Language and culture

Why mastering English isn’t all good news for Danish workers and their companies

BUSINESS

Why mastering English isn’t all good news for Danish workers and their companies

Why do Swedes and Danes insist on pretending they speak the same language?

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Why do Swedes and Danes insist on pretending they speak the same language?

There's something heroic about the way Danes and Swedes insist on trying to communicate with one another using their own languages, but more often than not end up nodding, smiling, and only pretending to understand. Why not give up and just speak English?

Taxi drivers in Denmark to face language requirement under new law

TAXI

Taxi drivers in Denmark to face language requirement under new law

Language holds the key to success in Denmark

PARTNER CONTENT

Language holds the key to success in Denmark

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Danes are ‘world’s second-best’ speakers of English as a foreign language

Danes are ‘world’s second-best’ speakers of English as a foreign language

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Tell us: What’s the best word in the Danish language?

Tell us: What’s the best word in the Danish language?

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Has the Danish language stopped borrowing English words?

Has the Danish language stopped borrowing English words?

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Danes still worst English speakers in Scandinavia (but they’re getting better)

Danes still worst English speakers in Scandinavia (but they’re getting better)

Denmark adds ‘elbow-greeting’ and ‘superspreader’ to national lexicon

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Denmark adds ‘elbow-greeting’ and ‘superspreader’ to national lexicon

21 Danish words we’ve learned during the coronavirus outbreak

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

21 Danish words we’ve learned during the coronavirus outbreak

Is the Danish language really that hard to learn?

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Is the Danish language really that hard to learn?

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

10 regional Danish words that will make you sound like a local

10 regional Danish words that will make you sound like a local