Orthography
| Letter(s) | Most common corresponding phonemes |
|---|---|
| a | /a/ or /aː/ |
| b, bb | /b/ |
| c | /k/ or /s/ (in foreign words) |
| ch | /tj/ or /sj/ (in foreign words) |
| d, dd | /d/ |
| e | /ə/, /e/, /ɛ/, /eː/ or /ɛː/ |
| f, ff | /f/ |
| g | /ɡ/, /k/ or nothing |
| gg | /k/ |
| h | /h/, nothing before other consonants |
| i | /i/, /iː/ or /e/ |
| j | /j/ |
| k, kk | /k/ |
| l, ll | /l/ |
| m, mm | /m/ |
| n, nn | /n/ |
| o | /o/ or /oː/ |
| p, pp | /p/ |
| q | /k/ |
| r, rr | /r/ |
| s, ss | /s/ |
| t, tt | /t/ |
| u | /u/, /uː/ or /o/ |
| v | /v/ |
| w | /v/ |
| x | /ks/ |
| y | /y/, /yː/ or /ø/ |
| z | /s/ |
| æ | /ɛ/ or /ɛː/ |
| ø | /ø/, /œ/, /øː/ or /œː/ |
| å | /ɔ/ or /ɔː/ |
- In monomorphematic words vowels are usually short before two or more consonants + e.
- Vowels are usually long before a single consonant + e.
- In two consecutive vowels the stressed vowel is always long and the unstressed is always short.
The orthographic tradition in Danish is to preserve the original spelling of foreign words. The letters c, q, w, x, z never occurs in indigenous words. The phonemic interpretation of letters in loanwords therefore depends on the donating language.
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