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Danish

Working in a massive distribution center means talking about moving heavy goods and operating equipment.

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### Adverbs of Quantity (-vis)

When dealing with huge inventories, you rarely handle items individually. In Danish, you can attach the suffix **-vis** to a noun to create an adverb of quantity, similar to the English expression "by the...".

For example, adding **-vis** to *palle* (pallet) creates **pallevis** (by the pallet), and adding it to *kasse* (box) creates **kassevis** (by the box).

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If you need to break shipments down to handle them individually, use the word *styk* (piece) to form **stykvis** (piece by piece).

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### Emphasizing Sheer Scale

To emphasize massive amounts, words ending in **-vis** are often followed by the preposition **af** (of).

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### Adverbs of Manner

The **-vis** suffix isn't strictly for physical goods. It can also attach to abstract nouns to describe *how* a process occurs. For instance, from *trin* (step) comes **trinvis** (gradually or step-by-step).

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### Loading and Unloading

Keeping a logistics center running requires constant loading (**læsse**) and unloading (**losse**). You can use your new adverbs to describe exactly how these materials are moved, whether by the box, the pallet, or the meter.

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Adverbs of quantity and manner (-vis)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Definite nouns and the copula (-en, -et, er)

Indefinite articles (en, et)

Present tense verbs and word order (-r)

Plural subject pronouns (vi, I, de)

The verb to have (har)

Yes/No questions

Wh-questions (hvad, hvem, hvor)

Main clause negation (ikke)

Regular noun plurals (-er, -r)

Short noun plurals (-e)

Definite plurals (-ne)

Neuter adjective agreement (-t)

Plural adjective agreement (-e)

Adjectives with indefinite nouns

Adjectives with definite nouns (den / det / de ... -e)

Numbers 1 to 10

Numbers 11 to 20

Counting by tens to 100

Expressing age (er ... år)

Genitive possession (-s)

Singular possessives (min, din)

Third-person possessives (hans, hendes)

Plural possessives (vores, jeres, deres)

Reflexive possessives (sin, sit, sine)

Singular object pronouns (mig, dig)

Plural object pronouns (os, jer, dem)

The infinitive marker (at)

The modal verb can (kan)

The modal verb want to (vil)

The modal verb must (skal)

Negating modal verbs

Inversion after adverbs

Prepositions of position (i, på)

Prepositions of direction (til, fra)

Days of the week (mandag, tirsdag...)

Months of the year (januar, februar...)

Telling time (hel, halv, kvart)

Coordinating conjunctions (og, men, eller)

Subordinating conjunctions (at, fordi)

Subordinate clause negation

Commands (køb, vent, spis)

Zero-ending neuter plurals

The Human Body: Head and Face

The Human Body: Limbs and Torso

Personal Hygiene

Digital Life

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Common Materials

Money and Payments

Short answers (Ja, det gør jeg)

Greetings (hej, godmorgen, farvel)

Thanks and apologies (tak, undskyld)

Jobs and nationalities (Hun er lærer)

Likes and dislikes (kan godt lide)

Somebody and something (nogen, noget, ingen)

How much? (meget, lidt, mere, nok)

With, by, over and under (med, ved, over, under)

Ordinals and dates (den første april)

Wishes for every occasion (tillykke, god bedring)

Times of day (om morgenen, om aftenen)

My day (stå op, gå i seng)

Past tense I: -ede and -te (i går)

My new hat (min nye hat, små, gamle)

Past tense II: irregular verbs (var, havde, gik)

Reacting in a conversation (nå, det lyder godt)

The family and irregular plurals (mænd, børn, fødder)

In the shop (Hvad koster det?)

Demonstratives: that and those (den, det, de)

Demonstratives: this and these (denne, dette, disse)

Adverbs of manner (-t)

Comparing things (-ere, end)

Superlative adjectives (-est)

Definite superlative adjectives (-este)

Irregular adjective comparison

Comparing long adjectives (mere, mest)

The reflexive pronoun (sig)

Reflexive verbs

Reciprocal verbs (-s)

Deponent verbs (-s)

Past opinions (syntes)

Present perfect tense with regular verbs (har... -et/-t)

Present perfect tense with irregular verbs (har...)

Present perfect tense with movement (er...)

Past perfect tense (havde / var...)

Question	Answer
the pallet	pallen
He moves the pallet in the morning.	Han flytter pallen om morgenen.
The pallet is too heavy for me.	Pallen er for tung for mig.
by the pallet	pallevis
We receive the goods by the pallet.	Vi modtager varerne pallevis.
Do they only sell the paper by the pallet?	Sælger de kun papiret pallevis?
the forklift	gaffeltrucken
The woman drives the forklift for three hours.	Kvinden kører gaffeltrucken i tre timer.
He says that he never uses the forklift.	Han siger at han aldrig bruger gaffeltrucken.
piece by piece	stykvis
We do not count the goods piece by piece anymore.	Vi tæller ikke varerne stykvis længere.
Do you always move the boxes piece by piece?	Flytter du altid kasserne stykvis?
the warehouse	lageret
by the box	kassevis
The warehouse sends the books out by the box.	Lageret sender bøgerne ud kassevis.
Does the warehouse receive apples by the box?	Modtager lageret æbler kassevis?
tons of	tonsvis
We have tons of goods in the warehouse.	Vi har tonsvis af varer på lageret.
Tons of metal arrive in the afternoon.	Der ankommer tonsvis af metal om eftermiddagen.
gradually	trinvis
We learn the system gradually.	Vi lærer systemet trinvis.
We improve the work gradually.	Vi forbedrer arbejdet trinvis.
to load	læsse
You must load the truck in the evening.	Du skal læsse lastbilen om aftenen.
She helps me load the boxes.	Hun hjælper mig med at læsse kasserne.
to unload	losse
Who has to unload the ship at night?	Hvem skal losse skibet om natten?
We begin unloading the pallets at twelve o'clock.	Vi begynder at losse pallerne klokken tolv.
by the meter	metervis
We have meters of empty shelves.	Vi har metervis af tomme hylder.
They sell the fabric by the meter.	De sælger stoffet metervis.