Hvilket sprog er det? Hvor kommer det fra?
Presumably, if you have come to this website intentionally, you probably already know which language is written in the headline. If you stumbled upon this site by chance, then allow me to enlighten you on this beautiful language, Danish.
Det danske sprog Danish is a language that is steeped in history. Stemming from Old Norse of the Vikings, Dansk is a part of the North-Germanic Languages, or the 'Scandinavian Languages', a group that includes Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese. The Danish Language is the official language of Denmark and the Faroe Islands, as well as a secondary language in Greenland. These three countries make up The Kingdom of Denmark, or Kongeriget Danmark, a constitutional monarchy ruled by Queen Margrethe II, or Droning Margrethe in Danish.
As a Germanic Language, Danish shares certain characteristics with other Germanic languages, such as German, Dutch, and the very language you are reading, English. Can you guess the meanings of these words: universitet, kommer, august, velkommen, os, godt, bussen? While Danish may share a similar sentence structure and some common words with English, Danish has a few characteristics that make it very unique, many of which we will learn about throughout our lessons. These characteristics are shared between Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian, making them mutually intelligible, or mutually understandable, to a certain degree. |
Kongeriget DanmarkThe Kingdom of Denmark is a sovereign state consisting of Denmark in Northern Europe, Greenland in North America, and the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. This is often referred to as Det Danske Rige, or The Danish Realm. While all three countries constitute the Kingdom of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland are considered "self-governing", with areas such as military defense and foreign affairs remaining the responsibility of Denmark. Each country has its own set of languages: in Denmark, Danish is the official language; in the Faroe Islands, Faroese (closely related to Icelandic) and Danish share the status of official language; and in Greenland, Kalaallisut (Greenlandic) is the official language, with Danish as a common language.
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DanmarkDenmark, or Danmark, is a part of the Nordic Countries (formed by Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, Åland, and the Faroe Islands) as well as a part of Scandinavia (formed by Denmark, Sweden, and Norway). The country of Denmark is made up of many islands along with the mainland area, Jylland, or Jutland. The capital of this small Northern European country is the beautiful city of Copenhagen, København in Danish, which is situated on the island Sjælland, or Zealand in English.
Jylland Jylland, or Jutland in English, makes up the largest part of Denmark and is the only land-connection to mainland Europe (the rest of Denmark is made up of many islands). In Jutland, there are many smaller cities as well as two of the largest cities in Denmark (behind Copenhagen, of course), Aarhus and Aalborg (in Danish, stylised Århus and Ålborg, respectively). Sjælland Sjælland, or Zealand in English, is the largest island in Denmark as well as home to the capital city, Copenhagen (København in Danish).Because the capital lies on this island, Zealand is also the most populated island in Denmark (with a population that is almost equal to that of the whole of Jutland)! From Zealand, there is a bridge connection crossing to the island Fyn (the Great Belt Bridge) as well as to Sweden by way of Copenhagen (the Øresund Bridge). Fyn Fyn, or Funen in English, is the third largest island in Denmark. On Funen lies the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus), Odense. This island is connected to Zealand by the Great Belt Bridge and to the mainland, Jutland, by two bridges, the Old and the New Little Belt Bridges. And something really cool about this island: Funen was the birth place of famed writer Hans Christian Andersen!! There are many other islands in Denmark, but they are much too plentiful to include in this article. But, feel free research them!! They are all beautiful and teeming with history!
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