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Essential Danish Adjectives You Should Know

Lalo Team·Updated April 17, 2026·3 min read

The most common Danish adjectives ranked by frequency. Describe people, places, and things with confidence.

143 adjectives found

WordTranslation
mangemany
andreother, others
helewhole, entire
storbig, large, great
nyenew (plural/definite)
lillesmall, little
langlong
sidstelast, final
gamleold (plural/definite)
godgood
ungyoung
nynew
andenother, second
godegood (plural/definite)
højtall, high
smukbeautiful
stærkstrong
gammelold
klarready, clear
gladhappy, glad
sortblack
hvidwhite
rødred
blåblue
grøngreen
mørkdark
varmwarm, hot
koldcold
hurtigfast, quick
langsomslow
nemeasy
sværdifficult, hard
rigrich
fattigpoor
tungheavy
letlight (weight), easy
bredwide, broad
smalnarrow
dybdeep
tyndthin
tykthick, fat
renclean, pure
beskidtdirty
vådwet
tørdry
sikkersafe, certain
farligdangerous
vigtigimportant
muligpossible
umuligimpossible
nødvendignecessary
fællescommon, shared
privatprivate
offentligpublic
modernemodern
traditioneltraditional
typisktypical
naturlignatural
kunstigartificial
levendealive, living
døddead, death
sundhealthy
sygsick, ill
stillequiet
laverelower
bedrebetter
værreworse
bedstbest
værstworst
særligspecial, particularly
enkelsimple
kompliceretcomplicated
perfektperfect
færdigfinished, done
dejliglovely, nice
dårligbad, poor
pænnice, pretty
grimugly
billigcheap
gratisfree (no cost)
vildwild
roligcalm, quiet
travlbusy
kedeligboring
sjovfunny, fun
interessantinteresting
spændendeexciting
overrasketsurprised
skuffetdisappointed
bekymretworried
nervøsnervous
stoltproud
kedsad, sorry
trættired
sultenhungry
tørstigthirsty
søvnigsleepy
venligfriendly, kind
ærlighonest
modigbrave
forsigtigcareful
nysgerrigcurious
jalouxjealous
enigagreed, in agreement
uenigdisagreeing
præcisprecise
blødtsoft
hårdthard
tomempty
fuldfull
fladflat
skarpsharp
glatsmooth
rurough
svagweak
bangeafraid
vågenawake
raskhealthy
gravidpregnant
enkeltsingle, simple, individual
hjælpsomhelpful
indreinner, interior
lykkelighappy, fortunate
korrektcorrect, proper
friskfresh, healthy, lively
strengstrict, severe; string
uventetunexpected
tilfredsesatisfied, content
tilgængeligavailable, accessible
passendeappropriate, suitable
bæredygtigsustainable
officielofficial
tilfældigrandom, accidental
omhyggeligcareful, thorough
gyldigvalid
latterligridiculous, laughable
udvidetextended, expanded
overbevistconvinced
seriøsserious
overordnetoverall, superior, main
konkretconcrete, specific
selvstændigindependent, self-employed
langsigtetlong-term

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