Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
German and English Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
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Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Mange tak
dankjewel
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
God nat
goede Nacht
Good Evening
God aften
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
goedemiddag
Good Morning
God morgen
goedemorgen
Please
Please
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
pardon
Dialect 1
Scanian
Gronings
Where They Speak
Sweden
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Denmark
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
dansk
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
danois
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Dänisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Dutch people
Origin
c. 1100 AD
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
dani1284
mode1257
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
Danish and Dutch Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Danish and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Dutch language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Dutch Difficulty
The Danish vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Dutch Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Danish and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.