Language/Danish/Grammar/Adjectives

Adjectives in Danish

Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn how to use the adjectives in Danish.

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Finish this lesson and explore these related pages: Danish Grammar → Introduction to Danish Alphabet and ..., Conditional Mood, Definite Articles in Danish & Adjective Forms and Agreement.

ENGLISH	DANISH	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
	(-t added to adjectives in the neutral case and -e in the plural)
	E.g. 'en åben dør' (an open door) but 'et åbent hus' (an open house); 'åbne huse'
OPEN	ÅBEN	ABERTO
TALL	HØJ	ALTO
YELLOW	GUL	AMARELO
BLUE	BLÅ	AZUL
CHEAP	BILLIG	BARATO
DRUNK	FULD	BÊBADO
GOOD	GOD	BOM
BEAUTIFUL	SMUK	BONITO
WHITE	HVID	BRANCO
TIRED (I)	TRÆT	CANSADO (EU)
EXPENSIVE	DYR	CARO
SURE (I)	SIKKER	CERTEZA (EU)
FULL	FULD	CHEIO
SLOW	LANGSOM	DEVAGAR
DIFFERENT	FORSKELLIG	DIFERENTE
HARD	SVÆR	DIFÍCIL
EASY	LET	FÁCIL
HUNGRY (I)	SULTEN	FAMINTO
CLOSED	LUKKET	FECHADO
HAPPY (I)	GLAD	FELIZ (EU)
COLD	KOLD	FRIO
BIG	STOR	GRANDE
HUGE	MEGET STOR	MUITO GRANDE
COST-FREE	GRATIS	GRÁTIS
IMPORTANT	VIGTIG	IMPORTANTE
IMPOSSIBLE	UMULIG	IMPOSSÍVEL
SMART	SMART	INTELIGENTE
INTERNATIONAL	INTERNATIONAL	INTERNACIONAL
YOUNG	UNG	JOVEM
FREE	GRATIS	LIVRE
FAR	LANG	LONGE
SAME ...	SAMME ...	MESMO …
SAME THING	SAMME TING	MESMA COISA
NATIONAL	NATIONAL	NACIONAL
NECESSARY	NØDVENDIG	NECESSÁRIO
NORMAL	NORMAL	NORMAL
NEW	NY	NOVO
NEVER	ALDRIG	NUNCA
BUSY (I)	TRAVLT	OCUPADO (EU)
BUSY (TEL)	OPTAGET	OCUPADO (TEL)
OTHER	ANDEN	OUTRO
SMALL	LILLE	PEQUENO
DANGEROUS	FARLIG	PERIGOSO
NEAR	NÆR	PERTO
NEAR OF THE HOTEL	NÆR HOTELLET	PERTO DO HOTEL
BLACK	SORT	PRETO
HOT	VARM	QUENTE
FAST	HURTIG	RÁPIDO
LATE	SEN	TARDE
OLD	GAMMEL	VELHO
OLD (THINGS)	GAMMEL	VELHO (COISA)
GREEN	GRØN	VERDE
RED	RØD	VERMELHO

Other Lessons

• The Accusative Case in Danish
• How to use “to be” with names and places
• The Dative Case in Danish
• Present Tense
• How to use “there to be” in Danish
• Definite Articles in Danish
• The Ablative Case in Danish
• How to use “can” in Danish
• Future Tense