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

• snedkerere
• snedkeri
• snedkermester

Further reading

• snedker on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da