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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 languages.
| Consonants | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent |
| b | bog [ˈb̥ɔːˀʊ̯] "book" | book |
| d | dåb [ˈd̥ɔːˀb] "christening" | do |
| ð | øde [ˈøːðə] or [ˈøːð̪̩] "deserted" | bathe |
| f | fod [ˈfoˀð] "foot" | foot |
| ɡ | god [ˈɡ̊oˀð] "good" | good |
| h | hat [ˈhat] "hat" | hat |
| j | jord [ˈjoɐ̯ˀ] "earth" | you |
| k | kone [ˈkʰoːnə] "wife" | cone |
| l | lov [ˈlʌʊ̯] "law" | louver |
| m | mod [ˈmoˀð] "courage" | mood |
| n | node [ˈnoːðə] or [ˈnoːð̪̩] "note" | noon |
| ŋ | lang [ˈlaˀŋ] "long" | long |
| p | pol [ˈpʰoːˀl] "pole" | pole |
| ʁ | rød [ˈʁœˀð] "red" | French rôle |
| s | sod [ˈsoˀð] "soot" | soon |
| t | tak [ˈtˢɑk] "thank (you)" | too |
| ʋ | våd [ˈʋɔːˀð] | vote |
| Vowels | ||
| ɑ | tak [ˈtˢɑk] "thank (you)" | like balm, but shorter |
| ɑː | barn [ˈb̥ɑːˀn] "child" | balm |
| a | verden [ˈʋaɐ̯d̥ən] "the World" | Northern English/Scottish trap |
| æ | alle [ˈællə] "all" | latter |
| æː | gade [ˈɡ̊æːðə] or [ˈɡ̊æːð̪̩] "street" | Australian ham |
| ɛ | næring [ˈnɛɐ̯eŋ] "nourishment" | hell |
| ɛː | häl [ˈhɛːˀl] "heel" | there |
| eː | hel [ˈheˀl] "whole" | Scottish/Canadian save |
| e | elefant [eləˈfæˀnd] "elephant" | allez in French |
| i | tisse [ˈtˢisə] "piss" | happy |
| iː | si [ˈsiːˀ] "sieve" | leaf |
| o | flod [ˈfloˀð] "river" | Scottish/Canadian stove |
| oː | stor [ˈsd̥oɐ̯ˀ] "big" | Scottish/Canadian stove |
| ɔ | på [pʰɔ] "on" | moll, with round lips |
| ɔː | mål [ˈmɔːˀl] "goal, target" | like the previous, but longer |
| u | ud [ˈuð̪ˀ] "out" | like fool, but shorter |
| uː | hule [ˈhuːlə] "cave, hollow" | boot |
| øː | nød [ˈnøːˀð̪] "nut" | German öl |
| øː | løber [ˈløːb̥ɐ̯] "runner" or "bishop" (in chess) | French vieux or German Österreich |
| œ | bønne [ˈb̥œnə]) "bean" | French bœuf |
| œː | røde [ˈʁœːðə] "red" (plural) | French sœur |
| y | syl [ˈsyːˀl] "awl" | German über' |
| yː | synlig [ˈsyːnli] "visible" | French vue or German üppig |
| ʌ | ånden [ˈʌnˀn̩] "the spirit" | but |
| ɶ | børn ˈb̥ɶɐˀn] "children" | French beurre |
| ɒː | i går [iˈɡɒːˀ] "yesterday" | off |
| unstressed | ||
| ə | begå [bəˈgɔːˀ] "commit" | bedeck |
| ɐ | løber [ˈløːb̥ɐ̯] "runner" or "bishop" (in chess) | runner |