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German vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
7  
8

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

Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
9  
1

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
hallo  

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  

Please
Please  
bitte  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Farvel  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

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  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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  
9  
9

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
ger  

ISO 639 3
dan  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
dani1284  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Danish and German Language History

Comparison of Danish vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and German language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Danish and German Language History.

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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.

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