What does “mobning” mean in Danish?
Fængsel for mobning og julegaver gennem 100 år
B1 Danish listening practice · Standard Danish · Curated for intermediate learners
This kids' news report weighs a proposed law and stops you cold: children could go behind bars for at mobbe, to bully. «Du hørte rigtigt mobbe» (“you heard right, bully”). The noun mobning (“bullying”) and verb at mobbe are huge words in Danish school life, where anti-mobning campaigns are a national fixture.
The word comes from English “mob” but has gone fully Danish, with mobber (“bully”) and the lighter drille (“to tease”). The report contrasts Denmark’s approach with France’s tougher new law. For learners it’s vocabulary that doubles as a lesson in Scandinavian school culture.
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- ▸Danish kids' and youth news on DR, especially Ultra Nyt.
- ▸Danish school anti-bullying programmes like Fri for Mobberi.
- ▸In Danish classrooms during klassens time (the weekly class meeting).
- ▸Compared with France’s 2023 anti-harcèlement school law.