Danish Nouns

Welcome to the third Danish lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Danish to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes kartofler

tomatoes tomater

onions løg

carrots gulerødder od

fruits frugter

apples æbler

bananas bananer

oranges appelsiner

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Danish
do you have milk? [verb + noun] har du mælk?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] jeg har mælk og kaffe
he has three apples [number + plural noun] han har tre æbler
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] hun har kun har ét æble
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] vi lever i et lille hus
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] jeg kan lide vores morgenmad

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread brød

milk mælk

butter smør

cheese ost

coffee kaffe

sandwich sandwich

meat kød

chicken kylling

fish fisk

breakfast morgenmad

lunch frokost

dinner middag

Conversation in Danish

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Danish
Do you speak (English/ Danish)? taler du (engelsk/dansk)?
Just a little bare lidt
I like Danish jeg kan godt lide dansk
Can I practice with you? kan jeg øve mig med dig?
How old are you? hvor gammel er du?
I'm thirty three years old jeg er 33 år gammel
It was nice talking to you det var rart at tale med dig

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