Getting Things Done (The Få-Passive)
When you arrange for someone else to perform a service for you—like having your clothes tailored or your car fixed—Danish uses the få-passive.
To build it, use the verb få (to get/have), followed by the object receiving the action, and then the past participle of the main verb (which typically ends in -t).
This mirrors the English structure of "getting [something] [done]". Notice how the object sits between the two verb parts:
| He is getting the suit sewn at the tailor's. | Han får jakkesættet syet hos skrædderen. |
Professional Services
Use this construction when talking about errands and services. The word order stays the same whether you are having garments fitted at the tailor (skrædderen) or cleaned at the dry cleaner (renseriet).
| We are getting the new dress fitted at the tailor's. | Vi får den nye kjole tilpasset hos skrædderen. |
| The woman is getting her coat dry-cleaned at the dry cleaner's. | Kvinden får sin frakke renset på renseriet. |
Maintenance and Repairs
The få-passive is also used for repairs, like taking shoes to the shoemaker (skomageren) or fixing your car.
| Are you getting both shoes repaired at the shoemaker's? | Får du begge sko repareret hos skomageren? |
If you are having multiple things done at once, you can list the objects and their past participles together:
| I am getting the tire changed and the brake checked tomorrow. | Jeg får dækket skiftet og bremsen tjekket i morgen. |
This structure works perfectly after an infinitive marker like at (to), where you simply use the infinitive få:
| We probably need to get the brake repaired. | Vi har nok brug for at få bremsen repareret. |