In Other News, I Learned That The Word Fuck Was Originally A Danish Word, So I Love This Language Now,

in other news, i learned that the word “fuck” was originally a danish word, so i love this language now, actually.

jeg vil gerne takke danskerne for at give os ordet 'fuck'

im bored so im learning danish, as one does

all i gotta say is WTF IS GOING ON with this language???

there are two ways to say the word “a”??!?

“d” has an “l” sound?????

“r” sometimes sounds like a mix between “w” and “g”???????

im dying istg what how do you danes live like this 😭

Amalie’s original content masterpost

Since tumblr’s page feature has failed me, this is now a post that I will keep periodically updated.

This is an attempt at keeping a list of my posts about Danish (and bits of other languages). If you’re looking for a specific post that you’re almost 100% certain I created, but it’s not on the list here’s my tag for original posts, and here’s my tag for posts about Danish.

Basics: Danish numbers – A defense

The “Danish – An Introduction” series: pt. 1: expressions of politeness / basics pt. 2: nouns pt. 3: prepositions pt. 4: determiners pt. 5: adjectives pt. 6: verbs pt. 7: pronouns pt. 8: adverbs pt. 9: conjunctions

A little more than 625 basic words in Danish

~300 Danish concepts

Vocabulary lists: Halloween in Danish

Denmark, Scandinavia, and the Nordic region in Danish

Tea in Danish

Winter in Danish

Desserts in Danish

Kraftedme! – Swearing in Danish

An assortment of more or less ridiculous Danish phrases to incorporate into your day-to-day life!

Keeping a diary in Danish

Dreamy stuff in Danish

Knitting in Danish

Valentine’s Day in Danish

An assortment of more or less ridiculous Danish phrases to incorporate into your day-to-day life! (part the 2nd)

Top ten Danish sayings according to me

Grammar: Use of pronouns in Danish

A fairly comprehensive post about Danish gender neutral pronouns

Ask about gender neutral pronouns and links for three academic papers on the subject

Music: Dansk julemusik

modersmål (playlist of all the Danish music I could think of)

An attempt at transcribing Os to eller hva’ by Michael Falch

ESC 2018 Finale songs that aren’t in English

Speaking – how do?:

Danish filler words (”like”)

How to pronounce hygge

Use of formal you (De) in Danish

Three spoken Danish things you won’t learn in class (extraposition, det/så, and avoiding inversion)

How to pronounce soft d

Ham/hende den

Miscellaneous: The difference between “at mangle” and “at behøve”

Beating people to death in Danish vs. Swedish

Being bored and boring in Danish

An unnecessarily long explanation of vår/høst and forår/efterår in Danish and other North Germanic languages

The difference between “at træne” and “at øve”

How to write “æ/Æ” by hand

What it’s like to live and work with 6 people of 5 different nationalities and none of you is a native English speaker

A list of random words I learned while taking Spanish at uni

Brød [ˈbʁœðˀ]

Recipe for Danish pancakes

waving excitedly at you hi you seem cool :)

waves excitedly at you hellohello!!!!

it’s 1:16am, which means its prime time to post hannibal textposts

good morning. have a hannibal i drew earlier

not enough people talk about Southern will graham enough.! maybe i'm more passionate about it bc im from the south but i barely see anybody on the southern will graham agenda as if it isn't canon!!!! let my boy say ya'll