ABSTRACT
From the German Erfahrung, the lexical meaning of erfare in Danish is to undergo or observe (experience) a psychical activity, or, more concretely, it denotes the actual individual results or discoveries gained through such activity (Erfaring), such as personal observations (for example, “to see for oneself”). It is also used in the sense of the sum of all experience a person has had (Erfarenhed), the wisdom of life. The verb erfare also means to understand something, to become informed about it.1
