"Trendy ad pommern til på sin egen upåfaldende, cyklamenagtige måde.

English translation: Trendy like hell in its own unimpressive pink fashion

21:12 May 13, 2013
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
Danish term or phrase: "Trendy ad pommern til på sin egen upåfaldende, cyklamenagtige måde.
"Trendy ad pommern til på sin egen upåfaldende, cyklamenagtige måde."

From an article about shopping in Berlin.
york_iam
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:19
English translation:Trendy like hell in its own unimpressive pink fashion
Explanation:
What can you do with a phrase like that?

Trendy = trendy
ad pommern til = in a mess, awful, as bad as bad can be (according to Gyldendal), but as you are writing about Berlin, it's worth noticing the play on 'Pommern' = Pomerania
upåfaldende = unremarkable, unimpressive, nothing out of the ordinary
cyklamenagtig = one of those made-up words that must mean whatever the writer wants it to, but 'cyklamen' is a shocking pink colour (and, evidently, the name of a flower of this colour)

Good luck! :)
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3Trendy like hell in his own unassuming flamboyant way
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1Trendy like hell in its own unimpressive pink fashion
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Trendy like hell in its own unimpressive pink fashion


Explanation:
What can you do with a phrase like that?

Trendy = trendy
ad pommern til = in a mess, awful, as bad as bad can be (according to Gyldendal), but as you are writing about Berlin, it's worth noticing the play on 'Pommern' = Pomerania
upåfaldende = unremarkable, unimpressive, nothing out of the ordinary
cyklamenagtig = one of those made-up words that must mean whatever the writer wants it to, but 'cyklamen' is a shocking pink colour (and, evidently, the name of a flower of this colour)

Good luck! :)

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\"Trendy ad pommern til på sin egen upåfaldende, cyklamenagtige måde.
Trendy like hell in his own unassuming flamboyant way


Explanation:
I believe unassuming is best word to cover "upaafaldende"in this context because "upaafaldende" here is a direct opposite to "cyklameagtige" which is what makes this sentence so funny. The word "unassuming" is a softer and more subtle word and has an element of neutral humility to it. In my opinion "unimpressive is too opinionated and does not really describe the actual meaning of "upaafaldende".

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his/its - depending on what is referred to of course :)

Kirstenlouis (X)
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Local time: 00:19
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