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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Danish
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Danish pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
Transcriptions in articles are primarily based on the "distinct form" set out in Brink et al. (1991). Stress, stød, and vowel length are frequently lost in actual running speech.
See Danish phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of the language.
Vowels
| IPA
|
Examples
|
English approximation
|
| ɑ
|
tak [ˈtsʰɑk]
|
art
|
| ɑː
|
rane [ˈʁɑːnə]
|
father
|
| ʌ
|
ånd [ˈʌnˀ]
|
somewhat like off
|
| ɒ
|
normal [nɒˈmɛˀl]
|
off
|
| ɒː
|
kort [ˈkʰɒːt]
|
dog
|
| æ
|
kat [ˈkʰæt]
|
bat
|
| æː
|
græde [ˈkʁæːðə]
|
bad
|
| e̝
|
bed [ˈpe̝ð] ('garden plot')
|
bit
|
| e̝ː
|
mene [ˈme̝ːnə]
|
bid
|
| e
|
ven [ˈven], frisk [ˈfʁesk]
|
bait
|
| eː
|
mæle [ˈmeːlə]
|
bade
|
| ɛ
|
bær [ˈpɛɐ̯]
|
bet
|
| ɛː
|
gade [ˈkɛːðə]
|
bed
|
| i
|
tisse [ˈtsʰisə]
|
beat
|
| iː
|
mile [ˈmiːlə]
|
bead
|
| o
|
foto [ˈfoto]
|
story, but short
|
| oː
|
kone [ˈkʰoːnə]
|
story
|
| ɔ
|
ost [ˈɔst] ('cheese')
|
RP thought
|
| ɔː
|
måle [ˈmɔːlə]
|
RP law
|
| ø
|
nød [ˈnøðˀ]
|
somewhat like hurt
|
| øː
|
løber [ˈløːpɐ] ('runner')
|
somewhat like herd
|
| œ
|
bønne [ˈpœnə]
|
somewhat like hurt
|
| œː
|
høne [ˈhœːnə]
|
somewhat like herd
|
| ɶ
|
tør [ˈtsʰɶɐ̯ˀ] ('dry')
|
somewhat like but
|
| ɶː
|
røre [ˈʁɶːɐ]
|
somewhat like bud
|
| u
|
ud [ˈuðˀ]
|
cool (short)
|
| uː
|
hule [ˈhuːlə]
|
cool (long)
|
| y
|
tyk [ˈtsʰyk]
|
somewhat like refute
|
| yː
|
synlig [ˈsyːnli]
|
somewhat like feud
|
| Unstressed-only
|
| ɐ
|
løber [ˈløːpɐ] ('runner')
|
coda
|
| ð̩
|
malet [ˈmɛːlð̩][1][2]
|
the book (pronounced quickly)
|
| ə
|
hoppe [ˈhʌpə]
|
focus
|
| l̩
|
gammel [ˈkɑml̩][1]
|
bottle
|
| m̩
|
København [kʰøpm̩ˈhɑwˀn][1]
|
rhythm
|
| n̩
|
vinden [ˈve̝nˀn̩] ('the wind')[1]
|
sudden
|
| ŋ̍
|
ryggen [ˈʁœkŋ̍][1]
|
Washington
|
| Non-native
|
| ɑ̃
|
assemblé [æsɑ̃ˈple̝]
|
US croissant
|
| ɑ̃ː
|
carte blanche [ˌkʰɑːt ˈplɑ̃ːɕ]
|
US croissant, but longer
|
| ɒ̃
|
impromptu [æ̃pʰʁɒ̃ˈtsʰy]
|
RP croissant
|
| æ̃
|
impromptu [æ̃pʰʁɒ̃ˈtsʰy]
|
coq au vin
|
| ɶ̃
|
eau de parfum [otəpʰɑˈfɶ̃]
|
somewhat like hung
|
|
Consonants
| IPA
|
Examples
|
English approximations
|
| ɐ̯
|
er [ˈɛɐ̯]
|
near
|
| ɕ
|
sjat [ˈɕæt]
|
ship
|
| ð
|
øde [ˈøːðə][2]
|
weather, but with the tongue pulled back
|
| f
|
fod [ˈfoðˀ]
|
fan
|
| h
|
hat [ˈhæt]
|
heart
|
| j
|
jord [ˈjoɐ̯ˀ], mig [ˈmɑj]
|
yawn
|
| k
|
god [ˈkoðˀ]
|
scar
|
| kʰ
|
kone [ˈkʰoːnə]
|
car
|
| l
|
lykke [ˈløkə]
|
lake
|
| m
|
mod [ˈmoðˀ]
|
man
|
| n
|
node [ˈnoːðə]
|
nap
|
| ŋ
|
lang [ˈlɑŋˀ]
|
ring
|
| p
|
bog [ˈpɔwˀ]
|
spot
|
| pʰ
|
pol [ˈpʰoˀl]
|
pot
|
| ʁ
|
rød [ˈʁœðˀ]
|
French parler
|
| s
|
sod [ˈsoðˀ]
|
sip
|
| t
|
dåb [ˈtɔˀp]
|
start
|
| tɕ
|
tjener [ˈtɕeːnɐ]
|
chin
|
| tsʰ
|
tak [ˈtsʰɑk]
|
tart
|
| v
|
våd [ˈvɔðˀ]
|
very
|
| w
|
hav [ˈhɑw] ('ocean')
|
cow
|
| Non-native
|
| ç
|
liechtensteiner [ˈliçtn̩ˌstɑjnɐ]
|
hue
|
| ɹ
|
ragtime [ˈɹækˌtsʰɑjm]
|
right
|
| ʃ
|
nachspiel [ˈnɑχˌʃpiːl]
|
shine
|
| θ
|
thriller [ˈθɹilɐ]
|
thick
|
| χ
|
nachspiel [ˈnɑχˌʃpiːl]
|
Scottish loch
|
Suprasegmentals
| IPA
|
Example
|
Description
|
| ˈ ˌ
|
husmor [ˈhusˌmoɐ̯]
|
stress (places before the stressed syllable)[3]
|
| ˀ
|
hun hund [ˈhun ˈhunˀ] ⓘ
|
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