Danish Adjectives
Learning the Danish Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Danish language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Danish.
Danish Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Danish Adjectives |
| adjectives | adjektiver |
| a green tree | et grønt træ |
| a tall building | en høj bygning |
| a very old man | en meget gammel mand |
| the old red house | det gamle røde hus |
| a very nice friend | en meget dejlig ven |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Danish has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Dansk.
List of Adjectives in Danish
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Danish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Danish vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Danish Adjectives |
| colors | farver |
| black | sort |
| blue | blå |
| brown | brun |
| gray | grå |
| green | grøn |
| orange | orange |
| purple | lilla |
| red | rød |
| white | hvid |
| yellow | gul |
| |
| sizes | størrelser |
| big | big |
| deep | dyb |
| long | lang |
| narrow | smal |
| short | kort |
| small | lille |
| tall | høj |
| thick | tyk |
| thin | tynd |
| wide | bred |
| |
| shapes | figurer |
| circular | cirkulære |
| straight | straight |
| square | firkantet |
| triangular | trekantet |
| |
| tastes | smag |
| bitter | bitter |
| fresh | frisk |
| salty | salt |
| sour | sur |
| spicy | krydret |
| sweet | sød |
| |
| qualities | kvaliteter |
| bad | dårlig |
| clean | rene |
| dark | mørke |
| difficult | vanskeligt |
| dirty | beskidt |
| dry | tørre |
| easy | let |
| empty | tom |
| expensive | dyrt |
| fast | hurtigt |
| foreign | udenlandske |
| full | fuld |
| good | god |
| hard | hårdt |
| heavy | tunge |
| inexpensive | billig |
| light | lys |
| local | lokale |
| new | nye |
| noisy | støjende |
| old | gamle |
| powerful | magtfulde |
| quiet | stille |
| correct | korrekt |
| slow | langsom |
| soft | blød |
| very | meget |
| weak | svag |
| wet | våd |
| wrong | forkert |
| young | unge |
| |
| quantities | mængder |
| few | få |
| little | lidt |
| many | mange |
| much | meget |
| part | del |
| some | nogle |
| a few | et par |
| whole | hele |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Danish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Dansk Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Danish lessons here: Learn Danish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.