Significado
Cleaning clothes.
Contexto cultural
The 'Vaskekælder' is a social institution. Rules are often posted on the wall, and 'vasketid' (laundry time) is sacred. Environmental focus: Most Danes wash at 30-40°C and use eco-friendly detergents to protect the Baltic Sea. Air-drying is preferred over tumble drying to save energy and make clothes last longer. The 'Vaskekort' (Laundry Card) is a common item for apartment dwellers, used to pay for communal machines.
Use 'Sætte en vask over'
If you want to sound like a native, use this phrase when you are actually putting the clothes in the machine.
Watch the 'Op'
Never say 'vaske op tøj'. It's a very common beginner mistake that sounds funny to Danes.
Significado
Cleaning clothes.
Use 'Sætte en vask over'
If you want to sound like a native, use this phrase when you are actually putting the clothes in the machine.
Watch the 'Op'
Never say 'vaske op tøj'. It's a very common beginner mistake that sounds funny to Danes.
Laundry Room Etiquette
Always clean the lint filter if you use a shared dryer. It's the #1 cause of laundry room arguments!
Teste-se
Fill in the correct form of the verb 'vaske'.
I går ______ jeg tøj hele dagen.
The sentence starts with 'I går' (yesterday), so we need the past tense.
Which sentence is correct?
How do you say 'I am doing laundry'?
'Vasker op' is for dishes, and 'gør vasketøj' is a literal English translation error.
Complete the dialogue.
A: Skal vi gå en tur? B: Nej, jeg skal ______.
The general activity 'vaske tøj' fits best as a reason for being busy.
🎉 Pontuação: /3
Recursos visuais
Laundry Vocabulary
Maskiner
- • Vaskemaskine
- • Tørretumbler
Produkter
- • Vaskemiddel
- • Skyllemiddel
Banco de exercicios
3 exerciciosI går ______ jeg tøj hele dagen.
The sentence starts with 'I går' (yesterday), so we need the past tense.
How do you say 'I am doing laundry'?
'Vasker op' is for dishes, and 'gør vasketøj' is a literal English translation error.
A: Skal vi gå en tur? B: Nej, jeg skal ______.
The general activity 'vaske tøj' fits best as a reason for being busy.
🎉 Pontuação: /3
Perguntas frequentes
10 perguntasNo, that is a literal translation from English. Always use 'Jeg vasker tøj'.
'Vaske tøj' is the general activity. 'Vaske tøjet' refers to a specific pile of clothes.
It is called 'vaskemiddel'.
It is a mass noun, treated as singular (intetkøn), but it represents multiple items of clothing.
Not many. Most have their own machine or use a shared 'vaskekælder' in their building.
You can say 'at tørre tøj'.
It means 'washing instructions' (the labels on your clothes).
Yes, 'at vaske bil' is perfectly correct.
No, it is neutral and used in all situations.
It is called 'skyllemiddel'.
Frases relacionadas
vaskemaskine
similarwashing machine
vasketøj
builds onlaundry (the clothes)
vaske op
contrastto wash dishes
sætte en vask over
specialized formto start a load of laundry
