Danish Questions
Learning the Danish Questions 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 Questions is in the structure of the grammar in Danish.
Danish questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when ... Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Danish Questions |
| Questions | Spørgsmål |
| how? | hvordan? |
| what? | hvad? |
| who? | hvem? |
| why? | hvorfor? |
| where? | hvor? |
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| where is he? | hvor er han? |
| what is this? | hvad er det? |
| why are you sad? | hvorfor er du trist? |
| how do you want to pay? | hvordan vil du betale? |
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| can I come? | kan jeg komme? |
| is he sleeping? | er han sove? |
| do you know me? | kender du mig? |
| do you have my book? | har du min bog? |
| how big is it? | hvor stor er den? |
| can I help you? | kan jeg hjælpe dig? |
| can you help me? | kan du hjælpe mig? |
| do you speak English? | taler du engelsk? |
| how far is this? | hvor langt er det? |
| what time is it? | hvad er klokken? |
| how much is this? | hvor meget er det? |
| what is your name? | hvad er dit navn? |
| where do you live? | hvor bor du? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Questions in Danish has a logical pattern. Locate the Questions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Dansk.
List of Questions in Danish
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Danish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Danish vocabulary.
| English Questions | Danish Questions |
| Vocabulary | Ordforråd |
| Countries | Lande |
| Australia | Australien |
| Cambodia | Cambodja |
| Canada | Canada |
| China | Kina |
| Egypt | Egypten |
| England | England |
| France | Frankrig |
| Germany | Tyskland |
| Greece | Grækenland |
| India | Indien |
| Indonesia | Indonesien |
| Italy | Italien |
| Japan | Japan |
| Mexico | Mexico |
| Morocco | Marokko |
| Peru | Peru |
| Spain | Spanien |
| Thailand | Thailand |
| USA | USA |
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| Languages | Sprog |
| Arabic | Arabisk |
| Chinese | Kinesisk |
| English | English |
| French | Fransk |
| German | Tysk |
| Greek | Græsk |
| Hebrew | Hebraisk |
| Hindi | Hindi |
| Italian | Italiensk |
| Japanese | Japansk |
| Korean | Koreansk |
| Latin | Latin |
| Russian | Russisk |
| Spanish | Spansk |
| Urdu | Urdu |
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| Days | Days |
| Monday | Mandag |
| Tuesday | Tirsdag |
| Wednesday | Onsdag |
| Thursday | Torsdag |
| Friday | Fredag |
| Saturday | Lørdag |
| Sunday | Søndag |
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| time | tid |
| hour | time |
| minute | minut |
| second | sekund |
Questions and interrogative expressions have a very important role in Danish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Dansk Questions, you might want to check the rest of our Danish lessons here: Learn Danish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.