Work

"Work" in Danish

arbejde

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

arbejde

(place where one is employed)

arbejde

(effort expended on a particular task)

arbejde

(result of a particular manner of production)

arbejde

(physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object)

arbejdsplads

(place where one is employed)

forsvarsværk

(fortification)

job

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

job

(place where one is employed)

job

(effort expended on a particular task)

værk

(literary, artistic, or intellectual production)

værk

(fortification)

anvende

(to set into action — see also operate)

arbejde

(to do a specific task)

arbejde

(to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty.)

arbejde

(to move or progress slowly)

arbejde sig

(to cause to move or progress)

bane sig vej

(to cause to move or progress)

bearbejde

(to shape, form, or improve a material)

bearbejde

(to provoke or excite)

bearbejde

(to influence)

betjene

(to set into action — see also operate)

brodere

(to embroider with thread)

drive

(to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty.)

forarbejde

(to shape, form, or improve a material)

fungere

(to behave in a certain way when handled.)

få til at arbejde

(to force to work)

få til at ske

(to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate)

(to move in an agitated manner — see also move)

gære

(to cause to ferment)

sætte i arbejde

(to force to work)

udnytte

(to exhaust)

udnytte

(to use or manipulate)

udvirke

(to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate)

virke

(to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for)

virke

(to behave in a certain way when handled.)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.