Danish-English translations for gåde

riddleIn a word, for the average citizen, the EU remains a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. Kort sagt er EU stadig en gåde indpakket i mystik for den almindelige borger. Mr President, it is a riddle to me why the European Commission should have put forward this proposal again. - Hr. formand, for mig er det en gåde, at Kommissionen har stillet dette forslag igen. Heres a riddle: Its black, and white, and red all over. What is it?
conundrum
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That is the conundrum that faces us. Det er den gåde, vi står over for. It is a conundrum we must solve together. Det er en gåde, som vi skal løse sammen. This is at the heart of the conundrum we face. Dette er centralt for den gåde, vi står over for.

enigma
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In a word, for the average citizen, the EU remains a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. Kort sagt er EU stadig en gåde indpakket i mystik for den almindelige borger. Surely BSE and the fact that such a scientific enigma could appear so fast and cause such mayhem should give us pause for thought. BSE og den omstændighed, at en sådan videnskabelig gåde kunne fremkomme så hurtigt og forårsage så megen ødelæggelse, bør klart give anledning til eftertanke.
puzzleHowever, for many people, the WTO is still something of a puzzle. Men for mange mennesker er WTO stadig noget af en gåde. Its success is a puzzle and, above all, it is an obstacle to the maximisation of Russia's power. EU's succes er en gåde og frem for alt en hindring for maksimeringen af Ruslands magt. Personally - and here I am in the same boat as Mrs Oomen-Ruijten - I have found them rather confusing, and quite often simply a puzzle. For mig - og her har jeg det på samme måde som fru Oomen-Ruijten - har de snarere været forvirrende, ja undertiden ligefrem en gåde.