Denmark and the Danish Language

Denmark on the European map, is east of Great Britain.

Look at the map and you will see that Denmark is pointing north like a finger surrounded by sea, with Norway and Sweden, the other Scandinavian countries, to the north. (Finland to the east of Sweden bordering Russia has a totally different language.)

How to Recognize The Danish Flag

The Danish flag is red with a white cross offset to the left. Look for it on flagpoles and Danish food in the supermarket of European and other countries.

Where You Can Read and Hear and Speak the Danish Language

How to Map Read

Danish to English 

Berg/bjerg is mountain. 

Hagen is harbour. 

Hus is house. 

Land is land. 

Ny is new.

slot is castle

English to Danish 

castle is slot 

hill is bakke

hilltop is bakketop

house is hus

land is land

mountain is berg/bjerg

new is ny

river is flod

estuary is flodmunding

stream is strøm

top is top

Danish is spoken in Denmark, but also spoken in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. 

What To See In Denmark

The capital city is Copenhagen. Hagen means harbour, haven. The city is on the water.

Hans Christian Andersen is known worldwide for his fairytales. His little mermaid is commemorated with a statue in Copenhagen on the edge of the harbour and is the most visited site in Denmark. 

Drive to Odense and you can visit his birthplace museum.

Danish Food

Danish bacon is famous in the UK.

Danish Drink

Carlsberg is a brand of beer. the name stands for the mountain of Charles. 

The European menu reader covers Danish. The pocket size book includes 14 languages. Danish is similar to Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German and English.

On the streets you might pass a chemist (Americans say drug store) and emergency vehicles.

Useful Websites

Berlitz European Menu Reader

 https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Danish_phrasebook

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