Which Danish words should I learn first?

The easiest words of grammar and everyday life: basic verbs, small structural words, polite phrases, numbers, family, food. This page gathers 100 of them.

What comes after these 100 words?

Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Danish words and brings each one back at the right moment.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Your first 100 Danish words

New to Danish? Here are 100 easy words to start with: verbs, the small words of grammar and everyday vocabulary, translated into English.

These words come from the 26 grammar and everyday-life topics of KoKo. The app holds 2,397 words at this level.

Grammar 24 words

Danish	English
sige	to say
læse	to read
le	to laugh
dræbe	to kill
lav	low
god	good
rå	raw
hård	hard
der	there
her	here
dårligt	badly
lidt	little
til	toPreposition, movement in the direction of a place
fra	fromProvenance, origin
og	and
eller	or
derhen	thereAdverbial pronoun of place, replaces a complement
denne	thisDemonstrative determiner, masculine before a consonant
noget	somePartitive article, masculine singular
deraf	of it
komme ind	to come in
stige på	to get on
aflevere	to give back
komme ud	to get out

Everyday life 76 words

Danish	English
nej	no
ja	yes
tak	thank you
hej	hiInformal greeting
én	one
ti	ten
få	few
seks	six
slutning	end
maj	May
sommer	summer
august	August
knogle	boneHard part of the skeleton
hals	neck
ryg	back
næse	nose
blåt mærke	bruise
hvile	rest
helbred	health
virus	virus
ven	friend
baby	baby
søn	son
ægtemand	husbandEveryday use
skør	crazy
skuffet	disappointed
forlegenhed	embarrassment
glæde	joy
nøgle	key
seng	bed
væg	wall
gulv	floor
skrue	screw
træ	wood
søm	nail
lim	glue
strømpe	stockings
krave	collar
smart	smart
læder	leather
hvidløg	garlic
hvede	wheat
vand	water
juice	juice
økologisk	organic
skål	bowl
sult	hunger
smag	flavour
pose	bag
dyr	expensive
pinkode	PIN code
omkostning	cost
gade	street
banegård	train station
park	park
bykort	map
bus	bus
turistbus	coach
motorcykel	motorbike
havn	harbour
flyvning	flight
hotelregning	bill
sted	site
guide	guide
bjergpas	mountain pass
øst	east
sø	lake
næb	beak
hane	rooster
rede	nest
guld	gold
bue	arch
jern	iron
link	link
side	page
opkald	call

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Which Danish words should I learn first?: The easiest words of grammar and everyday life: basic verbs, small structural words, polite phrases, numbers, family, food. This page gathers 100 of them.
What comes after these 100 words?: Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Danish words and brings each one back at the right moment.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

How KoKo makes words stick

These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Danish vocabulary on iPhone.