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Danish Alphabet and Pronunciation Guide

The document provides an overview of the Danish alphabet and pronunciation of letters. It lists all the consonants and vowels used in Danish, along with their typical English approximations and Danish examples. Some key points are that C makes an /s/ sound, Q is always followed by a K sound, R can be pronounced as a tap or trill, and some consonant combinations like CH, NG, and SJ have distinct sounds. Vowels can have multiple pronunciations and diphthongs are common.

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Danish Alphabet and Pronunciation Guide

The document provides an overview of the Danish alphabet and pronunciation of letters. It lists all the consonants and vowels used in Danish, along with their typical English approximations and Danish examples. Some key points are that C makes an /s/ sound, Q is always followed by a K sound, R can be pronounced as a tap or trill, and some consonant combinations like CH, NG, and SJ have distinct sounds. Vowels can have multiple pronunciations and diphthongs are common.

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1 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER

Danish Writing System


R Reading

[Link] 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

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