What's typical Danish? | Easy Danish 1
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Learn Danish with Easy Danish - In our first ever Easy Danish episode Magnus and Johan ask people in Aarhus whats typical danish :D
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I'm from Holland, so Dutch, and everytime I hear something in Danish I think they are talking Dutch until after a few seconds when I realize I didn't understand a word.
Ik denk altijd dat het Fries is
Ik wil Deens leren.
ahh nederlands is very nice.
CoolCat Do you think so?
+Vera B absolutely, its a beautiful language
Me: I’m gonna learn danish
Danish: “Rød grød med fløde”
Me: ight, I’m bout to head out
lmao
Yeah. Danish is a lot like german. Exept you take away half of the rules, repace them with arbetrary single use rules. And you blend all ajasent cylables together.
Basically danish is a mess.
@shugo104 I am so sorry. I am struggling with dyslexia and i don't always catch my mistakes.
I thank you for your kind words.
I was like lets move to denmark... but we have to learn Danish. So we watch this video.... And im like, let's move to England. Ahahaha.
@@nikolajolanderrasmussen9128 but danish is very similar to the german accent named plattdeutsch
now that I heard french, dutch and nordics i'll stop complaining German is hard.
I find French easy tho maybe because I have knowledge of the Spanish language.
@@lovinavargas2967 french is so easy
I read Norwegian is the easiest language for English speakers to learn
but german is the hardest hhaha (at least with grammar)
As a french guy, I find that there is more similarity with nordic language than german.
So, everytime they appear to choke, they're actually pronouncing a
"d".
You're saying they choke on the D?
@@Brantendo64 Oh my
nic bic not funny didn’t laugh
@@axelfranklin2355 good to know
@@axelfranklin2355 - sooo funny
the Danish are indeed very friendly and open. I visited Denmark last year that's lne of the things I remember the most about the country. They were very polite and helpful. Two girls I asked on the streets for directions were so kind as to check on their phones and showed me on the screen which way I had to go. That doesn't happen everywhere
+Emilio Pedrosa I am really glad to hear that! Hoped you enjoyed the video :)
I do the same thing when people need help finding their way.I look on my google maps or call someone I know for better directions.
+Emilio Pedrosa Just being curious, as I haven't visited that many countries myself, but in what countries would people refuse to give you directions? Can't imagine that happening actually.
+Michel ten Voorde It does happen in some big cities. Some people will say 'Sorry, no idea' and some people wont' even answer at all and keep on walking.
Well, hum, maybe some people actually don't know ? xD
this makes Dutch seem easy...
+Matej Kovacevic It does sound a bit like Dutch too, actually...
+Little Vanilla Heart Yes, you are absolutely right. Since I am Italian, I can understand not a single word both in Dutch and in Danish... Just the "sound" of the Danish Language remind me a bit the "sound" of the Dutch Language... For example, the pronounciation of "s"...
+Kovaxim The Random The sounds are quite similar I must say
+JuDo-013 Definitely not to an insider, but that is interesting to hear!
Little Vanilla Heart I'm actually Dutch. I've heard from a lot of people that Dutch is quite similar to Danish and the whole reason that I watched this video was to find that out. It is obviously not the same, not by a long shot, but I can see why people say that it is is all.
The fact that they said Humanity, kindness, openness, really makes me want to visit Denmark. These things are so rare these days.
You won't find that in Denmark as a traveller lol
I’ve been to Denmark many times and you do find a lot of kindness (and calmness!) there- even as a traveler 😊
Danes aren't that easy to get to talk however. We are kind of introvert and shy, unless you get us drunk. We see ourselves as very openminded and kind, but in reality we just don't care about what is going on next door. Which is also a good quality, I think. We mind our own business. We aren't bad people, we just are not quite as special as these guys make us out to be :D
@@Elkendrien yea especially from the polish, italian, spanish and all other people living here.
I got told by some boomer that people like me weren’t welcomed around him. I was watching jellyfish in the water.
As a greek person,this seems like the literal hardest thing to master wow
I pooed
Sorry, but is Greek more rigid then? I don't have much knowledge on your language but I've considered studying it at some point. This is also coming from someone who's learning Danish, for me the soft consonants take some getting used to but once you've got the flow down you've got that pretty well set. For me the harder part is their alternative to tonality.
