This is a guide to Danish pronunciation.
| Letter(s)
| Sound (in IPA)
| Example(s)
|
| a (closed) |
|
| a (open) | [a]
|
| e (closed) | [e]
|
| e (open) | [ε]
|
| eg, ej | [ai] | jeg (I) /jai/
|
| i (closed) | [i]
|
| i (open) | [e] or [ɪ]
|
| o (closed) | [o]
|
| o (open) | [ɔ]
|
| u (closed) | [u]
|
| u (open) | [ɔ]
|
| y | [y]
|
| y (initial) | [ø]
|
| æ | [æ]
|
| æ (before r) | [a]
|
| ø | [ø]
|
| ø | [œ]
|
| å | [ɔ]
|
| c | [s] (rare in Danish) |
|
| d | [d] in initial position
|
| d | [ð] after a vowel
|
| d | Not pronounced before t or s, or after l, n, or r
|
| g | [g] in initial position
|
| h | [h] Not pronounced before v or j
|
| j | [j]
|
| ng | [ŋ]
|
| r | [ʁ]
|
| r | [a] at the end of a word
|
| v | [v]
|
| v | [ʊ] at the end of a word
|
| w | [v] (rare in Danish)
|
| x | [ks] (rare in Danish)
|
| z | [s] (rare in Danish)
|
Glottal stop
In Danish, the glottal stop is used after the stressed syllable of words if that syllable's vowel is short.
