snedker

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German sniddeker, derived from the verb sniddeken, snidken (“to carve”), a variant of the verb snīden (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną. Norwegian snekker and Swedish snickare are also borrowed from Low German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsneˀɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

snedker c (singular definite snedkeren, plural indefinite snedkere)

  1. joiner (maker of wooden furniture)

Inflection

Declension of snedker
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative snedker snedkeren snedkere snedkerne
genitive snedkers snedkerens snedkeres snedkernes

Derived terms

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