Danish, one question at a time

Pronunciation

• Danish stød: the sound that tells hun from hund

  Stød is the catch in the voice that turns "she" into "dog". Hear it in real word pairs, learn where it turns up, and try it yourself in thirty seconds.

  10 October 2026

Grammar

• Har or er? The Danish perfect tense

  Most Danish verbs take har in the perfect, but verbs of movement and change take er. How to choose, and the trap waiting for German speakers.

  3 October 2026

• The Danish past tense: -ede, -te and the rest

  Regular Danish verbs end in -ede or -te in the past. Which one a verb takes, the clues that help you guess, and the shortcut that gives you the perfect.

  1 October 2026

• Bigger, biggest: Danish comparatives and superlatives

  Større, størst, bedre, bedst. How Danish adjectives compare, the irregular ones worth learning first, and when to use mere and mest instead.

  26 September 2026

• The Danish irregular verbs you will actually meet

  Most of the commonest Danish verbs break the past-tense rules. Here they are in frequency order, with the patterns that make them easier to learn.

  16 September 2026

• En or et? How to guess a Danish noun's gender

  Most Danish nouns are en-words, and some endings settle the question outright. The rules that work, counted over every noun in our word list.

  12 September 2026

Everyday vocabulary

• Telling the time in Danish: halv tre is 2:30

  Halv tre means half past two, not half past three. How Danes say the time, quarter past and to, the 24-hour clock on timetables, and the i morgen trap.

  23 September 2026

• Danish numbers, and why 50 is halvtreds

  Danish counts in twenties above fifty and says the units first. How the system works, with every number playable, plus prices, years and phone numbers.

  19 September 2026