In Danish, when the wind is really strong we can say “Det stormer/blæser en halv pelikan”, it directly translates to “It’s storming/blowing half a pelican” and I have absolutely zero idea why.
It is an older saying though, so not everyone will know it.

Submitted by @grapethranen, with the help of @ezhs

[resources: the article “Hvorfor siger vi, at det blæser en halv pelikan ?” in the Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish),  this blogpost “Det blæser en pelikan” by TALEMÅDER - SJOVE ORDSPROG(in Danish)and this video “Derfor siger vi, at det blæser en halv pelikan” by the weather and news stationDR (Danmarks Radio)(in Danish)]

Telling the time in danish

Hvad er klokken? what time is it?

Klokken er ___. It is ___o’clock.

en 1

to 2

tre 3

fire 4

fem 5

seks 6

syv 7

otte 8

ni 9

ti 10

elleve 11

tolv 12

mit-danske-eventyr:

hello friends!!

i recently hit 100 followers!! hooray!! to celebrate i’ve made this massive fuck-off masterlist of some resources that have helped me or that i’ve seen on this danish language journey alright peace

Courses/Online Lessons

• Dansk Her og Nu [x]
  
• Speak Danish [x]
• Teach Yourself Danish PDF [x]
• Loecsen [x]
• Polymath [x]
• ieLanguages [x]
• Duolingo [x]
• Memrise [x]
• Quizlet [x]

Reading

• Project Gutenberg [x]
  
• Saxo [x]
• Children’s Books Forever [x]
• Complete List of Brothers Grimm Stories [x]
• Wikipedia [x]
• Archive of Our Own [x]
• WeirdSpace Digital Library [x]

Dictionaries

• Den Danske Ordbog [x]
  
• Gyldendals Røde Ordbøger [x]
• Learn with Oliver [x]

Blogs/News

• DR [x]
  
• Danish Language Blog [x]
• KBH Sprogcenter [x]
• Politiken [x]
• TV2 [x]
• Soundvenue [x]
• Filmmagasinet Ekko [x]
• PaperBoy List of 60 Newspapers [x]
• Mål Webcomic [x]

Videos/Audio

• Learn Danish With Thomas [x]
  
• EU Speech Repository [x]
• Studieskolen Language Films [x]
• Listening Practice [x]
• Forvo [x]
• TuneIn Radio [x]
• Khan Academy Dansk [x]
• Skjaldesange (Lyrics Only?) [x]
• Spotify Top 50 [x]

Grammar/Vocab

• Vores Fællessprog [x]
  
• Passive Voice Explanation [x]
• Basby.dk [x]
• Fjernundervisning [x]
• 500 Most Common Verbs [x]
• Frequency List [x]
• Useful Phrases [x]
• Billedtema [x]
• Find Ledsætning [x]
• (tbh idk what this is there is a lot going on) [x]
• Foreign Numbers App [x]
• UniLang [x]

Language Tests

• Dialang [x]
  
• 17 Minute Languages [x]
• Cactus Languages [x]

Tumblrs

@lovelybluepanda @strangedenmark @useless-denmarkfacts @teachmelatvian @livingdanishly @eddermaneme @theepicevents 

danish tag [x]

Film/TV Recs (haven’t seen all of these but thought i’d put them out there)

• Underverden (Darkland)
• Rejseholdet (Unit One)
• Forbrydelsen (The Killing)
• Elsker Dig for Evigt (Open Hearts)
• Efter Brylluppet (After the Wedding)
• Festen (The Celebration)
• Hævnen (In a Better World)
• En Kongelig Affære (A Royal Affair)
• The Passion of the Joan of Arc (idk i have a danish version?)
  
