It used to be that they paired a known word with an unknown word, and if you got the known word right you would pass no matter what you wrote for the unknown one.
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There is a relic from this system still in use: halvanden (1 and a half). Though I doubt many people know the origin of the word.
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Yes. Here are some common ones in my native language, danish:
I’m certain there are also some more modern slang abbreviations in use, but these change relatively frequently, like they do in English.