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