Significado
Cleaning dust from the floor.
Contexto cultural
Danes take their shoes off at the door. This makes vacuuming 'gulvet' a high-priority task because people walk in socks or barefoot. The 'Saturday cleaning' (lørdagsrengøring) is a common tradition where the whole family helps 'støvsuge gulvet'. Robot vacuums (robotstøvsugere) are extremely popular in Danish apartments to keep up with the high cleanliness standards. Danish homes often have expensive wooden floors. Vacuuming is preferred over sweeping to avoid scratching the wood with grit.
Drop the 'gulvet'
In casual conversation, you can just say 'Jeg støvsuger'. Everyone knows what you mean!
The Soft D
Make sure to pronounce the soft 'd' in 'gulvet' correctly, or it might sound like 'gulve' (plural floors).
Significado
Cleaning dust from the floor.
Drop the 'gulvet'
In casual conversation, you can just say 'Jeg støvsuger'. Everyone knows what you mean!
The Soft D
Make sure to pronounce the soft 'd' in 'gulvet' correctly, or it might sound like 'gulve' (plural floors).
Compound Power
Learning 'støvsuge' helps you learn two words at once: 'støv' (dust) and 'suge' (suck).
Ponte a prueba
Fill in the correct form of the verb 'støvsuge'.
Jeg ______ gulvet hver lørdag.
The sentence describes a habit, so we use the present tense 'støvsuger'.
Which sentence is correct?
Choose the right way to say 'I vacuumed the floor yesterday'.
'I går' requires the past tense 'støvsugede'.
Match the Danish phrase with its English meaning.
Match the cleaning terms.
These are the three main ways to clean a floor in Danish.
Complete the dialogue.
A: Hvorfor larmer det så meget? B: Fordi jeg ______ gulvet.
Vacuuming (støvsugning) is noisy (larmer).
Match the phrase to the situation.
You are at a store looking for a cleaning machine.
You are looking for the machine (støvsuger), not performing the action.
🎉 Puntuación: /5
Ayudas visuales
Cleaning Tools in Danish
Tools
- • Støvsuger
- • Kost
- • Gulvskrubbe
Actions
- • Støvsuge
- • Feje
- • Vaske
Targets
- • Gulv
- • Tæppe
- • Bord
Banco de ejercicios
5 ejerciciosJeg ______ gulvet hver lørdag.
The sentence describes a habit, so we use the present tense 'støvsuger'.
Choose the right way to say 'I vacuumed the floor yesterday'.
'I går' requires the past tense 'støvsugede'.
Empareja cada elemento de la izquierda con su par de la derecha:
These are the three main ways to clean a floor in Danish.
A: Hvorfor larmer det så meget? B: Fordi jeg ______ gulvet.
Vacuuming (støvsugning) is noisy (larmer).
You are at a store looking for a cleaning machine.
You are looking for the machine (støvsuger), not performing the action.
🎉 Puntuación: /5
Preguntas frecuentes
12 preguntasYes! 'Tæppet' means the carpet. It's very common.
It is one word (a compound verb).
It is 'en støvsuger'.
It is 'støvsugede'. For example: 'Jeg støvsugede i går.'
No, it is often implied. 'Jeg skal støvsuge' is perfectly fine.
It is neutral. You can use it in any situation.
You still use the same verb: 'Robotten støvsuger.'
Yes, 'at støvsuge bilen' is correct.
Some might say 'at svinge støvsugeren' (to swing the vacuum).
Because you are usually vacuuming a specific, known floor (definite form).
Metaphorically, it can mean to search a market or area thoroughly.
Yes, very! Especially because of the no-shoes-indoors rule.
Frases relacionadas
at vaske gulv
similarTo mop the floor
at feje gulvet
similarTo sweep the floor
at gøre rent
builds onTo clean (general)
at støve af
similarTo dust (surfaces)
en støvsuger
specialized formA vacuum cleaner
