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Food and drinks are a recurring talking point, not only while eating out on vacation. So let’s learn the most common words and phrases related to this topic.
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This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Danish“.
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Basic Food & Spices
| English | Danish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| bread [Sg] | brød | da-sing_bread | breads [Pl] | brødene | da-plur_bread |
| roll [Sg] | rulle | da-sing_roll | rolls [Pl] | ruller | da-plur_roll |
| butter | smør | da-sing_butter |
| cheese | ost | da-sing_cheese |
| honey | honning | da-sing_honey |
| jam [Sg] | marmelade | da-sing_jam | jams [Pl] | marmelader | da-plur_jam |
| egg [Sg] | æg | da-sing_egg | eggs [Pl] | ægge | da-plur_egg |
| noodles | nudler | da-sing_noodles |
| rice | ris | da-sing_rice |
| yoghurt [Sg] | yoghurt | da-sing_yoghurt | yoghurts [Pl] | yoghurter | da-plur_yoghurt |
| sugar | sukker | da-sing_sugar |
| salt | saltet | da-sing_salt |
| pepper | peber | da-sing_pepper |
| spice [Sg] | krydderi | da-sing_spice | spices [Pl] | krydderier | da-plur_spice |
| oil | olie | da-sing_oil |
Basic Words & Phrases
| English | Danish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| (to) eat | (at) spise | da-sing_to-eat |
| food | mad | da-sing_food |
| (to) drink | (at) drikke | da-sing_to-drink |
| drink [Sg] | drikkevare | da-sing_drink | drinks [Pl] | drikkevarer | da-plur_drink |
| hungry | sulten | da-sing_hungry |
| hunger | sult | da-sing_hunger |
| thirsty | tørstig | da-sing_thirsty |
| thirst | tørst | da-sing_thirst |
| (to) cook | (at) koge | da-sing_to-cook |
| (to) taste | (at) smage | da-sing_to-taste |
| tasty | velsmagende | da-sing_tasty |
| delicious | lækkert | da-sing_delicious |
| Bon appetit! / Enjoy your meal! | God appetit! Nyd din mad! | da-sing_bon-appetitenjoy-your-meal da-sing_bon-appetitenjoy-your-meal-2 |
| Cheers! / To your health! | Skål! Til din helbred! | da-sing_cheersto-your-health |
| breakfast | morgenmad | da-sing_breakfast |
| lunch | frokost | da-sing_lunch |
| dinner | middagsmad | da-sing_dinner |
| restaurant [Sg] | restaurant | da-sing_restaurant | restaurants [Pl] | restauranter | da-plur_restaurant |
| bar [Sg] | bar | da-sing_bar | bars [Pl] | barer | da-plur_bar |
| café | café | da-sing_cafe |
Dishes
| English | Danish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| soup [Sg] | suppe | da-sing_soup | soups [Pl] | supper | da-plur_soup |
| salad [Sg] | salat | da-sing_salad | salads [Pl] | salater | da-plur_salad |
| french fries / chips | pommes frites | da-sing_french-frieschips |
Dishes & Cutlery
| English | Danish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| cutlery | bestik | da-sing_cutlery |
| fork | gaffel | da-sing_fork |
| spoon | ske | da-sing_spoon |
| knife | kniv | da-sing_knife |
| plate | tallerken | da-sing_plate |
| glass | glas | da-sing_glass |
| cup | kop | da-sing_cup |
| mug | stor kop | da-sing_mug |
Drinks
| English | Danish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| water | vand | da-sing_water |
| mineral water | vand med brus | da-sing_mineral-water |
| soda water / sparkling water | danskvand | da-sing_soda-watersparkling-water |
| still water | stille vand | da-sing_still-water |
| juice [Sg] | juice | da-sing_juice | juices [Pl] | juicer | da-plur_juice |
| beer | øl | da-sing_beer |
| wine | vin | da-sing_wine |
| champagne | champagne | da-sing_champagne |
| cocktail | cocktail | da-sing_cocktail |
| milk | mælk | da-sing_milk |
| cocoa | kakao | da-sing_cocoa |
| coffee | kaffe | da-sing_coffee |
| tea | te | da-sing_tea |
Flavors
| English | Danish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| sweet | sød | da-sing_sweet |
| sour | sur | da-sing_sour |
| spicy | krydderet | da-sing_spicy |
| salty | saltet | da-sing_salty |
| bitter | bitter | da-sing_bitter |
Fruit & Vegetables
| English | Danish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| fruit | frugt | da-sing_fruit |
| vegetables | grøntsager | da-sing_vegetables |
| apple [Sg] | æble | da-sing_apple | apples [Pl] | æbler | da-plur_apple |
| orange [Sg] | orange | da-sing_orange | oranges [Pl] | oranger | da-plur_orange |
| strawberry [Sg] | jordbær | da-sing_strawberry | strawberries [Pl] | jordbære | da-plur_strawberry |
| banana [Sg] | banan | da-sing_banana | bananas [Pl] | bananer | da-plur_banana |
| potato [Sg] | kartoffel | da-sing_potato | potatoes [Pl] | kartofler | da-plur_potato |
| cucumber [Sg] | agurk | da-sing_cucumber | cucumbers [Pl] | agurker | da-plur_cucumber |
Meat & Sausages
| English | Danish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| meat | kød | da-sing_meat |
| sausage [Sg] | pølse | da-sing_sausage | sausages [Pl] | pølser | da-plur_sausage |
| small sausage [Sg] | lille pølse | da-sing_small-sausage | small sausages [Pl] | små pølser | da-plur_small-sausage |
| ham | skinke | da-sing_ham |
| chicken | kylling | da-sing_chicken |
| fish | fisk | da-sing_fish |
| beef | oksekød | da-sing_beef |
| lamb | lam | da-sing_lamb |
Sweets
| English | Danish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| chocolate | chokolade | da-sing_chocolate |
| pie [Sg] | tartelet | da-sing_pie | pies [Pl] | tarteletter | da-plur_pie |
| cake [Sg] | kage | da-sing_cake | cakes [Pl] | kager | da-plur_cake |
| biscuit [Sg] | kiks | da-sing_biscuit | biscuits [Pl] | kikse | da-plur_biscuit |
| icecream | is | da-sing_icecream |
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