"Er der en læge her?"

Translation: Is there a doctor here?

[ZL321]

I notice this says that 'læge' is 'doctor (medical)'.
So what is a non-medical doctor?

(And by that I mean what is the difference between doktor and læge, of course.)

[RidderJakob]

'Læge' is as you said, a medical doctor, where 'doktor' is just a person with a doctorate, and not necessarily working with health or medicine.

[Ba_s]

Could you still call a medical-doctor a 'doktor' though?

[RidderJakob]

You can easily do that - En doktor er oftest forbundet med en læge.

[ZL321]

Oh, okay. Cool.

Cool.

[nimbus77]

A medical doktor is a person with a doctorate degree in medicine. A læge has also studied medicine but didn't get the M.D. title. I would translate them to doctor and physician respectively. By the way, a non-medical doctor is a doctor of philosophy. Their title is Ph.D.

[LucBE]

In danmark too?

[nimbus77]

It should be noted though that in both Denmark and Sweden many people think that doktor and læge/läkare is the same thing.

[LucBE]

As in many other languages, no doubt.

[nimbus77]

Yes. A læge in Denmark has the academic title cand. med.

[KarinBenne1]

This is so wrong! A medical doctor and a physician are one and the same and both have graduated with a MD (doctor of medicine degree)! Læge is used for both.

[brjaga]

In English we might say "is there a doctor in the house", even in a non-residential setting. Can "huset" have this meaning in Danish, or can it only refer to a dwelling?

[Julie503909]

you would say ' Er der en læge tilstede?'