhovedet tænder ovnen, og kunderne smiler og venter på det pludselige melpust, der følger efter hvert nys. I går, da borgmesteren ankom til høstceremonien, nyste Mara midt i sin tale; ekkoet rystede de farvede glasvinduer, og publikum brød ud i henrykt applaus, i den tro, at det var en del af forestillingen.
Siden den dag har hun nyst ved enhver vigtig begivenhed, hver gang lidt højere end den sidste, og byens borgere har nu en lille æske lommetørklæder klar på hvert bord. De siger til turister: “Hvis I nogensinde hører et nys, der synes at løfte selve luften, er I vidne til Maras velsignelse.”
English version
The town of Brindlewick has always known a peculiar kind of magic, and this spring the most unexpected spell has taken hold of Old Mara, the baker whose laugh once filled the market square.
Every morning she sneeses so loudly that the dough rises before she even turns on the oven, and the customers grin, waiting for the sudden puff of flour that follows each sneese.
Yesterday, when the mayor arrived for the harvest ceremony, Mara sneesed in the middle of his speech; the echo rattled the stained‑glass windows and the crowd burst into delighted applause, thinking it was part of the performance. Since that day, she has sneesed at every important event, each time a little louder than the last, and the townsfolk now keep a small box of handkerchiefs ready on every table.
They tell tourists, “If you ever hear a sneese that seems to lift the very air, you’re witnessing Mara’s blessing.”
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