r/danishlanguage • • Feb 01 '25

Recently bought a vintage desk in Taiwan, and a letter is in the drawer from last owner. Does anyone know what it means?

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1.3k Upvotes

r/danishlanguage • • Apr 19 '24

New here!

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909 Upvotes

Just moved to Denmark to be with my wife who’s from here. Looking forward to keep learning.


r/danishlanguage • • Jul 13 '26

What do you think about her progress? After 9 months of living here.

484 Upvotes

I'm jealous, personally, because I've lived here for a few years now and can't remember how my Danish was when I was 9-10 months in to sprogskole.

My Danish understanding is fine, but writing and speaking are still very challenging.


r/danishlanguage • • May 13 '25

Is this a commonly used idiom?

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391 Upvotes

As in the title. I suppose that this is, eventhough duolingo doesn’t explain it, an idiom. Is it used often or is it more oldschool?


r/danishlanguage • • Feb 25 '26

Am I dumb or is this absolute nonsense?!

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390 Upvotes

Where even is the coffee in that sentence?!?! Mind you I wrote "Goodness gracious the coffee" because what else would make sense right? But it was wrong. Goodness gracious it is, my lord 🙇🏻‍♀️

Is this right? Like am I wrong in this? Or is duolingo wrong?

Btw what do you suggest to learn Danish pronunciation? Duolingo is not good for that...

Thank you in advance!


r/danishlanguage • • May 03 '26

My attempt at reading some of the Danish cuisines as a non-native learner of this silly language (that I love)

377 Upvotes

Now I did this half jokingly, so take that as you will


r/danishlanguage • • Dec 21 '23

I saw this title in a newspaper and I am wondering why they used "sit" instead of "hans".

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365 Upvotes

My danish husband told me it should be sit not hans but couldn't explain why.


r/danishlanguage • • Apr 14 '24

Can't it be "kun" as well

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360 Upvotes

r/danishlanguage • • Oct 12 '23

Hope this is helpful

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343 Upvotes

r/danishlanguage • • May 14 '24

This app, I swear

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337 Upvotes

Jeg ved ikke at, at hvor laver Duolingo sit øvelse, men jeg synes at, nogen løb tør for ideer.


r/danishlanguage • • Apr 29 '24

diagram like this for Danish?

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304 Upvotes

I saw this diagram in the English subreddit for English prepositions. I was wondering if anyone had something like it for Danish prepositions, bc those are the hardest for me to grasp.


r/danishlanguage • • Jun 16 '24

help???

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288 Upvotes

please for coffee?????? im really confused rn help pls


r/danishlanguage • • Jan 29 '24

hvor vs hvordan

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260 Upvotes

hi! i am confused about the difference between "hvor" and "hvordan".

i understand that "hvor "means "where", and "hordan" means "how", but in some phrases that is not the case. for example, "HVOR hej er du?" means "HOW tall are you?", but "HVOR er du?" means "WHERE are you?". why is it phrased "hvor. hoi er du?" instead of "hordan hoj er du?"? i do not understand.

why is hvor sometimes used to say "how", despite the fact it directly translates to "where"? can someone please explain why, that'd be great! :)


r/danishlanguage • • Nov 25 '23

I'm confused about this translation on Duolingo!

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260 Upvotes

r/danishlanguage • • Jan 09 '24

Can someone please explain how the hell this works?

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214 Upvotes

My brain is melting trying to process how this translation happens


r/danishlanguage • • Jan 08 '24

What. The. Fuck.

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206 Upvotes

r/danishlanguage • • Nov 26 '23

What does this mean?

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202 Upvotes

I find the English sentence a bit too vague (if not completely wrong) Is it supposed to be like "some type of tough guy"?


r/danishlanguage • • Jan 20 '24

How to say “wife” without offending my wife

195 Upvotes

I tried to call my wife, who is Danish, “Kone” today, thinking it was a direct translation of “wife”. She was not so happy… and explained to me that the word in Danish is a bit old school and has certain connotations that she doesn’t like.

She suggested I use “kæreste” or “dame” but they don’t capture exactly what I’m trying to say (that we are literally married). Is there a way I can say this without offending her?


r/danishlanguage • • Jun 25 '24

Surely this can't be right?!

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178 Upvotes

r/danishlanguage • • Oct 13 '26

How is a root a fruit?

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175 Upvotes

Got confused at Rema1000 today.. The sign on the shelf said "Farvede Rødder" I got that. But why are they called Blandet Rodfrugter on the scale button? They aren't fruit! Why is this and why can't it be thesame word?!


r/danishlanguage • • Mar 25 '26

Does anyone else love the way Danes pronounce the name Anna?

171 Upvotes

"As an American named Anna, I have to say: I much prefer the Danish way of saying my name over the Swedish version. The Swedish 'Aaaa-nah' is a bit too much, but the Danish 'Anna' is so crisp and modern. It’s actually made me rethink how I say my own name!"

if anyone is confused danes pronounce Anna closer to ann-uh or eh-nah which i much prefer over the open ah-na in disney's frozen.


r/danishlanguage • • Apr 25 '24

Two questions... One, why does é exist in Dansk? Two. Why I instead of Med Forelsket?

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169 Upvotes

r/danishlanguage • • Dec 07 '23

Is this how you’d say a telephone number?? Very odd translation to English

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166 Upvotes

r/danishlanguage • • Nov 22 '23

Shouldn't it be "Han kan lære" here?

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164 Upvotes

I read on a grammar book that the enunciative sentences should have the verb at the second position in the sentence (because it a V2 language)... Here is in the first as in a inversion... Tak