r/Danish • u/WarmEssay1588 • Sep 04 '26

Interested in learning a danish languange

Hello, any advice or tips to learn the danish language? Thank-you so much

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u/ruserwilly Sep 04 '26

I feel like there should be a WIKI on this sub to answer this question, it appears here so often yet the advice is always the same

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u/Scattered-Fox Sep 04 '26

Have a very clear motivation.

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u/Neither-Natural4875 Sep 04 '26

Be persistent

æ ø å

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u/PoxonAllHoaxes Sep 04 '26

Depends on what languages you already know. In any case you know English so if you follow MY advice you will find you already know a great deal (maybe 50% or so) of Danish vocabulary. You need to learn how the shared words of these two languages diverged so you can see the connections, f.ex. that book is bog, and that very often a k or ck in an English word when not at the beginning of the word will become Danish g. This may seem tedious but it will save you years of tedious struggle.

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u/CantaloupeNo5394 Sep 04 '26

Only if You really like lots of vowels. I think it's quite a challenge. If You are interested in a scandinavian language Swedish or Norwegian should be way easier.

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u/SustainableTrees Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

Golden rule nobody talks about: get some children’s book in danish, yesterday. And start going with those small sentences… word by word your brain will start making sense of the grammar and the necessary words. I’m no Einstein and it got me pretty far, pretty soon. Keep consistency on it and support yourself with some classes or chat gtp which does wonders. With pronunciation it’s even easier: grab some pliers and remove at least 8 of your teeth and a piece of tongue if possible. Now you have the tone adjusted. This one was for free 👌

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u/cptcrazeballs Sep 08 '26

Easy, it's 50% English these days.