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### Making Exceptions: *undtagen*

When organizing an event or managing a guest list, you will often need to talk about who or what is excluded from a group. The most common and direct way to say "except" in Danish is **undtagen**.

It is typically placed towards the end of the sentence to specify exactly who or what is left out of an otherwise complete group.

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### Setting Aside: *bortset fra*

Another very common expression of exclusion is **bortset fra**, which translates to "apart from". 

While it can appear anywhere in the sentence, you will very often see *bortset fra* placed at the very beginning to establish what is being set aside before making a main point.

Remember your V2 (verb-second) rule! When a sentence starts with a phrase like *bortset fra bordplanen* (apart from the seating plan), that entire phrase counts as position one. The verb must immediately follow it in position two.

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### With the Exception Of: *på nær*

Finally, you can use the phrase **på nær** to mean "except for" or "short of". 

It functions very similarly to *undtagen* and is great for highlighting that a scenario, group, or action is entirely complete—minus one specific detail or person.

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Prepositions of exclusion (undtagen, bortset fra, på nær)

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
except	undtagen
the sister-in-law	svigerinden
Everyone is coming to the party except the sister-in-law.	Alle kommer til festen undtagen svigerinden.
the brother-in-law	svogeren
We have invited all the guests except the brother-in-law.	Vi har inviteret alle gæsterne undtagen svogeren.
apart from	bortset fra
the seating plan	bordplanen
Apart from the seating plan, everything is ready.	Bortset fra bordplanen er alting klart.
Apart from the sister-in-law, there is no one who knows the secret.	Bortset fra svigerinden er der ingen der kender hemmeligheden.
except for	på nær
the nephew	nevøen
the niece	niecen
The whole family is there except for the nephew and the niece.	Hele familien er der på nær nevøen og niecen.
alcohol-free	alkoholfri
We drink everything except for the alcohol-free wine.	Vi drikker det hele på nær den alkoholfrie vin.
They are buying nothing apart from the alcohol-free beer.	De køber ingenting bortset fra den alkoholfrie øl.
Apart from the nephew, we will see everyone in a week.	Bortset fra nevøen ser vi alle om en uge.
the thank-you card	takkekortet
I believe we are sending the thank-you card to everyone except for the brother-in-law.	Jeg tror vi sender takkekortet til alle på nær svogeren.
Furthermore she is just writing a thank-you card to everyone except the niece.	Desuden skriver hun bare et takkekort til alle undtagen niecen.
He likes all the guests except for the picky cousin.	Han kan lide alle gæsterne på nær den kræsne fætter.
Everyone is choosing the main course except the vegetarian.	Alle vælger hovedretten undtagen vegetaren.
Apart from the seating plan, we are ready for the party.	Bortset fra bordplanen er vi klar til festen.