Useful words and sentences in Danish

Danish is a North Germanic language and is spoken in Denmark. The language has a very large vowel inventory (27 phonemically distinctive vowels) and the prosody is characterised by the distinctive phenomenon stød which is a kind of phonation type. If you want to learn more about the Danish language, you should check our language schools in Denmark and in other countries.

But if you want to learn something in Danish today, you could start with these words and sentences:

Useful words and sentences in Danish

Hej.
Hello.

Velkommen!
Welcome!

God morgen!
Good morning!

God eftermiddag!
Good afternoon!

God aften!
Good evening!

God nat!
Good night!

Farvel!
Goodbye!

ja
yes

nej
no

Hvordan har du det?
How are you?

tak
thank you / thanks

Undskyld!
Excuse me!

beklager
sorry

Selv tak.
You are welcome.

Taler du engelsk/ dansk/ …?
Do you speak English/ Danish/ …?

Jeg taler ikke dansk.
I don’t speak Danish.

Ja, en smule.
Yes, a little.

Vil du tale lidt langsommere?
Please speak more slowly!

Kan du sige det igen?
Can you say it again?

Kan du skrive det ned, tak?
Can you write it down?

Hvordan siger du … på dansk?
How do you say … in Danish?

Hvad hedder du?
What’s your name?

Jeg hedder …
My name is …

Mit navn er …
My name is …

Hvor kommer du fra?
Where are you from?

Jeg er fra …
I am from …

Hvad er klokken?
What time is it?

Skål!
Cheers!

Hav en god dag!
Have a nice day!

Held ok lykke!
Good luck!

God rejse!
Have a good journey!

Tillykke!
Congratulations!

Would you like to learn more about the Danish language? Read our article about the most common verbs and check our language schools in Denmark, but also for Danish in other countries!

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