Talk:fiddler

Translations for "one who plays the fiddle"

There's a certain group of translations here that are cognates of each other (spelemann, spillemand, speelman, etc.), and I'm not sure whether all of them are equally correct as translations. For example, while the Norwegian entries for such a word do describe a fiddler, the Dutch entry (which is long and carefully written) only describes entertainers in general and travelling entertainers specifically, and doesn't mention fiddle playing. Maybe a "false friend" or two has crept into the translations, or maybe (for example) the Dutch word can also specifically refer to a fiddle player but that meaning hasn't been added to Wiktionary. I don't know the languages in question well enough to take it any further. (Well, maybe just a little further - on the surface it looks as if Norwegian = fiddler, Swedish = folk musician in general, Dutch = entertainer, especially the street variety.) TooManyFingers (talk) 15:14, 23 June 2021 (UTC)