Danish (Dansk) Typing Tests
Practice typing in Danish (Dansk) with timed tests from 15 seconds to 10 minutes. Real native vocabulary, instant results. No sign-up required.
About Danish (Dansk)
Danish (Dansk) is a North Germanic language spoken by approximately 6 million people, primarily in Denmark and the northern German region of Schleswig. It is closely related to Swedish and Norwegian — Danish speakers can often read the other Scandinavian languages with minimal effort. Danish is the official language of Denmark and one of the official languages of the European Union.
Special Characters
Danish adds three letters to the standard Latin alphabet: Æ æ (sounds like the 'a' in 'bad'), Ø ø (a rounded vowel with no English equivalent, similar to the German ö), and Å å (a long 'o' sound, like 'oa' in 'boat'). These appear frequently in everyday words: æble (apple), grøn (green), år (year). Together they make up around 2–3% of characters in typical Danish text.
How to Type Danish Characters
On a Danish keyboard layout, æ, ø, and å sit on the far right of the home and upper rows. On a US keyboard: type Æ with Alt+0198, æ with Alt+0230, Ø with Alt+0216, ø with Alt+0248, Å with Alt+0197, å with Alt+0229 (Windows). On Mac: Option+' gives æ, Option+O gives ø, Option+A gives å. The 'US International' keyboard layout lets you type them with dead-key combinations.
Typing Tips for Danish
Focus first on building muscle memory for æ, ø, and å — these are the main bottlenecks for English-speaking typists. The digraph patterns 'nd', 'st', and 'er' are extremely common in Danish. Short high-frequency words like og (and), er (is), af (of), til (to) appear constantly — drilling these until they're automatic will have the biggest impact on your Danish WPM.