Danish Vocabulary

Knowing the 1,000 most frequent Danish words covers around 75% of everyday text. Our Top 100 list is the quickest starting point — those words alone cover roughly half of ordinary Danish conversation.

Start with high-frequency words (Top 100) and the first few topical lists: greetings, family, numbers, food, and everyday verbs. Once those feel familiar, branch into the topics closest to your life — work, hobbies, travel.

Danish has heavy vowel reduction, silent consonants, and the famous "stød". Reading alone won't teach you to speak — that's why every example sentence here has audio. Always listen and repeat, not just read.