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Knowledge of the German language in Denmark, 2005. According to the Eurobarometer, [1] 58% of the respondents indicated that they know German well enough to have a conversation. Of these 15% (per cent, not percentage points) reported a very good knowledge of the language whereas 33% had a good knowledge and 52% basic German skills.
The Germanic languages include some 58 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects that originated in Europe; this language family is part of the Indo-European language family. Each subfamily in this list contains subgroups and individual languages. The standard division of Germanic is into three branches: East Germanic languages; North Germanic ...
In Southern Jutland in southwestern Denmark, German is also spoken by the North Schleswig Germans, and German is a recognized minority language in this region. German is the primary language among the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig, and likewise, Danish is the primary language of the North Schleswig Germans. Both minority groups are ...
During the 19th century, German Jews brought the Yiddish language to Copenhagen and a few other towns, and in the early 20th century, an influx of Russian Jews gave this language a brief revival. However, subsequent generations of all these groups have overwhelmingly abandoned their ancestral languages and assimilated into the dominant language ...
Southern Schleswig Danish (Danish: Sydslesvigdansk, German: Südschleswigdänisch) is a variety of the Danish language spoken in Southern Schleswig in Northern Germany.It is a variety of Standard Danish (rigsmål, rigsdansk) influenced by the surrounding German language in relation to prosody, syntax and morphology, used by the Danish minority in Southern Schleswig.
This is a list of encyclopedias in the German language. [a] Printed (paper) Digital (online) Both* *This usually means that volumes of the encyclopaedia were originally printed on paper, but at some point (usually in the 1990s or early 2000s), the encyclopaedia has been digitised and made available in whole or in part in electronic form (usually online, but not necessarily).
Jutlandic, or Jutish (Danish: jysk; pronounced), is the western variety of Danish, spoken on the peninsula of Jutland in Denmark.. Generally, Jutlandic can be divided into two different dialects: general or Northern Jutlandic (nørrejysk; further divided into western and eastern) and Southern Jutlandic (sønderjysk). [3]
REX, the online database of the Royal Danish Library provides access to catalogues and digital resources including paintings and photographs. Some facilities are restricted by login (for Danish citizens only). [13] Bibliotek.dk, providing access to the titles of books throughout the Danish public library system, sometimes with short ...