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Danish16 Oct 2026feelings

overskud

OW-oo-skoodh[ˈɒwʌˌsguð]

the surplus that leaves you something to give to somebody else

Closest in English: surplus, energy, reserves. None of them covers it.

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The story

The word does duty in a company's accounts and in a person's week: overskud is what is left when the necessary has been paid for. Danish job adverts ask for a candidate med overskud, meaning one with something still to give. The opposite, underskud, is said of people just as readily.

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  1. Which language is it from?Danish
  2. What is its opposite?underskud (a deficit)
  3. Where would you hear it?A colleague taking on one more job at five
  4. What does it mean?Having something left over to give away

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Round one, language, was where most points went.

The most common guess for the translation was 'excess'. Close, but not it.

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