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First 50 Danish Words Every Beginner Should Learn

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

Start your Danish journey with the 50 most essential high-frequency words. These cover roughly 40% of everyday conversation.

These 50 words cover ~40% of everyday Danish

Pronouns(14)

det

it, that

/de/

den

it, that (common gender)

/den/

de

they, the (plural)

/di/

som

who, which, as

/sʌm/

han

he

/han/

jeg

I

/jɑj/

sig

oneself, himself, herself

/sɑj/

vi

we

/vi/

hun

she

/hun/

alle

all, everyone

/alə/

hvad

what

/vað/

ham

him

/hɑm/

sin

his, her, its (reflexive)

/sin/

mig

me

/mɑj/

Articles(2)

en

a, one (common gender)

/en/

et

a, one (neuter gender)

/ed/

Core Verbs(10)

er

is, are

/æɐ̯/

har

have, has

/hɑː/

var

was, were

/vɑː/

kan

can, may

/kæn/

ville

would, wanted to

/vilə/

blev

became, was (past tense)

/blew/

skulle

should, was going to

/sgulə/

vil

will, want to

/vel/

havde

had

/hæðə/

kunne

could, was able to

/kunə/

Adverbs(8)

der

there, who, which

/dæɐ̯/

ikke

not

/egə/

her

here

/hæɐ̯/

so, then, saw

/sɔ/

nu

now

/nu/

ud

out

/uð/

op

up

/ʌb/

ind

in, into

/en/

Prepositions(11)

i

in, you (plural)

/i/

til

to, for, until

/tel/

on, at

/pɔ/

for

for, because, too

/fɒ/

med

with

/með/

af

of, by, off

/æ/

om

about, around, if

/ʌm/

fra

from

/fʁɑ/

over

over, above

/ɒwɐ/

efter

after, behind

/ɛfdɐ/

ved

at, by, know

/veð/

Connectors(5)

og

and

/ɔ/

at

that, to

/ad/

men

but

/men/

eller

or

/ɛlɐ/

da

when, since, then

/da/

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