Danish



Consonants
IPA Examples Closest equivalent
m mod [ˈmoðˀ] 'courage' mood
n node [ˈnoːðə] 'note' noon
ŋ lang [ˈlɑŋˀ] 'long' long
b/b̥ bog [ˈb̥ɔʊ̯ˀ] 'book' book
p/pʰ pol [ˈpʰoːˀl] 'pole' pole
d/d̥ dåb [ˈd̥ɔːˀb̥] 'christening' do
t/tˢ tak [ˈtˢɑɡ̊] 'thank you' too
ɡ/ɡ̊ god [ˈɡ̊oðˀ] 'good' good
k/kʰ kone [ˈkʰoːnə] 'wife' cone
f fod [ˈfoðˀ] 'foot' foot
s sod [ˈsoðˀ] 'soot' soon
ɕ Sjælland [ˈɕɛˌlanˀ] 'Zealand' sheep
h hat [ˈhad̥] 'hat' hat
ʋ våd [ˈʋɔðˀ] 'wet' vote
ʊ̯ hav [ˈhɑʊ̯] 'sea' wave
ð øde [ˈøːðə] 'deserted' bathe
j jord [ˈjoɐ̯ˀ] 'earth' you
ɪ̯ vej [ˈʋɑɪ̯ˀ] 'way' way
ʁ rød [ˈʁœðˀ] 'red' French rôle
ɐ̯ hør [ˈhøɐ̯ˀ] 'hear' hear
l lov [ˈlɒʊ̯] 'law' louver


Vowels
IPA Examples Closest equivalent
ɑ tak [ˈtˢɑɡ̊] 'thank you' American/RP balm
(but shorter)
ɑː barn [ˈbɑːˀn] 'child' American/RP balm
a kat [ˈkʰad̥] 'cat' Australian hut or Northern
English/Scottish trap
æ frisk [ˈfʁæsɡ̊] 'fresh' latter
æː gade [ˈɡ̊æːðə] 'street' Australian ham
ɛ ven [ˈvɛn] 'friend' American/RP bed
ɛː hæl [ˈhɛːˀl] 'heel' RP there in
non-rhotic dialects
e fed [ˈfeð] 'fat' Australian bed or
French allez
e̝ː hel [ˈheːˀl] 'whole' Australian there or
Scottish/Canadian save
i tisse [ˈtˢisə] 'pee' happy
si [ˈsiːˀ] 'sieve' leaf
o flod [ˈfloðˀ] 'river' Australian caught
(but shorter)
or French sot
kone [ˈkʰoːnə] 'wife' Australian caught or
Scottish/Canadian stove
ɔ ost [ˈɔsd̥] 'cheese' American/RP moll, with
round lips or
Australian hot
ɔː måle [ˈmɔːlə] 'to measure' like the previous,
but longer
u ud [ˈuðˀ] 'out' American/RP boot
(but shorter)
hule [ˈhuːlə] 'cave' American/RP boot
ø nød [ˈnøðˀ] 'nut' Australian nurse
(but shorter)
or French vieux or
German Österreich
øː løber [ˈløːb̥ɐ] 'runner' Australian nurse or
German öl
œ bønne [ˈb̥œnə]) 'bean' French bœuf
œː afgrøde [ˈaʊ̯gʁœːðə] 'crop' French bœuf (but longer)
ɶ tør [ˈtɶɐ̯ˀ]) 'dry' French sœur (but shorter)
ɶː fyrre [ˈfɶːɐ] 'fourty' French sœur
y tyk [ˈtyɡ̊] 'thick' Australian boot
(but shorter)
or French vue
synlig [ˈsyːnli] 'visible' Australian boot or
German über
ʌ ånd [ˈʌnˀ] 'spirit' American/RP but
ɒ og [ˈɒw] 'and' American/RP off
ɒː i går [iˈɡɒːˀ] 'yesterday' like previous but longer
stød
ˀ ti [ˈtiːˀ] 'ten' button
unstressed
ə hoppe [ˈhʌb̥ə] 'jump' about
ɐ løber [ˈløːb̥ɐ] 'runner' English runner
ɪ kage [ˈkʰæːɪ] 'cake' hit
ʊ mave [ˈmæːʊ] 'stomach' foot

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