Michael S. Rasmussen – Mic's Languages

Loan Words in Danish – Pronounce them Correctly!

Loan words are everywhere As with all Germanic languages and also many languages from other linguistic groups, the Danish language is full of loan words that were adopted from Latin and Greek centuries ago. Danish has also integrated many loan words from English origin, many of them in recent decades. Often, these loan words are […]

Pronunciation of the Danish Consonants K, P and T: K or G? P or B? T or D?

Danish, Danish Pronunciation

To many people, the biggest hurdle in learning the Danish language is its pronunciation. Similar to English, Danish is a non-phonetic language, which means things aren’t always pronounced the way they are written. One way to learn all the facets of Danish pronunciation is simply by immersing ourselves in the language, the way children do

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