Shops and hotels in Danish
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. Play the ten Danish words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Danish phrases in this lesson
- Har I...?har EE
- Do you have...?
- Hvor er...?vor AIR
- Where is...?
- ÅbenAW-ben
- Open
- LukketLOK-eth
- Closed
- En pose?en POH-seh
- A bag?
- For dyrtfor DEERT
- Too expensive
- Jeg har en reservationyai har en reh-ser-va-SHOHN
- I have a reservation
- Er morgenmad inkluderet?air MORN-math in-kloo-DEH-reth
- Is breakfast included?
- Hvad er koden til wifi?va air KOH-then til VEE-fee
- What's the wifi password?
- Må jeg...?maw yai
- Can I...?
The shop question: "har I rugbrød?". The I means "you" plural, addressing the shop as a whole, which is the normal way to ask.
"Hvor er mælken?" (where is the milk?). The answer comes with a point, which is all you need. Danish supermarkets are small; you can also just walk every aisle in three minutes.
On shop doors. Opening hours are posted as "Åbningstider" and supermarkets often run late, though small shops close early on Saturdays.
Many shops are closed on Sundays and public holidays. Bakeries are the exception and open early every day.
Bags cost a few kroner, so the self-checkout and cashier both ask. Danes bring their own totes; doing the same marks you as sensible.
Said with a shrug at flea markets, the only place where haggling is normal. Shop prices are fixed.
Hotel staff will switch to English straight away. "Jeg har bestilt" (yai har beh-STILT), I have booked, is the everyday version.
Danish hotel breakfasts are a big buffet of rye bread, cheese, pastries and boiled eggs, usually included.
Wifi is said "vee-fee". Cafes print the code on the receipt or a sign by the counter.
Asking permission: "må jeg sidde her?", may I sit here? Point at the thing in question and it works on its own.