Danish/Lesson 2

This is an unfinished translation of Swedish/Lesson_4.

^ Lektion 1: Velkommen ^ Lektion 3: Tal og Farver ^

Forældre ~ Parents
Just like in English, the Danish language has several words for mother and father. Starting with the words for mother, we see: And sometimes: The most common word for father is: But occasionally is used.
 * Mor
 * Moder
 * Far
 * Fader

Søskende ~ Siblings
The words for søskende (siblings) are for brother: and for sister:
 * Bror
 * Broder
 * Søster

Børn ~ Children
In Danish, the words for son and daughter are close to English. They are søn and datter, respectively.

The rest of the family

 * Onkel = Uncle, used mostly for a man married to a moster or faster
 * Morbror = Mother's brother
 * Farbror = Father's brother


 * Tante = Aunt, used mostly about a woman married to a farbror or morbror
 * Moster = Mother's sister
 * Faster = Father's sister


 * Niece = Niece
 * Nevø = Nephew


 * Fætter = Male cousin
 * Kusine = Female cousin

Bedsteforældre ~ Grandparents
Grandparents are also quite simple. Keep in mind mor is mother and far is father.

Maternal Grandparents:
 * Mormor = Maternal grandmother
 * Morfar = Maternal grandfather

Paternal Grandparents:
 * Farmor = Paternal grandmother
 * Farfar = Paternal grandfather

The Danish word for grandchild is barnebarn.

Oldeforældre ~ Great-grandparents
The Danish word for great-grandchild is oldebarn
 * Oldefar/Oldefader = Great-grandfather
 * Oldemor/Oldemoder = Great-grandmother

Tipoldeforældre ~ Great-great-grandparents
The Danish word for great-great-grandchild is tipoldebarn.
 * Tipoldefar/Tipoldefader = Great-great-grandfather
 * Tipoldemor/Tipoldemoder = Great-great-grandmother
 * For every generation from this point forward you add another tip- to the title.

^ Lektion 1: Velkommen ^ Lektion 3: Tal og Farver ^