Basic Danish words for beginners

– Essential words to know –

Learn the essentials of Danish easily with this vocabulary list that contains all the most basic words used in Danish, with their english translations. If you’re a beginner, it will come in handy to review or learn Danish by yourself before traveling, or if you want to enrich and improve your Danish vocabulary to better express yourself in writing and speaking!

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ENGLISH	DANISH
Please	Vær venlig
Thank you!	Tak skal du have!
Sorry!	Undskyld!
What?	Hvad?
Who?	WHO?
When?	Hvornår?
Why?	Hvorfor?
Which?	Hvilken?
How?	Hvordan?
Where ?	Hvor ?
How much ?	Hvor meget ?
Yes	Ja
No	Ingen
Maybe	måske
Of course	Selvfølgelig
something	noget
nothing	ikke noget
somebody	en eller anden
nobody	ingen
before	Før
after	efter
far	langt
near	nær ved
here	her
there	der
today	i dag
tomoorow	imorgen
now	nu
man	mand
woman	kvinde
friend	ven
more	mere
less	mindre
always	altid
later	senere
never	aldrig
same	samme
different	forskellige
small	lille
large	stor
difficult	svært
easy	let
hot	hed
cold	kold
yesterday	i går
after	efter
beautiful	smuk
broken	gået i stykker
free	ledig
a pharmacy	et apotek
money	penge
a bag	en pose
a lighter	En lighter
a cigarette	en cigaret
a bottle	en flaske
soap	sæbe
clean	ren
dirty	snavset
a trash can	en skraldespand
a trash bag	en skraldepose
the silence	stilheden
a tool	et værktøj
pregnant	gravid
sick	syg
a baby	en baby
a little bit	en lille smule
a doctor	en læge
a dentist	en tandlæge
a medicine	en medicin
a book	en bog
a story	en historie
a phone	en telefon
a computer	en computer
a car	en bil
a plane	et fly
the name	navnet
the adress	adressen
the age	alderen
the nationality	nationaliteten
a choice	et valg
an answer	et svar
the key	nøglen
the light	lyset
the television	fjernsynet
the bed	sengen
the house	huset
the shower	badet
the window	vinduet
the door	døren
the table	bordet
tired	træt
water	vand
open	åben
closed	lukket
clothes	tøj
coffee	kaffe
tea	te
lunch	frokost
dinner	aftensmad
a fruit	en frugt
a vegetable	en grøntsag
a beverage	en drik
a child	et barn
rain	regn
the entrance	indgangen
the exit	udgangen
music	musik
a smile	et smil
the world	verdenen
the sky	himlen
a river	en flod
the sea	havet
the mountain	bjerget
the lake	søen
the island	øen
the beach	stranden

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