The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Danish pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Danish phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of this language.
| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Examples |
Closest equivalent
|
| m
|
mod [ˈmoðˀ] 'courage'
|
mood
|
| n
|
node [ˈnoːðə] 'note'
|
noon
|
| ŋ
|
lang [ˈlɑŋˀ] 'long'
|
long
|
| b/b̥
|
bog [ˈb̥ɔʊ̯ˀ] 'book'
|
book
|
| p/pʰ
|
pol [ˈpʰoːˀl] 'pole'
|
pole
|
| d/d̥
|
dåb [ˈd̥ɔːˀb̥] 'christening'
|
do
|
| t/tˢ
|
tak [ˈtˢɑɡ̊] 'thank you'
|
too
|
| ɡ/g̊
|
god [ˈɡ̊oðˀ] 'good'
|
good
|
| k/kʰ
|
kone [ˈkʰoːnə] 'wife'
|
cone
|
| f
|
fod [ˈfoðˀ] 'foot'
|
foot
|
| s
|
sod [ˈsoðˀ] 'soot'
|
soon
|
| ɕ
|
Sjælland [ˈɕɛˌlanˀ] 'Zealand'
|
sheep
|
| h
|
hat [ˈhad̥] 'hat'
|
hat
|
| ʋ
|
våd [ˈʋɔðˀ] 'wet'
|
vote
|
| ʊ̯
|
hav [ˈhɑʊ̯] 'sea'
|
wave
|
| ð
|
øde [ˈøːðə] 'deserted'
|
bathe
|
| j
|
jord [ˈjoɐ̯ˀ] 'earth'
|
you
|
| ɪ̯
|
vej [ˈʋɑɪ̯ˀ] 'way'
|
way
|
| ʁ
|
rød [ˈʁœðˀ] 'red'
|
French rôle
|
| ɐ̯
|
hør [ˈhøɐ̯ˀ] 'hear'
|
hear
|
| l
|
lov [ˈlɒʊ̯] 'law'
|
louver
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Examples |
Closest equivalent
|
| ɑ
|
tak [ˈtˢɑɡ̊] 'thank you'
|
like balm, but shorter
|
| ɑː
|
barn [ˈbɑːˀn] 'child'
|
balm
|
| a
|
kat [ˈkʰad̥] 'cat'
|
Northern English/Scottish trap
|
| æ
|
frisk [ˈfʁæsɡ̊] 'fresh'
|
latter
|
| æː
|
gade [ˈɡ̊æːðə] 'street'
|
Australian ham
|
| ɛ
|
ven [ˈvɛn] 'friend'
|
hell
|
| ɛː
|
hæl [ˈhɛːˀl] 'heel'
|
there
|
| e
|
fedt [ˈfeð] 'fat'
|
allez in French
|
| e̝ː
|
hel [ˈheːˀl] 'whole'
|
Scottish/Canadian save
|
| i
|
tisse [ˈtˢisə] 'pee'
|
happy
|
| iː
|
si [ˈsiːˀ] 'sieve'
|
leaf
|
| o
|
flod [ˈfloðˀ] 'river'
|
French sot
|
| oː
|
kone [ˈkʰoːnə] 'wife'
|
Scottish/Canadian stove
|
| ɔ
|
ost [ˈɔsd̥] 'cheese'
|
moll, with round lips
|
| ɔː
|
måle [ˈmɔːlə] 'to measure'
|
like the previous, but longer
|
| u
|
ud [ˈuðˀ] 'out'
|
like fool, but shorter
|
| uː
|
hule [ˈhuːlə] 'cave'
|
boot
|
| ø
|
nød [ˈnøðˀ] 'nut'
|
French vieux or German Österreich
|
| øː
|
løber [ˈløːb̥ɐ] 'runner'
|
German öl
|
| œ
|
bønne [ˈb̥œnə]) 'bean'
|
French bœuf
|
| œː
|
afgrøde [ˈavgʁœːðə] 'crop'
|
French bœuf (but longer)
|
| ɶ
|
tør [ˈtɶɐ̯ˀ]) 'dry'
|
French sœur (but shorter)
|
| ɶː
|
fyrre [ˈfɶːɐ] 'fourty'
|
French sœur
|
| y
|
tyk [ˈtyɡ̊] 'thick'
|
French vue
|
| yː
|
synlig [ˈsyːnli] 'visible'
|
German über
|
| ʌ
|
ånd [ˈʌnˀ] 'spirit'
|
but
|
| ɒ
|
og [ˈɒw] 'and'
|
off
|
| ɒː
|
i går [iˈɡɒːˀ] 'yesterday'
|
off
|
| stød
|
| ˀ
|
ti [ˈtiːˀ] 'ten'
|
Cockney city
|
| unstressed
|
| ə
|
hoppe [ˈhʌb̥ə] 'jump'
|
about
|
| ɐ
|
løber [ˈløːb̥ɐ] 'runner'
|
British English runner
|
| ɪ
|
kage [ˈkʰæːɪ] 'cake'
|
hit
|
| ʊ
|
mave [ˈmæːʊ] 'stomach'
|
foot
|
|
- Grønnum, Nina. (1998a). Fonetik og fonologi, Almen og Dansk. (Akademisk Forlag, København) ISBN 87-500-3865-6
- Grønnum, Nina. (1998b). Illustrations of the IPA: Danish. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 28 (1 & 2), 99-105.
- Grønnum, Nina. (2007) Rødgrød med fløde - En lille bog om dansk fonetik (Akademisk Forlag, København) ISBN-13 978-87-500-3918-1
