Appendix:Basic Danish glossary

Here are basic words and conversational phrases in Danish:

Translation	Phrase	Pronunciation	Remarks
Danish	dansk	dansk: (file)
hello	hej	hi: (file)
good-bye	farvel
please			1 (Be understood. A matter of course, if not Vær så venlig)
thank you	tak
that one	denne her
how much?	hvor meget?
English	engelsk
yes	ja
no	nej
where is the bathroom?	hvor er toilettet?		IPA: /toiˈlet/
how old are you?	hvor gammel er du?
where do you come from?	hvor kommer du fra?
I come from...	Jeg kommer fra...
Denmark	Danmark
Norway	Norge
Sweden	Sverige
the United Kingdom	Storbritannien		2 The exact translation is "Forenede Kongerige," however the most common word to describe the country in conversation is "Storbritannien," which means "Great Britain."
the United States	USA		3 The exact translation is "Amerikas Forenede Stater," but nearly everyone (including the press) refers to the nation as simply "USA."
do you speak English?	taler du engelsk?
...Danish?	taler du dansk?
...Norwegian?	taler du norsk?
...Swedish?	taler du svensk?
...French?	taler du fransk?
...German?	taler du tysk?		4 German is a popular "third language" for Danish schoolchildren, after the native Danish and English. Danish people who speak German are common, especially in the Syddanmark region which is close to the border with Germany.
Cheers!	Skål!
I don’t understand	Jeg forstår ikke
sorry	undskyld
excuse me	undskyld mig
1-10	én, to, tre fire, fem, seks, syv, otte, ni, ti
I want...	Jeg ønsker...
I need...	Jeg har brug for...
...a doctor.	...en læge.
I have a cold.	Jeg har en forkølelse.
I have the flu.	Jeg har influenza.

Notes: 1. No word directly corresponds to the word “please”. Danish and Finnish express the concept of politeness in a request in various ways. One way is to smile while asking for something, another is to add tak (thank you) to the end of the question: “kan jeg få noget mere at drikke, tak”, although this is more of an anglicised form of Danish.

Greetings

Hej.	Hello./Hi.	(informal)
Goddag.	Good day.	(more formal than hej) (during the day)
God morgen.	Good morning.
God formiddag.	Greeting in late morning	(Literally "good before midday") Used in the couple of hours before noon.
God middag.	Good midday.	Used in the noontime hour.
God eftermiddag.	Good afternoon.	Used until sunset.
God aften.	Good evening.
Godnat.	Good night.

How are you?

hvordan har du det? (formal), hvordan går det? (informal, familiar)	How are you?
jeg har det fint	I'm fine.
Godt.	Good.
Dårligt.	Bad.
Sådan nogenlunde.	So-So.