Have you heard of finnish
I learned Danish as an exchange student. The pronunciation is hard but the grammar is super easy. Don't be put off!
@@xryeau_1760 Greek is very vowel based and clearly spoken, so Danish sounds completely alien.The sounds they make arent even concidered ''language '' for greek standards
Swede here. "What is typically Danish? - Meatballs." [TRIGGERED]
Well they kinda translated it wrongly. What she said isn't the typical meatball a swede thinks off, it's bigger and oval and tastes different. Just same concept, but a very traditional danish food
And they use a DUTCH WORD FOR IT. Which is actually a cilinderic form of meat that is TYPICAL dutch ! [TRIGGERED #metoo]
Richard Härlin it’s a frikadelle. Same concept, different execution
BookMilla and it’s made in two different ways
The typical Swedish meatball: you have some boiling water and you out the meat in it and let it get cooked. Done!
The typical Danish meatball: you have a frying pan with some butter on and then u just put the meat on it and let it get cooked. Done!! (Sometimes you put some spices in it before you cook it)
BookMilla yep.
Let's try some basic Danish!
Me: Accidentally summon some Nordic demon.
ek vill ekki demoni bua.
odin
Lmao
Ég vil ekki medh alfum búa
Heldur vil ég á Kríst mín trúa
The clown was originally a Nordic demon
I‘m German, and I love this danish is in many ways so similar to German. But it also sounds so „relaxed“ to my ears.. I love love love pronouncing danish words, it’s so much fun!
As a Danish person this makes me very happy to hear! :)
Most loanwords in Danish come from Low German. At study found that around 16% of words in a typical Danish text were from that language. 😊
@@SaidBak Very interesting. I know that there are words in Danish (e.g. pokal, kirke, krebs, etc.) which stem from German (and some which are very similar as well) but I did not know there are so many from Low German. Can you please share the link of the study here, if it is public? Thank you very much in advance! All the best!
What a wonderful language!
+SiboWoW I totally agree! Would love to learn it.
Hello = hej
Goodbye = farvel
Have a nice day = hav en god day
I love you = jeg elsker dig
Can I go to church = kan jeg gå til kirke?
That is danish done = google translate my friend
"må jeg gå i kirke" is more correct :))
SiboWoW HAH!
And sometimes it sounds funny
"Easy Danish" - an oxymoron
Hahaha, natürlich
I'm surprised that no one mentioned Lego.
Trues. A very Danish thing is to just repeat the clichées (kind of just taking things for granted i.e. being content/happy). A few of them really tried to dig into what is Danish, like the guy mentioning the seasons - being a seafaring nation is very Danish. Relating to Scandinavia. Bicycles. Getting together for (hot) drinks and cake. Getting drunk on most social occations is unfortunately also the reality of many Danes. As for companies there is also Maersk (shipping), Danfoss, B&O, Carlsberg (and Tuborg), Vestas (windmills), ISS (cleaning, catering etc.) but true … LEGO is the one they should have remembered :)
That is true what you are saying Superviewer. Those things are really danish, and if your stretching it, also Scandinavian. This comes from a commie Dane.
The first rule of Lego is you don't talk about Lego.
And tuborg
LEGO is more the thing that foreigners think of. We probably think of at least 100 words before we think of LEGO. Don't get me wrong, we love it, but we have done cool things since LEGO was invented, you know :P
How chill, beautiful and kind people these are!
Even watching that video makes me relaxed.
After getting a bit comfortable with Dutch, I'm totally gonna take Danish as well and visit that country for quite some time.
They are the coolest people in the whole Europe I have ever communicated with - there really is something warm, fun and considerate which they add to the typical Nordic stoicity.
Onise Okriashvili here in Denmark ive never seen as rude racist and homophobic people EVER! I hate living here that im almost ashamed being a Dane 😖😣
@@beanie9167 Chill, I doubt it's that bad, at least compared to other European countries like Italy (No offense).
DustyO'Rusty it is THAT bad! People force you into doing things. After 3 years EXPLAINING that i am NOT allowed to groom they still force me in ANY WAY to make me broom.
If the boys swear (which they do everyday) nobody says anything to them.
But if the rich kid or the nerd swears they get mentioned.
