What does “tømrer” mean in Danish?
Flere kvinder vælger at blive tømrere
A2 Danish listening practice · Standard Danish · Picked for people who know a little
“Picture a carpenter. Did you picture a man?” This clip introduces tømrer (carpenter) and the women now choosing the trade: «Jeg vil gerne være tømrer» (“I want to be a carpenter”). A tømrer frames buildings and roofs in wood, one of Denmark’s classic håndværker (skilled-trade) jobs, learned through an erhvervsuddannelse, a vocational apprenticeship.
Danish proudly separates its trades: a tømrer (carpenter) is not a snedker (joiner) or a murer (bricklayer). The clip’s hook is that most tømrere are still men, and that’s changing. For learners it’s a tidy window into how Denmark talks about work and apprenticeships.
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Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.
- ▸Danish explainers for young viewers on DR.
- ▸Danish vocational schools (erhvervsskoler) and apprenticeship campaigns.
- ▸On any Danish building site, where tømrer, murer, and elektriker work side by side.
- ▸Danish home-renovation and DIY TV shows.