Danish Alphabet

This page contains a table including the following: Danish alphabet, letters which help you pronounce the words in a given language, you will also learn about the different consonants and vowels, make sure to check out our phrases in Danish page.

Letter	Examples

Aa	as in the word “ask”, or “able”
Bb	same as in English
Cc	like “s” before “i” or “e”, otherwise like "k” in Creole.
Dd	same as in English. silent after l, n or r and before t or s.
Ee	as in “elevated” , “a” before “g”
Ff	same as in English
Gg	like “i” after a vowel, like “s” in “pleasure” in some foreign words. Silent in “ig” at the end of a word.
Hh	as in English like “Holiday”
Ii	as in the word “ink”, never as in the word “island”
Jj	like “y” as in “yes”.
Kk	same as in English although rare.
Ll	like “l” in “life”.
Mm	same as in English
Nn	same as in English
Oo	same as in English “Old” never as in “Hot” which is pronounced somehow like {hat}
Pp	ame as in English
Qq	as in “kw”
Rr	like the English in “brother” but rougher.
Ss	same as in English
Tt	same as “t”, sometimes as in “d”.
Uu	as in the “ultra”, never as in the word “up” or “university”
Vv	sounds like a “b”
Ww	as in “v”.
Xx	as “ks”.
Yy	same as in English.
Zz	as in “s”.

ch	like “tsh”
ng	as in the n of “new”
å	like in “au” in taught
ø	like “eu” or the letter “e” in French.
æ	sound like “ey” in “ache”

I hope the content of this page was useful to you, and that you learned some Danish alphabet, consonants and vowels. Make sure to memorize them to be able to use them in your daily conversation.