Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
National Language
Germany
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Danke
Mange tak
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
gute Nacht
God nat
Good Evening
guten Abend
God aften
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
guten Morgen
God morgen
Sorry
Verzeihung
Undskyld!
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Scanian
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Sweden
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Germany
Denmark
Dialect 3
Texas German
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Texas
Island of Bornholm
Native Name
Deutsch
dansk
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
allemand
danois
German Name
Deutsch
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Germans
Danish people or Danes
Origin
6th Century AD
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Rigsdansk
Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
dani1284
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
All German and Danish Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Danish dialects. Various dialects of German and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Danish Speaking population
German and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of German and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Danish on German vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Danish Language Codes
German and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.