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Danish vocabulary: weather and nature

Sun, rain, snow, wind, but also the sea, the mountains and the forest: weather and landscapes in Danish.

Here are 100 Danish words on “Weather and landscapes”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 39 words

DanishEnglish
højde over havetaltitude
strandbeach
brisebreeze
kystcoast
køligcool
graddegree
østeast
markfield
skovforest
kløftgorge
bugtgulfLarge inlet of the coast where the sea reaches inland
bakkehill
sølake
landskablandscape
lavtryklow pressure area
mildmild
bjergpasmountain pass
naturnature
nordnorth
oceanocean
plateauplateau
lufttrykpressure
regnrain
regnbuerainbow
klipperock
sandsand
havsea
bredshoreEdge of a river or lake
himmelsky
sydsouth
kildespring
stormstorm
solsun
blive overskyetto cloud over
bølgewaveRising and falling movement of the water surface
vejrweather
vestwest
vindwind
lundwood

Level 2: medium 36 words

DanishEnglish
lavineavalanche
barometerbarometer
canyoncanyon
hulecave
skycloud
cykloncyclone
tørkedrought
klitdune
udbruderuption
oversvømmelseflood
tågefog
iskoldfreezing
frostfrost
vindstødgust
haglhail
hedebølgeheatwave
bjergsidehillside
orkanhurricane
junglejungle
lynlightning
lynnedslaglightning strike
engmeadow
dismist
slugtravine
strædestrait
bækstream
tordenvejrthunderstorm
tidevandtide
blæseto blow
klare opto brighten up
blive køligereto cool down
smelteto melt
regneto rain
blive varmereto warm up
tornadotornado
tropisk klimatropical climate

Level 3: hard 25 words

DanishEnglish
højtrykanticyclone
tørt klimaarid climate
overskyetcloudy
kratercrater
flodmundingestuary
rimfrost coating
lysningglade
pakisice floe
isbjergiceberg
lagunelagoon
nordlysnorthern lights
halvøpeninsula
regnfuldrainy
revreef
skræntriverbankSlope along the side of a river
snedrivesnowdrift
snefnugsnowflake
steppesteppe
aprilsbygesudden shower
opklaringsunny spell
moseswamp
hagleto hail
sneto snowVerb, the falling of flakes
ultravioletultraviolet
blæsendewindy

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How many words are in this list?
This page gives 100 Danish words on “Weather and landscapes”. The full topic holds 152 in the KoKo app: 60 at the easy level, 54 at the medium level and 38 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?
With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Danish vocabulary?
By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
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