A1 · Beginner
Fish & Seafood
What is on the ice at a Danish fish counter and how to ask for it.
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- Words & phrases
- 32
- 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 fish counter
- a fish fillet
- shellfish
- a plaice
- a halibut
- a haddock
- a sea bass
- a sea bream
- a rainbow trout
- a sardine
- a swordfish
- a mullet
- a wolffish
- a skate wing
- a scallop
- a cockle
- peeled shrimp
- a salmon fillet
- smoked salmon
- marinated herring
- a fish cake
- a fish soup
- canned tuna
- a monkfish
- a whiting
- a cuttlefish
- a razorshell clam
- a Dover sole
- a lemon sole
- cleaned
- filleted
- scaled
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Fish and Shellfish
- Lesson 2
At the Fish Counter
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