From "hej" to "god morgen," here's how to say hello, good morning, and how are you in Danish — plus the small talk that comes right after.
How to say Merry Christmas in Danish, plus the vocabulary and traditions behind Denmark's most beloved holiday, "jul."
What is Fastelavn? A guide to Denmark's late-winter carnival tradition — barrel-smashing, costumes, and the vocabulary you need to talk about it.
Danish verbs are, in many ways, the simplest part of Danish grammar. Like the other Scandinavian languages, Danish does not conjugate verbs based on person or number — the same form is used for "I", "you", "he", "we", and "they" within the same tense. The tense system itself is compact and logical:…
Danish numbers have a well-deserved reputation for being one of the most unusual and challenging number systems in any European language. While English numbers follow a predictable pattern ("twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three"), Danish numbers in the tens and larger values are based on a…
If you've ever studied Latin, German, or Russian, the word "cases" might fill you with a mixture of fascination and dread. Grammatical cases — the system of changing word endings to show a noun's function in a sentence — can be complex and numerous. The good news for Danish learners: modern Danish…
Danish has a reputation — even among its Nordic neighbours — for being notoriously difficult to understand. Swedes and Norwegians can usually read Danish without much trouble, but listening to spoken Danish can be a different matter entirely. The language has undergone centuries of sound changes…