100 Basic Danish Vocabularies
We believe in learning the most important vocabularies first to start off your learning journey on the right foot. The list below contains 100 of the most frequently used Danish vocabularies. For more vocabularies like that, check out our yellow vocabulary book towards the end of this page.
| English | Danish |
|---|---|
| I | jeg |
| you | du |
| he | han |
| she | hun |
| it | det |
| we | vi |
| you | I |
| they | de |
| what | hvad |
| who | hvem |
| where | hvor |
| why | hvorfor |
| how | hvordan |
| which | hvilken |
| when | hvornår |
| then | så |
| if | hvis |
| really | virkelig |
| but | men |
| because | fordi |
| not | ikke |
| this | dette |
| that | det |
| all | alle |
| or | eller |
| and | og |
| to know | at vide (ved, vidste, vidst) |
| to think | at tænke (tænker, tænkte, tænkt) |
| to come | at komme (kommer, kom, kommet) |
| to put | at sætte (sætter, satte, sat) |
| to take | at tage (tager, tog, taget) |
| to find | at finde (finder, fandt, fundet) |
| to listen | at lytte (lytter, lyttede, lyttet) |
| to work | at arbejde (arbejder, arbejdede, arbejdet) |
| to talk | at tale (taler, talte, talt) |
| to give | at give (giver, gav, givet) |
| to like | at kunne lide (kan, kunne, kunnet) |
| to help | at hjælpe (hjælper, hjalp, hjulpet) |
| to love | at elske (elsker, elskede, elsket) |
| to call | at ringe (ringer, ringede, ringet) |
| to wait | at vente (venter, ventede, ventet) |
| 0 | nul |
| 1 | en |
| 2 | to |
| 3 | tre |
| 4 | fire |
| 5 | fem |
| 6 | seks |
| 7 | syv |
| 8 | otte |
| 9 | ni |
| 10 | ti |
| 11 | elleve |
| 12 | tolv |
| 13 | tretten |
| 14 | fjorten |
| 15 | femten |
| 16 | seksten |
| 17 | sytten |
| 18 | atten |
| 19 | nitten |
| 20 | tyve |
| new | ny (nyt, nye) |
| old | gammel (gammelt, gamle) |
| few | få |
| many | mange |
| wrong | forkert (forkert, forkerte) |
| correct | korrekt (korrekt, korrekte) |
| bad | dårlig (dårligt, dårlige) |
| good | god (godt, gode) |
| happy | lykkelig (lykkeligt, lykkelige) |
| short | kort (kort, korte) |
| long | lang (langt, lange) |
| small | lille (lille, små) |
| big | stor (stort, store) |
| there | der |
| here | her |
| right | højre |
| left | venstre |
| beautiful | smuk (smukt, smukke) |
| young | ung (ungt, unge) |
| old | gammel (gammelt, gamle) |
| hello | hallo |
| ok | ok |
| of course | selvfølgelig |
| bye bye | hej hej |
| good bye | farvel |
| excuse me | undskyld mig |
| sorry | undskyld |
| thank you | tak |
| please | vær venlig |
| now | nu |
| hour | (en) time (timer) |
| minute | (et) minut (minutter) |
| second | (et) sekund (sekunder) |
| day | (en) dag (dage) |
| week | (en) uge (uger) |
| month | (en) måned (måneder) |
| year | (et) år (år) |
| evening | (en) aften (aftener) |
Danish Vocabulary Books
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