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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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