Danish Articles
Learning the Danish Articles 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 Articles is in the structure of the grammar in Danish.
Danish articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an". Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Danish Articles |
| articles | artikler |
| the | den |
| a | en |
| one | en |
| some | nogle |
| few | få |
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| the book | bogen |
| the books | bøgerne |
| a book | en bog |
| one book | én bog |
| some books | nogle bøger |
| few books | få bøger |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Articles in Danish has a logical pattern. Locate the Articles above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Dansk.
List of Articles in Danish
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Danish. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Danish vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Danish Vocabulary |
| Food | fødevarer |
| almonds | mandler |
| bread | brød |
| breakfast | morgenmad |
| butter | smør |
| candy | slik |
| cheese | ost |
| chicken | kylling |
| cumin | spidskommen |
| dessert | dessert |
| dinner | middag |
| fish | fisk |
| fruit | frugt |
| ice cream | is |
| lamb | lam |
| lemon | citron |
| lunch | frokost |
| meal | måltid |
| meat | kød |
| oven | ovn |
| pepper | peber |
| plants | planter |
| pork | svinekød |
| salad | salat |
| salt | salt |
| sandwich | sandwich |
| sausage | pølse |
| soup | suppe |
| sugar | sukker |
| supper | aftensmad |
| turkey | kalkun |
| apple | æble |
| banana | banan |
| oranges | appelsiner |
| peaches | ferskener |
| peanut | peanut |
| pears | pærer |
| pineapple | ananas |
| grapes | vindruer |
| strawberries | jordbær |
| vegetables | grøntsager |
| carrot | gulerod |
| corn | majs |
| cucumber | agurk |
| garlic | hvidløg |
| lettuce | salat |
| olives | oliven |
| onions | løg |
| peppers | peber |
| potatoes | kartofler |
| pumpkin | græskar |
| beans | bønner |
| tomatoes | tomater |
Definite and Indefinite Articles have a very important role in Danish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Dansk Articles, you might want to check the rest of our Danish lessons here: Learn Danish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.