Useful Danish phrases

A collection of useful phrases in Danish, a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Denmark, with recordings for most of them.

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Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal.

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Notes (by Henrik Dalsager)

Please as a polite way of requesting assistance, or as a polite way of ending a sentence, that may have started neutrally, to provide a cultural gesture, does not exist in Danish.

Please used as a translated phrase (Vær så venlig), and applied seemingly at random as a formal phrase, is considered snobbish, and is typically used as a way of hurrying people in a passive aggresive way.

There is no cultural need for such a word. Instead the Danes have specific polite opening phrases, and gestures, such asHvis du vil være så venlig at ...(If you’ll be so kind, as to ...).

It is polite simply to state the request, and then saytak (thanks).

Recordings of Danish phrases provided by:Voice Crafters
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Links

Other collections of Danish phrases (some with audio)
http://linguanaut.com/english_danish.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/danish.shtml
http://www.speakdanish.dk/html/t_phrasebook.htm
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Danish/DnPhrases.htm
http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/knowledgesafety/a/danphrases.htm
http://www.101languages.net/danish/basics.html
http://www.denmarkfacts.com/learn_danish_online.html

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