C2 · Mastery
Slang & Colloquialisms
The relaxed, informal Danish you hear in cafés, group chats and among friends: intensifiers, playful insults and everyday shorthand.
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- Words & phrases
- 37
- 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.
- cool, great, awesome
- cool, tough, badass
- a beer
- to chill, to relax
- lame, a bummer, garbage
- brilliant, ace, terrific
- insanely, incredibly (intensifier)
- ugh, darn, aw (disappointment)
- mega, super (intensifier)
- insanely, wildly; crazy (intensifier)
- stylish, cool, on point
- broke
- a nerd, a geek
- to get, to understand
- an idiot, a fool
- to skip school, to cut class
- nuts, crazy, loopy
- clumsy, awkward; boorish
- to struggle with, to fuss with
- a craze, a fad
- a mate, a buddy, a partner
- get lost, clear off, buzz off
- a hottie, a looker
- a mock consolation cookie offered to someone who is whining
- confidence in someone or something
- a blunder, a slip-up
- to pull an all-nighter
- to veg out
- to blow off
- to rip someone off
- to knock it off
- my bad
- no biggie
- to cast a shadow over someone/something, to overshadow
- to guzzle
- a clever trick, a handy technique
- a scam, a dishonest scheme
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Slang and Colloquialisms
- Lesson 2
Using Slang Naturally
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