"Erhvervet"

Translation: The profession

[BorgPrincess]

For learners familiar with German: Notice the similarity to "Erwerb", as in "Broterwerb". :)

[Respro]

Is this German word an explanation for the ethymology of the Danish word erhvervet? Does et erhverv exist?

[M.Ugatu]

1- Yes, "erhverv" comes from "erwerb".

2- Yes, being a baker for ex. is "et erhverv".

[Respro]

Mange tak, Byboeren (funny nickname!)

[zeusttu]

I didn't heat the t at the end. Even when listening back I can't heat it. Is it supposed to be silent?

[Frederikbr]

The sound bite is not so good. It is supposed to end with a [əð] pronunciation in the sound bit. You can also pronounce it with a [ət] ending, but it is more normal to hear the soft d in the end. This goes for a lot of words ending with -et.

Listen to this sound bit for example which is a little better: http://www.forvo.com/search/huset/da/

[MMuhr]

Would you pronounce this the exact same way as the soft D?

[PushythePirate1]

@Frederikbr, thanks so much for that site! I saved it for later!

[SuzannaWaldorff]

Speaker siger kun erhverv og ikke erhvervet. Altså kun profession

[doggylucas]

This word is terribly difficult to type

[PushythePirate1]

Try Welsh. I have the hardest time with some of those words. I figure that just practice, practice, practice, and we'll get it.

[Henrik...]

Hard to pronounce.

[MeuamP]

I wish the translators esp. the man would speak more slowly with some of these words so we could catch how to pronounce them.

[HastaLaVista83]

Just use forvo.

[KathleenAi2]

So many letters not pronounced here.

[Fred-3-CMY]

Absolutely not true.
"erhvervet" (9 letters): [æɐ̯ˈvæɐ̯ˀwəð] (9 sounds! including the glottal stop), according to ordnet.dk.
Apart from this... I do not agree regarding the [æ] being used in IPA transcriptions of Danish that often, this is just a regular [ɛ] sound, in my opinion, not different from a German "ä" as in the word "Erwerb".

[GigiGottwald]

I feel 'occupation' should also be accepted. A doctor or a lawyer has a profession; a bricklayer or a farmer has an occupation.

[rachelvantonder]

Sounds identical to "erhvelv".

[Pepyss]

This also means "the business"

[DennisLudm]

Ja, but its "vrong" according to the app

[Jack-key]

It sounds like "мяу-мяу"