The adults can’t raise their children properly (idk how to spell that)
Almost every men had tried drinking.
I’d been bullied in a racist way. They don’t just go up to you saying: “Ewww you aren’t Danish ya jerk!”
But they show the words by acting and pushing you for YEARS!!!!
They critizes your every mistake.
And we started out being 24 in our class.
Due to cyper bullying we’re now 14 classmates ;-;
That is how most schools is.
Also Denmark is super boring. Nothing to explore.
And i bet ya living here is a nightmare. I want homeschool but such a thing doesn’t exist so there is kinda no escape!
Onise Okriashvili just gonna wish good luck.
I love the sound of this language, its so different, so perfect , I love Denmark and Danish language so much💙
I really like the man who took his time to find an answer he was happy with. I would probably feel pressured to answer fast and randomly so he brought me peace.
Being half Danish on my dad's side we went to Denmark pretty much every summer when I was a kid and I have the most wonderful memories of everything there. Now I'm having fun (and a little bit of existential crisis) learning the language. 😄
As someone learning danish, this was super helpful! I can't wait to become a fluent speaker someday.
You won't lol
@@monikaherath7505 if you can speak english you can learn danish. Even someone like me can speak it but i havent spoke to natives in a long time so its getting rusty and reading is a lil hard writing on the other hand is really hard
@@MichealmonkeyBusinessJohnson There are many similar words between English and Danish. And, let's not forget the origin of the English language: Old English was similar to Old Norse because the Anglo-Saxons partly stemmed from Jutland and its nearby islands, Denmark (and from Lower Saxony, i.e. present-day Niedersachsen). The Jutes also stemmed from Jutland, Denmark. There are many cultural, social, linguistic, and historical similarities between England and Denmark. All the best!
i watched this when it came out, very proud of myself to say that i can understand all of this
@@monikaherath7505 Danish is a simple language and can be learned by anyone with motivation
Hearing them speck their language is oddly satisfying and it’s like gibberish to my ears ☺️ love it!
I've been in Copenhagen and it's such a beautiful city
Jeg lærer på dansk, og syner jeg det er intressant at vide om kultur i Danmark, og hvordan de danske tænker. Jeg håber der er flere videoer af Easy Danish.
Mange tak Easy Danish!
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I feel happy because I am learning Danish, only 2 weeks into it, and I understood this. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I‘m German and do also speak Low Saxon (Low German), English and some Swedish.
I can read this and that of Danish and I can find several elements of my other languages in it.
But spoken Danish. It’s a mystery to me how Danish people can communicate verbally with each other! ☺️
That was actually quite easy to understand. My grandparents are Danish and I'm trying to learn to speak with them better as they get on in years. :)
Lovely language. Sounds very interesting and very intricate indeed. I'd love to go and visit Denmark! Great country! I met a few Danes and found them very open minded. Great video! Greetings from France.
I haven't studied Danish but i have a feeling that it i studied it for 10 years i still wouldn't grasp a word of what they're talking, German seems now like a piece of cake compared to this haha
Norsguy Odin actually, the language itself is way easier than German. There's no conjugation and masculine, feminine, and neutral words and the order of the words are very similar to English, Swedish, Norwegian and Icelandic.
Simple sentences:
The dog = hunden ("hund" means dog and "-en" means the)
The Girl loves the dog = Pigen elsker hunden.
I want/want to have = jeg vil gerne/jeg vil gerne ha (jeg = I, vil = would, gerne = like, ha = have).
Jeg vil gerne ha en te = I want a tea/ I would like a tea/ I would like to have a tea.
What are you talking about? Danish has hankøn, hunkøn and intetkøn, and we have the oddest conjugations like the difference between ligge/lægge, we have rules about double consonantes, we have twice as many vowel sounds as there are vowels, as a Dane who learned German in school and actually listened in Danish grammar class, German is waaaaay easier than Danish, the only hard thing about German is the odd way they construct sentences, while in Danish we have a multitude of obscure grammatical rules that Danes couldn't give two turds about learning and with good reason, and don't even get me started on the difference between en/et.
I don't know anything about Danish, but for native English speakers, the Foreign Service Institute estimates that if a native English speaker were to study Danish for 24 weeks, it would take them about 30 weeks of studying German to reach the same proficiency level. www.effectivelanguagelearning.com/language-guide/language-difficulty
That doesn't prove that one is harder than the other, this is just for native speakers of English. So for native English speakers German is harder than Danish.
