Learn Danish

What if I told you that you don’t need to memorise huge lists of vocabulary to improve your Danish? What if learning vocabulary could happen organically, and could actually be… fun? I used to think the only way to learn a language was by memorizing endless lists of words. In school, I’d sit for hours…

Hej! Jeg vil gerne bede om en kop filter kaffe.  Blank stare..  En kop filter kaffe? Nå ja, en filter kaffe? That’ll be 35 kroner please. Would you like milk with that? Sound familiar?  For many learners of Danish this is an all too common scenario. You go to your Danish class, you practise some…

The big daddy of the weird Danish sounds – just how exactly do you pronounce the soft d? The good news is that it is not impossible! In fact, with just a little bit of practise, you’ll be rødgrøding with the best of them. D vs L – the big debate A quick Google search…

As you begin your Danish learning journey, you may find that all of the words kind of blend into each other, in what sounds like one long, messy vowel sound. This is because Danish has more vowel sounds than most languages. To the untrained ear, it can be difficult to distinguish between the different sounds,…

One of the ‘new’ vowels that you will find in Danish, learning to pronounce ‘Å’ will help take your language to the next level, from being able to pronounce place names like Århus and Ågade, to improving your listening skills by being able to differentiate the Danish vowels. The fastest way to pick up new…

One of the ‘funny’ vowels you will find in many Nordic languages, learning to pronounce Æ will not only help you to speak Danish but also improve your listening skills by being able to differentiate the Danish vowels. The fastest way to pick up new vowel sounds is to understand how vowel sounds are made….

One of the first ‘tricky’ Danish vowels you’re likely to come across as you try to order an ‘øl’, learning how to pronounce ‘ø’ will help build up both your Danish listening and speaking skills. First things first, it’s important to have a general grasp of how vowels are made in any language. Once you…

Tired of not being understood when you speak Danish? Overwhelmed by the seemingly endless stream of vowels that is the Danish language? Sick of being asked to pronounce “rød grød med fløde”? You’ve come to the right place.  Danish pronunciation is notoriously difficult – it has sounds that don’t really exist in other languages, a…

Danish is an enigma. It’s a Germanic language similar to English, with a lot of shared vocabulary and grammar. It shouldn’t be too difficult to learn. Yet there’s something about it that stumps people. I’ve known real language nerds who have moved to Copenhagen and left with nothing more than a “skål” and a “tak”….