Danish is the Germanic language spoken in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and parts of Greenland and Germany (Southern Schleswig). Around 5.5 million people speak Danish. It is used as a second language in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The Danish people, or Danes, call their language dansk.
Here are some simple words in Danish:
| English |
Danish
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| Hello |
Hej
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| Goodbye |
Farvel
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| Thank you |
Tak
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| Where are you from? |
Hvor kommer du fra?
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| With |
Med
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| I |
Jeg
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| Yes |
Ja
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| No |
Nej
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| Welcome |
Velkommen
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| am/are/is |
Er
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| English |
Engelsk
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| If |
Hvis
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| I love you |
Jeg elsker dig
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| Room |
Værelse
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| Copenhagen |
København
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| Bill |
Regning
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| Food |
Mad
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| Okay |
Okay
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| Umbrella |
Paraply
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| Where |
Hvor
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| Who |
Hvem
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| Which |
Hvilken/hvilket
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| The price |
Prisen
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| Where is |
Hvor er
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| Airport |
Lufthavn
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| Road |
Vej
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| Rooster |
Hane
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| Chicken |
Kylling
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| Fish |
Fisk
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| Vegetarian |
Vegetar
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| Compare |
Sammenligne
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| Train |
Tog
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References
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| Anglo-Frisian | | Anglic | |
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| Frisian | | Historical forms | |
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| East Frisian |
- Ems
- Weser
- Wangerooge Frisian
- Wursten Frisian
- Harlingerland Frisian
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| North Frisian |
- Insular
- Eiderstedt
- Föhr–Amrum
- Heligolandic
- Sylt
- Mainland
- Bökingharde
- Halligen
- Goesharde
- Northern
- Central
- Southern
- Karrharde
- Strand
- Wiedingharde
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| West Frisian |
- Hindeloopen
- Schiermonnikoog
- Westlauwers–Terschellings
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| Low German | | Historical forms | |
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| West Low German |
- Dutch Low Saxon
- Stellingwarfs
- Tweants
- Gronings
- Drèents
- Gelders-Overijssels
- Urkers
- Veluws
- Northern Low Saxon
- Eastphalian
- Westphalian
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| East Low German |
- Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch
- Brandenburgisch
- Central Pomeranian
- East Pomeranian
- Low Prussian
- Plautdietsch / Mennonite Low German
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| Low Franconian | | Historical forms | |
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| Standard variants | |
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| West Low Franconian |
- Central Dutch
- West Flemish
- Zeelandic
- East Flemish
- Brabantian
- Kleverlandish
- Surinamese Dutch
- Jersey Dutch
- Mohawk Dutch
- Stadsfries/Bildts/Amelands/Midslands
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| East Low Franconian | |
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High German
(German) | |
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| North | | Historical forms | |
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| West | |
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| East |
- Swedish
- Swedish dialects
- Rinkebysvenska
- Danish
- Danish dialects
- Insular Danish
- Jutlandic
- East Danish
- Bornholmsk
- Scanian (historically)
- Southern Schleswig Danish
- Gøtudanskt
- Perkerdansk
- Old Danish
- Middle Danish
- Dalecarlian
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- Gutnish
- Mainland Gutnish
- Fårö Gutnish
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Philology |
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| Language subgroups |
- Northwest
- Gotho-Nordic
- South
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| Reconstructed |
- Proto-Germanic
- Proto-Germanic grammar
- Germanic parent language
- Ancient Belgian language
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| Diachronic features |
- Grimm's law
- Verner's law
- Holtzmann's law
- Sievers's law
- Kluge's law
- Germanic substrate hypothesis
- West Germanic gemination
- High German consonant shift
- Germanic a-mutation
- Germanic umlaut
- Germanic spirant law
- Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law
- Great Vowel Shift
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| Synchronic features |
- Germanic verb
- Germanic strong verb
- Germanic weak verb
- Preterite-present verb
- Grammatischer Wechsel
- Indo-European ablaut
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- Italics indicate extinct languages
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
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