C2 · Mastery
Danish Dialect & Regional Identity
Learn vocabulary for discussing dialects, regional identity and selected local expressions, with attention to variation within regions.
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- Words & phrases
- 29
- 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.
- stød, a laryngeal prosodic feature that can distinguish words
- the Danish 'soft d', usually an approximant rather than an English th-sound
- Standard Danish, historically associated with educated Copenhagen speech
- a dialect
- Jutlandic, the dialect of Jutland
- a Jutlander, a person from Jutland
- of Funen; the Funen dialect
- a person from Funen
- a Zealander, a person from Zealand
- South Jutlandic, the dialect of Southern Jutland
- Bornholm dialect, of Bornholm
- a tall pendulum clock, a grandfather clock
- a poppy-seed pastry with remonce filling (regional)
- a person from Vendsyssel, northernmost Jutland
- a West Jutlander
- hi, hello (casual, folksy)
- hi there (folksy greeting)
- a small boy (South Jutland)
- a kid, a youngster (colloquial)
- a toddler, a little one
- a shorty, a very short person (jocular)
- a fool, a nitwit
- a dolt, a blockhead (literally livestock, cattle)
- a blockhead, a dolt
- a slice of rye bread with dripping or lard
- a traditional dish of apples fried with streaky bacon
- cabbage braised with caramelized sugar, a winter dish
- the rolling, trilled r of West and South Jutland
- a person from Bornholm
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Dialect and Regional Identity
- Lesson 2
Dialect and Adapting to Others
Where this unit fits
Courses with this unit.
Mastery · Part 2
Work through the vocabulary, lessons, conversations and reading activities in this part. Practice grammar along the way.
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Regions and Dialects
Discuss Denmark's regions and dialects with nuance and recognize regional features in the Danish you hear.
3 Units · about 2 h
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