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Most Common Danish Words
Dansk
Essential Danish vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| hus | house | hoos |
| vand | water | van |
| mand | man | man |
| kvinde | woman | KVIN-ne |
| barn | child | barn |
| ven | friend | ven |
| tid | time | teedh |
| dag | day | dow |
| liv | life | leev |
| verden | world | VER-en |
| land | country | lan |
| by | city | boo |
| arbejde | work | AR-bai-e |
| penge | money | PENG-e |
| mad | food | madh |
| familie | family | fa-MI-li-e |
| bil | car | beel |
| bog | book | bow |
| skole | school | SKOO-le |
| gade | street | GAH-de |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| være | to be | VÆ-re |
| have | to have | HA-ve |
| gøre | to do | GUH-re |
| gå | to go | goh |
| komme | to come | KOM-me |
| sige | to say | SEE-e |
| se | to see | seh |
| vide | to know | VEE-e |
| spise | to eat | SPEE-se |
| drikke | to drink | DRIK-ke |
| sove | to sleep | SOW-e |
| arbejde | to work | AR-bai-e |
| tænke | to think | TEN-ke |
| elske | to love | EL-ske |
| tage | to take | TAH-e |
| give | to give | GEE-ve |
| forstå | to understand | for-STOH |
| ville | to want | VIL-le |
| læse | to read | LEH-se |
| skrive | to write | SKREE-ve |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| stor | big | stoar |
| lille | small | LIL-le |
| god | good | godh |
| dårlig | bad | DOR-li |
| smuk | beautiful | smook |
| ny | new | noo |
| gammel | old | GAM-el |
| ung | young | oong |
| glad | happy | gladh |
| trist | sad | trist |
| stærk | strong | sterk |
| hurtig | fast | HUR-ti |
| langsom | slow | LANG-som |
| varm | hot | varm |
| kold | cold | kol |
| let | easy | let |
| svær | difficult | svær |
| vigtig | important | VIG-ti |
| fri | free | free |
| sand | true | san |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| meget | very | MY-et |
| også | also / too | OS-so |
| altid | always | AL-teedh |
| aldrig | never | AL-dri |
| ofte | often | OF-te |
| nu | now | noo |
| allerede | already | al-le-RE-de |
| stadig | still / yet | STA-di |
| måske | maybe | MOS-ke |
| godt | well | got |
| hurtigt | quickly | HUR-tit |
| her | here | hehr |
| der | there | dehr |
| sammen | together | SAM-en |
| kun | only / just | koon |
| virkelig | really | VIR-ke-li |
| meget | a lot | MY-et |
| lidt | a little | lit |
| for meget | too much | for MY-et |
| straks | immediately | straks |