• De Grønne Slagtere (The Green Butchers)
• Kollektivet (The Commune)
• Broen (The Bridge)
• Babette’s Feast
• Matador
• Ordet 
• Italiensk for Begyndere (Italian for Beginners)
• Jagten (The Hunt)
• The Rain 
• Submarino
• Pelle the Conqueror
• The Pusher Trilogy 
• BFI List of 10 Danish Films [x]
• Most Iconic Danish Films [x]
• IMDB Best Danish Films [x]
• Letterboxd [x]

lazer-exe:

scandinavian culture is the flash of blinding rage you feel when you see someone use Å, Ä, Ö, or Ø where it shouldn’t be

A List of my Danish Resources

Forvo, for pronunciation https://forvo.com/

Babadada for vocab https://babadada.com/topic/school/en-US/dan

Lingohut for general lessons https://www.lingohut.com/en/l101/learn-danish

Speakdanish for grammar https://www.speakdanish.dk/en/grammar/00-index.php

Duolingo for practice

Books (Danish Tutor & Teach Yourself) for reference

Danish School Vocab

klasseværelseclassroom

lærerteacher

penpen

papirpaper

bogbook

penalhus pencil bag

blyantpencil

blyantspidser pencil sharpener

viskelædereraser

billedordbog visual dictionary

tegningdrawing

penselpaintbrush

saksscissors

limglue

lektiehomework

talnumber

at addere to add

at subtrahere to subtract

at multiplicere to multiply

at dividere to divide

at læse to read

bogstavletter

alfabetalphabet

teksttext

timelesson

uddannelseeducation

leksikonencyclopedia

universitetuniversity

kortmap

at tegne to draw

skoleschool

urclock

at lære to learn

at skrive to write

The ULTIMATE beginners Danish guide

Greetings

hej hello

tak thank you

mange tak thank you very much

selv tak you’re welcome

farvel goodbye

god morgen good morning

god eftermiddag good afternoon

god aften good evening

god nat goodnight

velkommen! welcome!

hav en god dag have a good day

vi ses senere! see you later!

Subject Pronouns

jeg I

du you

han he

hun she

den/det it

vi we

I you (pl)

de they

Object Pronouns

mig my

dig you

ham him

hende her

den/det it

os us

jer you (pl)

dem them

Possessive Adjectives

min my

din/dit your

hans his

hendes her

vores our

jeres your (pl)

deres their

Possessive Pronouns

min mine

din/dit yours

hans his

hendes hers

vores ours

jeres yours (pl)

deres theres

Numbers

en 1

to 2

tre 3

fire 4

fem 5

seks 6

syv 7

otte 8

ni 9

ti 10

elleve 11

tolv 12

tretten 13

fjorten 14

femten 15

seksten 16

sytten 17

atten 18

nitten 19

tyve 20

Adjectives

big big

lille small

lang long

kort short

høj tall

tyk thick

tynd thin

bred wide

dårlig bad

god good

let easy

svær difficult

dyr expensive

billig cheap

hurtig fast

langsom slow

gammel old

ung young

ny new

tung heavy

lys light

tom empty

fuld full

korrekt right; as in “correct”

forkert wrong

stærk strong

svag weak

Colors:

sort black

blå blue

brun brown

grå gray

grøn green

orange orange

rød red

hvid white

gul yellow

Adverbs

nu now

senere later

i aften tonight

i går aftes last night

her til morgen this morning

i går yesterday

i dag today

i morgen tomorrow

næste uge

allerede already

nylig recently/lately

snart soon

straks immediately

stadig still

endnu yet

Questions

hvordan? how?

hvad? what?

hvem? who?

hvorfor? why?

hvor? where?

hvornår? when?

Infinitives

at være to be

at se to see

at skrive to write

at elske to love

at give to give

at lege to play

at læse to read

at forstå to understand

at have to have

at vide to know

at lære to learn

at tænke to think

at arbejde to work

at tale to speak

at køre to drive

at smile to smile

at finde to find

Prepositions

ovenpå on top of

under under

inde, inden i inside

udenfor outside

bag behind

foran in front of

nær near

mellem between

efter after

før before

med with

uden without

siden since

indtil until

af of

fra from

til to

i stedet for instead of

i in

mod against

som as

om about

for for

Conjunctions

og and

eller or

men but

så so

Negation

nej no

intet nothing

ikke endnu not yet

ingen no one

ikke længere no longer

aldrig never

kan ikke cannot

burde ikke should not