B1 · Intermediate
On a Ship
Learn the Danish words for boats, crew and life at sea, from the harbor and the deck to sails, anchors and life jackets.
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- Words & phrases
- 56
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
A preview of what you’ll master
Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- a boat
- a lifeboat
- a mast
- a sail
- an anchor
- a quay
- a cabin
- a cruise
- a life jacket
- to sail
- a wave
- a rudder / helm
- to sink
- a lifebuoy
- a sailor (deckhand)
- a mate; a navigating officer
- a bridge (of a ship)
- a buoy
- a cargo (load)
- seasickness
- a hull
- a gangway
- a bunk (berth)
- a nautical chart
- a crossing (sea passage)
- a knot (unit of speed)
- to capsize
- to unload (a ship)
- to go ashore
- a ferry terminal
- a ferry crossing
- a car deck
- boarding
- a gangway
- to disembark
- to dock
- a ship captain
- a container port
- a dry dock
- a shipyard
- a cargo hold
- an anchorage
- a shipping channel
- a breakwater
- a harbor fee
- a coastguard
- a fishing boat
- a shipping route
- a barge
- a sea mark
- a fishing port
- a harbor master
- to moor
- to embark
- to splice
- to steer
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Understand the why
Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Life Aboard a Ship
- Lesson 2
Safety Before Sailing
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