Adjectives

Most adjectives add a t when used with with t-nouns, for example dejligt vejr. Some also have different forms when used with plural nouns. In other words, the adjectives take the gender and number of their noun.

Useful modifiers (special adverbs) are meget (very), særlig (particularly), ikke særlig (not especially), for (too), nok (enough)

Here are a few example:


flot		splendid, lavish, handsome (man), beautiful (women)
dejlig		delightful
hyggelig		comfortable, cosy
god		good
dygtig		good, capable, efficient
dårlig		bad, ill
sød		sweet (taste), sweet (person, thing), pretty, cute
sur		sour (taste), sour (person), annoyed
bitter		bitter

syg		sick
bedre		better
syglig		sickly
sund		healthy

lille (pl. små)		small
stor		large, big, great

lidt		a little
meget		much, a lot of

kold		cold
kølig		cool, chilly; cool, stylish tag det køligt keep your cool!
lun		warm, mild, comfortable
lunken		lukewarm
warm		hot

selvfølgelig		natural, obvious, inevitable
overraskende		surprising

let		light, easy, slight
nem		easy, handy. det er nemt gjort
svær		difficult, heavy, severe. Dansk er svært, bogen er svær at læse
vanskelig		difficult, inconvenient, complex

billig		inexpensive, cheap
dyr		dear

åben		open
lukket		closed, reserved, secretive

rolig		quiet, tranquil, calm, still
lav		low, shallow
høj		high, tall, loud
lydt		poorly sound-proofed, you can hear every sound in this place

egen		own, private
fælles		common, shared, joint

hurtig		quick, fast, prompt
langsom		slow

tidlig		early
sildig		late

sen		late, belated, show, tardy
tom		empty, blank
fuld		full

kort		short
lang		long, high, tall

først		first
anden		second
sids't		(sees'd) last
den sidste		the last
næste		next

nordlig		northern
sydlig		southern
vestlig		western
østlig		eastern

optaget		busy, tied up, occupied
faglig		professional, technical
normal		normal
ydre		outer, outside, exterior, external
tilfreds		contented, satisfied
utilfreds		discontented, dissatisfied

Danish for English Speakers