Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Council for German Orthography
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Mange tak
Danke
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
God nat
gute Nacht
Good Evening
God aften
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
guten Tag
Good Morning
God morgen
guten Morgen
Sorry
Undskyld!
Verzeihung
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Scanian
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Sweden
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Denmark
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Texas German
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
dansk
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
danois
allemand
German Name
Dänisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Germans
Origin
c. 1100 AD
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
dani1284
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Danish and German Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Danish and German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and German language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs German Difficulty
The Danish vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and German Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Danish and German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.