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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
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
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.