The free online Danish course
This is a free online Danish course, made by a Danish teacher and built from your own life. You sign up with your email, tell the course a little about yourself, and your first conversation is ready, with your name, your city and your usual coffee order in it. Every line is read aloud in Danish.
No card, no subscription, no app to install. It runs in the browser on your phone or computer.
In short
- Free. You create an account with your first name, your email and a password. That is all.
- From your first sentence to C1: everyday conversations for beginners, and the language school modules all the way to Prøve i Dansk 3 and Studieprøven.
- In English, about Danish. Instructions are in English, and you can switch them to Danish when you are ready. Every Danish line has an English translation, which you can hide.
- Your progress is saved on your account, so you continue where you left off, on any device.
What makes it different
- It is built from your life
- You fill in a short profile: where you come from and where you live, your job, who you live with, the languages you speak, your usual coffee order. The dialogues use it. You practise Jeg hedder Amira, og jeg bor i Aarhus with your own name and your own city, not a textbook’s.
- You hear everything
- Every line is read aloud, and the pronunciation is written the way it sounds to an English ear, so you know what to copy.
- A hint first, the answer when you ask
- When you get something wrong, the exercise tells you where the mistake is and lets you fix it yourself. The answer only appears when you press “Show answer”. That is how you remember it.
- The words explain themselves
- Hover over or tap a word in a dialogue, and a bubble tells you what it means, which form it is (for example the past tense of at hedde), and all its forms, with a button to hear the word.
- Your own practice list
- Tap the plus next to a line you find hard, and it goes on your list, so you can come back to exactly the sentences you need.
Everyday conversations
Each conversation topic has dialogues, a conversation simulator that asks you questions and lets you answer, phrases, vocabulary and exercises.
- Introduce yourself (Præsentér dig selv): your own presentation, small talk at a party, and the first dinner with your partner’s parents, in two versions: at their place and at yours.
- The coffee conversation (Kaffesamtalen): order your usual coffee and something from the counter, and pay, in the Danish you actually hear at a café.
- Small talk about the weather (Snak om vejret): the Danish national conversation.
Words and grammar
- Danish numbers (Tal): numbers, prices, phone numbers, the time and dates, with a number machine and listening exercises. The short version is the numbers guide.
- Who’s wearing what? (Hvem har hvad på?): twelve people in one drawing. You describe what they wear, and learn clothes, colours and the endings that change with en and et.
- When words mean something else (Faste udtryk): fixed expressions like holde øje med and lægge mærke til, and a conversation full of them.
The language school modules
If you go to a Danish language school, the course follows Danskuddannelse 3, module by module. Each module has the test’s tasks as practice, reading sets in the test’s formats, writing tasks with a word counter and a checklist, the module’s new words, and exercises.
| Module | Level | What you practise |
|---|---|---|
| Module 1 | A1 | Your mind maps, asking questions about a case, everyday words |
| Module 2 | A2 | Presenting your mind map, the information gap, reading sets, 70-word emails |
| Module 3 | A2+ | A topic with reasons, four pictures, reading sets, semi-formal messages |
| Module 4 | B1 | Presentations with a focus, pros and cons, the open cloze, blog posts |
| Module 5 | B2 | Prøve i Dansk 3: presentations, unprepared topics, reading, 200-word texts, Danish history, a grade calculator |
| Module 6 | C1 | Studieprøven: five-minute presentations, long texts, 400-word writing with graphs |
The modules follow the public descriptions of the tests. The real tests are confidential, so every text in the course is our own. Some modules are still marked Beta while I check every line of Danish.
Who it is for
- You have moved to Denmark and want to get past “Kan vi tage det på engelsk?” at work, at the bakery and with the neighbours.
- Your partner or family is Danish, and you want to follow the conversation at the dinner table, not just smile at it.
- You go to a language school and want more practice than there is time for in class.
- You have a test coming up: a module test, Prøve i Dansk 3 or the A1 and A2 tests.
- You live abroad and want Danish for a move, a relationship, or because you love the language.
How to start
- Create a free account with your first name, your email and a password.
- Fill in your profile. Every field is optional. Whatever you leave empty is filled in by a sample student, so the dialogues work from the first minute, and they become yours as you fill in more.
- Start with Introduce yourself, or with your module if you go to a language school. Ten minutes a day does more than an hour on Sunday.
Questions people ask
Is it really free?
Yes. There is no card, no subscription and no trial that runs out.
Is there an app?
No, it is a website. That means it works on any phone, tablet or computer, and your progress follows you from one to the other.
Do I need to live in Denmark?
No. The course works the same everywhere, and the dialogues follow your answers: where you live now, and why you are learning Danish.
I am a complete beginner. Where do I start?
With Introduce yourself and the numbers. Read the pronunciation guide alongside; the sounds are the hard part of Danish, and it is easier to learn them right from the start.
Does it replace the language school?
No. If you live in Denmark, the Danish education (danskuddannelse) is free and gives you many hours with a teacher and a class. This course is practice on top: the dialogues, the audio and the test formats, whenever you have ten minutes.
Will it prepare me for the tests?
The modules follow the formats of the module tests, Prøve i Dansk 3 and Studieprøven, with our own material. Nobody can promise you a result, but you will have done every task type before the day, which is most of the battle.
Can it hear my pronunciation?
No. It reads everything aloud and writes the pronunciation the way it sounds, so you can copy it, but it does not listen to you. Record yourself on your phone and compare, and ask a Dane to correct you when you can.
Who can see my answers?
Only you and Lui. Other learners never see your profile or your answers. The details are in the privacy policy.
Updated 13 September 2026