Not really weird when you consider the fact that over 600 words in English come directly from an old form of Danish, though they were anglicized in both pronounciation and spelling (Egg/Æg - Window/Vindue - take/tage - stool/stol - door/dør etc.) so English is hardly a good representation for the world in it's entirety, not that you said it was.
omega1231 I personally find Norwegian wayyyyy easier than both and danish counting is um interesting
Danish language deserves top points for uniqueness
great video! spoken clearly and at a natural pace! I was able to understand and learn a lot of it as a beginner
I only came to this video to listen to people speak Danish. I am not even reading the subtitles. I just enjoy the melody of theyr voice
Everyone's so chill and the city's very quiet, the exact opposite to my country Greece
I am currently learning danish on duo and I wasnt confident at all but I could understand most of what they were talking about so now I feel very accomplished
Do you considerate you can read a book in danish now? I just started learning danish on duo :)
These courses are so interesting! I wish I could speak all the languages in the world :) I wanna come back to Denmark! Love it there!
Denmark is a beautiful country
. . . when it's sunny.
PaperClipFlip and when's that 😂
My point exactly! ;-)
Nascha Lecter here in Denmark ive never seen as rude racist and homophobic people EVER! I hate living here that im almost ashamed being a Dane 😖😣
Cuwah there's so many homophobes and racist people especially teenagers and older people in denmark
"Easy danish"
Entire video is people speaking in tongues
I’ve been learning Danish for just over a year now, and I love the language and the different cultures! De er alle smukke! Jeg elsker dem!
Tom S Wow! Keep going, I’m danish so i feel proud
@@fieb7840 Tusind tak! It can be very difficult sometimes!
Tom S Yes it can! sometimes even I struggle with it! I’m also learning a language, but it’s russian and it’s almost as hard as danish😅
SOFTLOVECRIMINAL 19 Oh wow really! That’s really interesting! Hope it goes well
Tom S Thank you, and you too! Do you have a duolingo, so that maybe i could follow you?
love danish language, danish culture and danish people, hope to visit one day
I'm an Argentinian guy who loves Denmark.. keep up the good work, nice video!
Californian here 👋
I love this!! Im looking forward for an Easy Swedish episode!!
It’s really interesting how you can still make out some of the words as an English speaker after all the years of separation from what would become Danish and English
It makes sense considering our current English is a combination of Old English, French, and Danish
Also I think they sometimes just stick in words in English to show they are ''international'', it's gotten quite bad in a lot of languages. The worst is Latin American Spanish when people keep saying ''ah okey'' when they speak, it's so annoying.
I was just in Aarhus a few weeks ago. That city is fantastic!
been a while since could hear anything in relation to danish.learnt a bit in the uni, and that was a sweet comeback.tak!
It looks like a language I would never be able to understand without subtitles.
Let's hope for a Easy Swedish soon !
Thank you for the video! It was very interesting to hear how the speech sounds. My ancestors are from Denmark and the Netherlands (Seest and Saham family).
FINALLY! :D thank you guys :) Please make more!
Typical Danish things: Good Fairy Tales,Good Bakery(cookies),Little Islands.
It is great place to celebrate Christmas.I love Danmark
here in Denmark ive never seen as rude racist and homophobic people EVER! I hate living here that im almost ashamed being a Dane 😖😣
??? What do you mean? Where have you met these "rude racist and homophobic people"? This is definitely not my experience, and I'm a Dane, too.
Du er en weeaboo, og du anvender en uforsvarlig skrifttype, der gør, at man mister al respekt for det, du skriver; jeg tror ikke, at jeg behøver at sige mere end dette. Faktisk jo: DF er det bedste parti!!
Oliver Hviid jeg vidste du ville blive så vred på en skrifttype. Det er mit perspektiv på det
Flot gjort - jeg tror, vi ender denne "diskussion" her, da den tydeligvist ikke fører til andet end smålige mudderkast
This is what my Dutch sounds like after too much alcohol
This is cool and thanks for bringing this to us. Looking forward to more episodes.
