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Signs of spring - test yourself

Signs of spring in different languages

Test yourself. Do you know the name of these very fine signs of spring in other languages?

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This is a "vintergæk" in Danish. In English it is called snowdrop. Do you know what it is called in Swedish?

Vintergæk
Snödroppe
Snedrive

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Another question about the snowdrop. In Italian it is called "bucaneve". What does "bucaneve" mean literally?

Like in Danish something with a fool who makes fun of the winter by blooming so early.
It means a sign of spring.
It means that the flower makes a hole (bucare) in the snow (neve)

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In Danish this yellow flower is called "påskelilje", in English "daffodil". It's the common name for a plant genus whos name comes from a Greek mythological figure. Which figure - and why?

Narcissus - the young man who was in love with his own picture. In Greek narcissus means numbness, and in the bulb of the daffodil there is a toxic substance.
Aphrodite - the ancient Greek goddess associated with love, procreation and beauty. Because the daffodil IS beautiful!
Phoebe was a goddess associated with the Delphic oracle. The daffodil predicts the coming of spring, therefore you also call it phoebe.

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Another yellow flower. And again we have a question about Swedish. What is "erantis" or "winter aconite" called in Swedish?

Gulblomma, that means a yellow (gul) flower (blomst)
The same word as in Danish: erantis
It is called 'vintergäck' in Swedish

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Here is another spring flower. In Danish it is called 'vibeæg' because it looks like the egg (æg) of the bird northern lapwing (vibe). What is the flower called in German?

Kiebitzeier
Schachblume
Weibeier

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You can find this spring flower in many variants, here you see two of them. In Latin it is called 'scilla', and that name is used in many languages. But what is it called in Dutch?

Scilla - like in many other languages
Blausterne
Sterhyacint

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Last question. Why is this flower called 'stedmoderblomst' (stepmother flower) in Danish?

Because the upper petals are further away from the yellow center. Like a bad fairy tale from the old days when an evil stepmother doesn't take good care of all the children in the family.
Because it is treated in a bad (stedmoderlig) way in Danish gardens
Because it looks like the evil stepmother from the brothers Grimm's fairy tale Snow White

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