A1 · Beginner
Work Basics
Essential Danish words for jobs, workplaces, and everyday working life.
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- Words & phrases
- 24
- Lessons
- 3
- 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 job, work
- a job
- a boss
- a colleague
- an office
- a meeting
- a salary, pay
- a workplace
- a task
- an email
- a vacation
- a doctor
- a nurse
- a cook, a chef
- a hairdresser
- a salesperson
- a police officer
- to earn
- to begin, to start
- to end, to finish
- to have time off
- busy
- What do you do for a living?
- as (in a role or job)
Danish words, pronunciation, and practice are waiting inside your learning account.
Understand the why
Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Jobs and Working Life
- Lesson 2
Consonants with a Puff of Air
- Lesson 3
A New Job
Where this unit fits
Courses with this unit.

Beginner · Part 1
Work through the vocabulary, lessons, conversations and reading activities in this part. Practice grammar along the way.
25 Units · about 20.5 h

First Steps at Work
Talk about your job, agree on times with colleagues and deal with simple calls and messages.
8 Units · about 5.5 h
Your next conversation starts here
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