+Celeste Granillo you're welcome :)
Music playing in the background in the vinyl record shop is Shine on you crazy diamond part 6-9.
1:23 when the internet explorer throwing at once all tabs you clicked when it was hanging
It sounds difficult but soooo cool at the same time.
Jeg elsker dette sprog så meget, tusind tak! Jeg håber at I gøre mange mere danske videoer.
As an Icelandic learner, when I hear Norwegian or Swedish I surprisingly understand many expressions well but in Danish I'm absolutely clueless. Like a language from another galaxy.
Magnus is so cool name dude
+Gustav Bauer Haha thanks man!
Du ser så kjekk ut, Magnus. Jeg studerer nordiske studier og norsk ved universitetet i Berlin. Nå tenker jeg på å skifte til dansk istedenfor norsk. :D
Thanks! Det burde du gøre ;)
Its not that cool in Danish xd
Magnus Tagmus 🐭🐀
Finally ... please make more !!!
thanks...I learn danish now since 5 month and I feel always it is very hard to pronounce but more complicated to listen and understand as the consonants will all ignored. In my experience as an often visitor and fan of this country, the most typisk dansk er dannebrog.
Nice channel guys! Have been trying to learn Danish from duolingo for about two months now, so this is a good "field test" :) Would love to see some new material here
😂✌️✌️✌️ Du musst Deutsch auch lernen . Ich kann dir beibringen
Danish sounds so smooth and fast compared to other languages that constantly space their words
Wdym?
I found the locals in Copenhagen super friendly and welcoming. I'd happily move them if I could learn to speak Danish. Just loved the vibe ❤
frikadeller!! my mom's from Copenhagen and would make frikadeller and aebleskiver all the time. apparently my siblings and i all had thick danish accents when we started school so we all had to go to speech therapy so our teachers could understand us lol
this is making me wanna learn danish
Saying rød grød med fløde just hurts.. it feels like im flying hehe i still love the language its mysterious
Oh lease guyr, keep this course up, will you? I beg you guys. We Danish students always have so much trouble looking for material to actually listen to the pronunciation! Pleeeeeease, keep this up!
I've started learning Danish a couple of weeks ago - knowing German is a huge help because those two are really similar (the sentence construction is the same and many words are familiar). But the pronunciation, dear heaven 😆. Of all the languages I've learned, this is the easiest for me, only I might never be able to really speak... I don't understand much yet, but I'm glad that Easy Danish exists, thank you!
PS The most typical Danish thing for me as a tourist is rød pølse. Loved it as a kid!!
I don't know the grammar but this sounds beautiful.
To me, I can see how close English and Danish are. If you look at Old English, it is very similar to modern Danish. Even an English person's accent is similar in my opinion to a Danish person's. They even did a study on the DNA of English people and found they were most closely related to Danes, which makes sense because the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes were from where Denmark is today.
Lord H4773Rthe2nd That's not right. The Angles, Jutes, Saxons and Frisian came from areas with is Denmark AND Germany today.
I want to learn basic danish to visit next year Denmark, maybe one or two months, to really enjoy the country. I think if you know the language of the country that you visit you enjoy a lot more the culture in general.
Sounds so sympa! I'd love to visit denmark
FINALLY
MORE
PLEASE MORE
+Eowyn of Rohan Haha yeah sure! We will make more episodes :)
If someday i have a son, his name will be Magnus..such a great name! greetings from Colombia!
I'm learning Danish, but just the basics using a formal approach, my pronunciations are off because I mostly try to base it off English, but was told to avoid that, trying to say 'ø' is tough lol.
I wish it wasn't so expensive, because I'd love to visit. People seem really chill and the cities look beautiful (although cloudy).
Thank you! Finally, the Danish language!
+Cahyo Ramadhani You're welcome! Hope you enjoyed it :)
Magnus Meyer I'm learning Danish. It will really help me a lot in getting used to with the spoken language. People may say Danish is difficult to pronounce for non-natives, but that what makes Danish interesting for me. I hope you keep uploading newer videos. :) (y)
a good cup of coffee!
Yeah, we drink A LOT of coffee. Very few people drink tea. I mean.... My name is Tea and I don't even drink it :P
When will have easy cantonese2 in hong kong and i'm looking forward to this!!!!!!!
