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Danish Writing System

R Reading

1.Danish Alphabet
Consonants

Lexicon (Name) English Approx Danish Example

B, b /b/ baby / why baby / peber

C, c /s/ snake / kick citron / café
D, d /d/ door / the dag / mad
F, f /f/ father far
G,g /g/ go gå
H, h /h/ hold holde
J, j /j/ you / job jul / job
K, k /k/ kick kaffe
L, l /l/ law lov
M, m /m/ mother mor
N, n /n/ now nu
P, p /p/ pick pakke
Q, q* /k/ quiz quiz
R,r /ɾ/, /ʁ/ reisen (German) rejse
S,s /s/ sound sige
T, t /t/ tea tak
V, v /v/ velvet vinter
W, w /v/ wow wow
X, x /ks/ xylophone / sax xylofon / saxofon
Z, z /s/ zoo zoo
ch /tj/ or /sj/ chance / champagne chili / chance
ng /ŋ/ morning honning
sj /ɕ/ show show
Vowels

Lexicon (Name) English Approx Danish Example

A, a /a/ or /a:/ and / father and / far

E, e /ə/, /e/, /ɛ/, /eː/ or /ɛː/ electric elektrisk
I, i /i/, /iː/ or /e/ e-mail is
O, o /o/ or /oː/ obaa-san (Japanese) oase
U, u /u/, /uː/ or /o/ hooligan ugle
Y, y /y/, /yː/ or /ø/ duchesse (French) yde
Æ, æ /ɛ/ or /ɛː/ energy æsel
Ø, ø /ø/, /oe/, /øː/ or /oeː/ deux (French) øde
Å, å /ɔ/ or /ɔː/ oh no ål