Hej
'Hello' in Danish
Photo by Nick Karvounis
Language
Danish
Danish, a North Germanic language, is spoken by about 6 million native speakers, primarily in Denmark and parts of southern Sweden and Greenland. It uses the Latin alphabet with additional characters like "æ," "ø," and "å." Known for its distinctive pronunciation with a soft "d" and glottal stop ("stød"), Danish grammar features two grammatical genders (common and neuter), a simple case system, and verb conjugations that do not vary by person. Its vocabulary derives from Old Norse, with loanwords from German, French, and English. As Denmark’s official language, Danish is central to its culture, literature, and education, with mutual intelligibility with Norwegian and Swedish.
Flashcards
dreng
boy
A male child.
barn
child
A young human being below the age of puberty.
hoved
major
Of greater importance, seriousness, or scope; principal.
vælge
pick
To choose or select from a group.
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