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Visiting Denmark for business or pleasure? Impress the locals with some top-notch Danish phrases.Danish is a North Germanic language, on the same branch of the Indo-European family tree as Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian, and Swedish. It has approximately 5,292,000 speakers. Danish is the official language of Denmark. It's also the second official spoken language of the Faroe Islands (with Faroese) and Greenland (with Greenlandic) and is officially recognised in the bordering area of South Schleswig in Germany. It is one of the official languages of the European Union. Pronunciation Vowels A: as in 'father' E: a short, flat 'e' as in 'met' E(g): as the 'i' in 'high' I: a short, flat 'e' as in 'met'; as the 'i' in 'marine' O: a short 'o' as in 'pot'; as the 'a' in 'walk'; as the 'oo' in 'zoo' O(r): as in 'or' but with little emphasis on the 'r' O(v): as the 'ow' in 'vow', but shorter U: as in 'pull'; as the 'oo in 'zoo' U(n): as the 'a' in 'walk' Y: a long, sharp 'u' ? purse your lips and say 'ee' ? as the 'e' in 'bet'; as the 'a' in 'act' ? as the 'er' in 'fern', but shorter z as the 'a' in 'walk' Consonants B: as in 'box' C: as in 'cell' Ch: as in 'cheque', but sharper (o)d: as the 'th' in 'these' g: before vowels, a hard 'g' as in 'get' h: as in 'horse' j: as the 'y' in 'yet' k: as in 'kit' ng: as in 'sing' r: a rolling 'r' abruptly cut short sj: as the 'sh in 'ship w: as the 'v' in 'Volkswagen'
Greetings Hello: Goddag/Hej (pol/inf) Goodbye: Farvel Yes: Ja No: Nej Thank you: Tak Excuse me: Undskyld May I/Do you mind?: Ma jeg/Tillader De?
Small Talk What's your name?: Hvad hedder du? My name is ...: Jeg hedder ... Where are you from?: Hvorfra kommer du? I'm from ...: Jeg kommer fra ... How old are you?: Hvor gammel er du?
Signs Entrance: Indgang Exit: Udgang Open: Ten Closed: Lukket Information: Information Police Station: Politistation Toilets: Toiletter Men: Herrer Women: Damer
Around Town I'm looking for ...: Jeg leder efter ... A bank: en bank The city centre: centrum The ... embassy: den ... ambassade My hotel: mit hotel The market: markedet The museum: museet The police: politiet The post office: postkontoret A public toilet: et offentligt toilet The telephone centre: telefoncentralen The tourist office: turist-informationen Cathedral: katedral/domkirke Church: kirke Main square: hovedtorv/torvet Old city: den gamle bydel Palace: palads
Shopping How much is it?: Hvor meget koster Bookshop: boghandel Camera shop: fotohandel Delicatessen: delikatesse Laundry: vaskeri Market: marked News agency: aviskiosk Stationers: papirhandel
Times & Dates What time is it?: Hvad er klokken? It's ? o'clock.: Klokken er ? Today: i dag Tomorrow: i morgen Day after tomorrow: i overmorgen In the morning: om morgenen In the afternoon: om eftermiddagen In the evening: om aftenen Early: tidlig
Monday: mandag Tuesday: tirsdag Wednesday: onsdag Thursday: torsdag Friday: fredag Saturday: lordag Sunday: s?
Numbers Zero: nul One: en Two: to Three: tre Four: fire Five: fem Six: seks Seven: syv Eight: otte Nine: ni Ten: ti
Food & Drink Breakfast: morgenmad Lunch: frokost Dinner: middag Menu: spisekort Daily special: dagens ret Curry: karry Soup: suppe Meat: kod Lamb: lamme Beef: oksekod Chicken: hons Turkey: kalkun Fish: fisk Tuna: tunfisk Salmon: laks Cucumber: agurk Mushroom: champignon Vegetables: grontsager Carrots: gulerodder Garlic: hvidlog Potatoe: kartoffel Onion: log Corn: majs Olive: oliven Apricot: abrikos Pineapple: ananas Orange: appelsin Banana: banan Lemon: citron Fruit: frugt Cream: flode Cheese: ost Butter: smor
Non-alcoholic: alkoholfri Orange juice: appelsinjuice Lemonade: citronvand Coffe: kaffe Tea: te Water: vand
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