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Danish

Evaluative adverbs express your attitude or perspective about what you are saying. Words like *faktisk* (actually), *desværre* (unfortunately), and *heldigvis* (fortunately) are perfect for clarifying facts and clearing up everyday misunderstandings.

In a standard Danish main clause, these sentence adverbs usually come directly after the conjugated verb and the subject. 

### Confirming and Correcting

When you need to confirm a fact or politely correct a misunderstanding:

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**Nemlig** is a special adverb in Danish. It does not have a single direct English translation, but it is often used to mean "exactly," "namely," or to provide an explanation similar to "you see."

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### Expressing Certainty and Attitude

To express strong certainty about a situation, you can use adverbs like **tydeligvis** (clearly), **simpelthen** (simply), and **bestemt** (definitely).

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### Starting the Sentence

For extra emphasis, you can place an evaluative adverb at the very beginning of the sentence. Remember that Danish uses the **V2 rule**: the verb must always be the second element in a main clause. If an adverb takes the first spot, the verb comes immediately after it, followed by the subject.

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### Summarizing with "altså"

Finally, **altså** (so / that is) is one of the most common conversational words in Danish. It is used to draw a conclusion, rephrase a statement, or act as a conversational filler. You can even stack it with other adverbs to add more nuance!

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Evaluative adverbs (faktisk, heldigvis)

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

Tools and Hardware

Emergency and Safety

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
exactly (confirming) / namely	nemlig
the case	tilfældet
That is exactly the case.	Det er nemlig tilfældet.
I had forgotten my book, you see.	Jeg havde nemlig glemt min bog.
Is that actually the case?	Er det faktisk tilfældet?
Unfortunately, that is not the case.	Det er desværre ikke tilfældet.
clearly	tydeligvis
wrong	forkert
That is clearly wrong.	Det er tydeligvis forkert.
Fortunately, the answer was not wrong.	Heldigvis var svaret ikke forkert.
He had clearly misunderstood the problem.	Han havde tydeligvis misforstået problemet.
correct	korrekt
Actually, it is not correct.	Faktisk er det ikke korrekt.
simply	simpelthen
The answer is simply correct.	Svaret er simpelthen korrekt.
I simply do not understand it.	Jeg forstår det simpelthen ikke.
the mistake (wrong action or judgment)	fejltagelsen
The mistake is simply too big.	Fejltagelsen er simpelthen for stor.
to clarify	præcisere
We must unfortunately clarify the answer.	Vi må desværre præcisere svaret.
I actually want to clarify the message.	Jeg vil faktisk præcisere beskeden.
definitely	bestemt
It is definitely not wrong.	Det er bestemt ikke forkert.
She had definitely not misunderstood the case.	Hun havde bestemt ikke misforstået sagen.
so / that is	altså
So, the answer is actually wrong.	Svaret er altså faktisk forkert.
So, that is not the case.	Det er altså ikke tilfældet.
She fortunately discovers the mistake.	Hun opdager heldigvis fejltagelsen.