B2 · Upper Intermediate

Dagpenge & Availability

Understand how unemployment insurance works in Denmark, from a-kasse membership and registering as unemployed to job logs, availability rules and your benefit period.

Start learning this unit

One account. Your progress, on the web and in the app.

Words & phrases: 28
Lessons: 1
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.

English

unemployment benefit
an unemployment insurance fund
membership
membership fee
to be insured full-time
an income requirement
unemployed
to be unemployed
to register as unemployed
a job center
Jobnet (the public job portal)
a résumé, a CV
a résumé review meeting
a job search log
job hunting
to be available for work
an availability assessment
unemployment that is your own fault
to be temporarily barred from benefits
to resign
to be fired
supplementary unemployment benefits
a part-time position
a benefit period
to requalify for unemployment benefits
vacation pay while unemployed
to substantiate, to support with evidence
to deregister as unemployed

Danish words, pronunciation, and practice are waiting inside your learning account.

Understand the why

Your lessons, step by step.

1 Lessons

Lesson 1
Unemployment Benefits and Availability

Where this unit fits

Courses with this unit.

SituationsC1

Unions and the A-kasse

Make an informed choice about a-kasse and union membership and explain how the Danish labor market is regulated.

5 Units · about 3.5 h

SituationsB2

Unemployment Benefits

Know what to do from your first day without work and discuss your duties and rights with your unemployment fund.

4 Units · about 4 h

Your next conversation starts here

Make these words part of your Danish.

Create your Hejly account to start learning, hear Danish pronunciation, and build confidence with practice that fits your day.