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German asking Danish person: is there a saying in danish that goes like "Well, then go to Wandsbek!"? (leddit.danmark.party)

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I have been reading something about the historical Hamburg of which Wandsbek is a district. Somewhere, I've read that it used to be a very free and liberal place so that there even is a saying in danish about it (German: "Ach, geh doch nach Wandsbek!") translated to "Well, then go to Wandsbek"! As in "so whatever you want". Is that true/is it a known or even used saying? Thank you danish people for your help!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Particular_Run_8930 at 2024-03-20 15:27:45+00:00 ID: kvqtrw6

I have never heard it in use, but according to ordnet.dk there is an expression of “going to Wandsbek”, but it is used for “arguments that does not hold true on closer inspection”.

https://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?subentry_id=59012337&def_id=21096840&query=na?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

XenonXcraft at 2024-03-20 19:21:10+00:00 ID: kvs0uab

The deeper explanations are pretty funny - and quite different from what OP has read:

Probably used in Hamburg as an expression because something doesn't apply there, but possibly in the small town of Wandsbeck outside Hamburg, which was a haunt for all kinds of dishonest people, bankrupt gamblers etc.

Sometimes used with a view to the fact that Wandsbeck was one of the three places in the Danish monarchy where the lottery was drawn, and that a number for the draw that did not apply to the draw in Kbh., and a note drawn in W. did not was honored in Kbh.

https://ordnet.dk/ods/ordbog?query=Wandsbeck