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Top 100 Danish Words Every Beginner Should Know

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

The most frequent 100 words in Danish cover a huge portion of everyday conversation. Learning these first gives you the biggest return on your study time.

#WordTranslation
1ogand
2iin, you (plural)
3atthat, to
4detit, that
5eris, are
6ena, one (common gender)
7denit, that (common gender)
8tilto, for, until
9on, at
10forfor, because, too
11medwith
12harhave, has
13dethey, the (plural)
14somwho, which, as
15afof, by, off
16varwas, were
17derthere, who, which
18ikkenot
19hanhe
20jegI
21eta, one (neuter gender)
22omabout, around, if
23sigoneself, himself, herself
24menbut
25frafrom
26viwe
27hunshe
28elleror
29kancan, may
30villewould, wanted to
31herhere
32overover, above
33blevbecame, was (past tense)
34efterafter, behind
35so, then, saw
36dawhen, since, then
37skulleshould, was going to
38vilwill, want to
39havdehad
40alleall, everyone
41hvadwhat
42kunnecould, was able to
43nunow
44hamhim
45sinhis, her, its (reflexive)
46vedat, by, know
47migme
48udout
49opup
50indin, into
51mangemany
52totwo
53åryear, years
54megetvery, much
55nårwhen, whenever
56duyou (singular)
57hvorwhere, how
58nogetsomething, some
59neddown
60demthem
61andreother, others
62kunonly, just
63ogsåalso, too
64helewhole, entire
65sithis, her, its (reflexive, neuter)
66sinehis, her, its (reflexive, plural)
67mandman, husband
68dagday
69kommeto come
70selvself, even
71hentowards, along
72ligejust, equal, straight
73folkpeople, folk
74to go, to walk
75meremore
76dennethis (common gender)
77hendeher
78joyes (contradicting), indeed
79ingenno, nobody, none
80tidtime
81hjemhome
82godtwell, good (neuter)
83lidta little, a bit
84komcame, come (imperative)
85hvisif, whose
86osus
87storbig, large, great
88sagdesaid
89seto see, to look
90fikgot, received
91gangtime (occurrence), walk
92nyenew (plural/definite)
93tageto take
94førstfirst, at first
95aldrignever
96modagainst, towards, courage
97sammentogether
98alteverything, all
99landcountry, land
100delpart, portion

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