Med den her boremaskine kan vi lave et nyt hul i væggen på få minutter.

Med den her boremaskine is a prepositional phrase meaning with this drill. Danish often puts this kind of phrase first to set the scene or add emphasis.

So the sentence could also be:

Vi kan lave et nyt hul i væggen på få minutter med den her boremaskine.

But starting with Med den her boremaskine sounds natural and highlights the tool first.

This is because Danish follows the verb-second rule in main clauses.

When something other than the subject comes first, the finite verb must still come in second position. So:

• Vi kan lave et nyt hul ... = normal order
• Med den her boremaskine kan vi lave et nyt hul ... = the fronted phrase takes first position, so kan stays second, and vi moves after it

This is very common in Danish.

Both mean this.

• den her boremaskine = this drill
• denne boremaskine = this drill

But there is a style difference:

• den her is very common in everyday spoken Danish
• denne sounds more formal or written

Also, boremaskine is a common gender noun, so Danish uses den, not det.

In Danish, when you use den/det/de + adjective or demonstrative + noun, the noun itself does not take the usual definite suffix.

So you get:

• den her boremaskine
• not den her boremaskinen

Compare:

• boremaskinen = the drill
• den her boremaskine = this drill

That pattern is very important in Danish noun phrases.

Because Danish normally writes compound nouns as a single word.

boremaskine is made from:

• bore = drill / bore
• maskine = machine

So literally it is something like drilling machine.

This is very typical in Danish, just as in German. English often writes similar ideas as two words, but Danish usually joins them.

Because kan is a modal verb, and after modal verbs Danish uses the bare infinitive.

So:

• kan lave
• vil lave
• skal lave
• må lave

not:

• kan at lave

This works much like English:

• can make
• not can to make

Because hul is a neuter noun, so it takes et.

• et hul = a hole

The adjective ny must agree with the noun, so in the neuter singular it becomes nyt:

• en ny stol = a new chair
• et nyt hul = a new hole

So nyt is just the neuter form of ny.

Because the hole is being made in the wall, not on the wall.

• i væggen = in the wall
• på væggen = on the wall

So if you hang a picture, it is på væggen.
If you drill a hole, it is i væggen.

Also, væggen means the wall:

• væg = wall
• væggen = the wall

The ending -en is the definite singular ending for a common gender noun.

Yes, you could say bore et hul, and with boremaskine that is often even more specific and natural.

• lave et hul = make a hole
• bore et hul = drill a hole

So the original sentence is understandable and fine, but many speakers might prefer:

Med den her boremaskine kan vi bore et nyt hul i væggen på få minutter.

That version focuses more directly on the drilling action.

På få minutter means in a few minutes or in just a few minutes.

Danish often uses på to express the amount of time needed to complete something:

• Jeg læste bogen på to dage. = I read the book in two days.
• Vi kan gøre det på fem minutter. = We can do it in five minutes.

So here på få minutter means the job can be completed within that short time.

Here få means few or a few.

So:

• på få minutter = in a few minutes

In this kind of sentence, it usually suggests that something will be quick. It does not sound especially negative here. It is closer to just a few minutes than to the more negative English idea of only few.

In Danish compounds, the main stress is usually on the first part, so boremaskine is stressed mainly on bo-.

A rough guide is:

BO-re-maskine

That first-part stress is very common in Danish compound nouns, so learning that pattern will help with pronunciation and listening.