Danish (dansk)
Danish (da, dan) is a world language. Wikidata records about 6M speakers. It is written in Latin script. It is an official language in 1 country, including Kingdom of Denmark.
Danish shares much vocabulary with Norwegian but spelling and pronunciation differ. Informal du is standard.
Expect text translated from English into Danish to grow by roughly 5–15%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.
Translation guides
Where Danish is official
- Kingdom of Denmark
Rates for Danish translation
Danish falls in our nordic & dutch band: roughly $0.12–$0.24 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.
For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →
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