The 2,500 Most Common Danish Words, Ranked by Frequency
Danish is famous for being hard to hear and harder to pronounce. The vocabulary is the part you can plan. This book gives you the 2,500 words Danes use most, in the order they use them, so your study time goes to words you will hear today rather than words you might meet next year.
Those 2,500 words cover about 92% of everyday spoken Danish and 82% of written text.
What an entry looks like
1 · være · verb · VEH-reh
be
Jeg vil være der i morgen.
I'll be there tomorrow.
What's inside
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The frequency list. 2,500 entries, ranked 1 to 2,500. Each gives the part of speech, a simple pronunciation guide, the English meaning, and a Danish example sentence with its translation.
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Lists by word type. The same words sorted into nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and numerals, so you can work through one group at a time.
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An A to Z index with IPA for quick lookups.
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A short guide to how the list was made and how to study with it.
Who it's for
Complete beginners, and anyone who has picked up some Danish from an app or a course and wants a solid base under it. It works alongside any course. Ten new words a day takes you through the whole book in about eight months.
The series
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Book 1: Essential Vocabulary, words 1 to 2,500 (this book)
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Book 2: Intermediate Vocabulary, words 2,501 to 5,000
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Book 3: Advanced Vocabulary, words 5,001 to 7,500
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Book 4: Master Vocabulary, words 7,501 to 10,000
- All four books as a set
Details
- 2nd edition, 2026
- 2,500 entries, each with an example sentence
- E-book (PDF and EPUB)
- Publisher: M.U.W. Edu Media & Publishing Ltd. (MostUsedWords)
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Hardcover: pre-order
The print editions are 6 x 9 inch (15.2 x 22.9 cm), approximately 217 pages each. You can pre-order them now. They are expected to ship in Q1 2027. You pay at checkout and your copy ships as soon as printing is complete. The e-book is a separate option on this page.