Fantastiske videoer. Muy útil, gracias. 👋
This guy at 2:06 sounds so funny, especially when he says the end of "afslappethed". Gets me every time.
He's not trying to be funny. This is how the language actually sounds like.
wir wollen auch easy Schwedisch und easy Norwegisch! BITTE!
+Gustav Bauer Es gab ja mal eine Folge von Easy Norwegian, aber nur eine glaub ich
+Gustav Bauer Dänisch klingt eh ähnlich :) und ja, easy Norwegian gab´s schon auch.. leider nur eine Folge
+Никита Колмагоров Nee, Dänisch klingt total anders. Nur geschrieben ist's ähnlich :)
You’re on the wrong video german
@@ElectroIsMyReligion warum? Weil du kein Deutsch verstehst?
cool to watch, thanks!
that guy at 0.55 was my danish teacher in the city called Skanderborg close to Aarhus/Århus funny to see him here haha.
I wanna learn Danish, after watching this video, it seems even harder to pronounce to Korean..haha..... (tears)
try Swedish--easier--even Danish speaker told me this
Im danish and alot of the Danish words are like the korean. Help me when i tried learning korean
Its been three years so... Snakker du dansk? Farvel og godnat.
@@picnicblanket6428 I'm learning Norwegian and I understood everything you just said! Do you speak danish? Goodbye and good night
openness? curiosity? are you kidding me? As for someone who's not from the but lived there for 6 years I'll say it's all about culture, and friendship (but not about having many friends but instead being the best of friends in a small group)
Openness and friendliness is not how I would describe Danes after living in Denmark for 7 years!
Awesome!
German: "I give up"
I Love the Way Ðanish Þeoþle talk :)
Great people. Great country. Love from an American fan.
Sounds better than I expected.
Is it weird that i can understand what they said in the subtitle but have no idea when it pronounced, I'm from indonesia 🇲🇨 and i've been learning norwegian for 1,5 year and I have german class in high school
SO MANY BLONDS
Scandinavians are typically blonde from what I've seen
Wait until you go to Norway.
+PaperClipFlip ok
So cool! isn't it? :)
i love this 😭
i think it sounds really cool
They seem really nice and down to earth and quiet people
1:08 that sound easy to pronounce
Oh beautiful men like Magnus and Johan are one of the reasons why I love Scandinavian countries haha. Thanks for the info tho!
This is awesome.. fast tho so distinguishing the specific word sound is a bit tricky
I love the last person's answer. Anthropologists tend to have the best outlook on humanity, both scientific and artistic.
I just found out I'm part Scandinavian 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇳🇴.
Congratulations!
The soft "d" is every native English speaker's nightmare, truly. It's funny though, when I went to visit the place where my girlfriend is from (Odense), I tried to speak with what little Danish I knew. Most of the Danes would just give me a perplexed look and say back to me in English something like "Just speak English, it will be easier for the both of us!". Everyone seemed to speak near-perfect English, so sometimes practising wouldn't be too easy, unless it was with my girlfriend.
With that said, Denmark is such a lovely little Country and I would love to settle down there some day. I've had enough of Canada and I much prefer the honesty and straightforwardness of the Danish people. People in Denmark don't sugar-coat things or have overly high expectations. That means if that you adopt such a mindset, you'll be less likely to be let down or disappointed, but more importantly, you'll be pleasantly surprised when your already reasonable expectations are met. That's why many Danes seem quite happy and content with things. Above all else, the people there aren't fake or passive aggressive, which is what I absolutely hate about many of my fellow Canadians.
That's a very sad thing to read, I thought that Canadians were nice and honest people :/
The thing with people responding in English when you are trying to learn sounds really annoying. I very rarely experienced this in Spanish speaking countries, if someone spoke in English I would reply back in Spanish and if they keep doing it, I would just pretend to be Spanish and that I didn't speak English.
Are they in Århus? My family came from Mallings just south of there. Also have family that came from Tårs near Hjørring. Been to both København and Århus. Need to visit Hjørring next time I visit. Wonderful country wonder why my ancestors ever left.
I recommend watching the movie Pelle Erobreren if your ancestors emigrated from Denmark to the US. The Denmark of your ancestors were very different from current day Denmark.
I love the Danish UN at end of words
The Danish language reminds me of one thing: For helvede :D