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Danish Gender

This page discusses the gender in Danish. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.

Boy: dreng
Girl: pige
Man: Mand
Woman: kvinde
Father: far
Mother: mor
Brother: bror
Sister: søster
Actor: Skuespiller
Actress: Skuespiller(inde)
Cat (m): Hankat
Cat (f): Hunkat

These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

He is tall: Han er høj
She is tall: Hun er høj
He is a short man: Han er en lille mand
She is a short woman: Hun er en lille kvinde
He is German: Han er tysker
She is German: Hun er tysker
Japanese men are friendly: Japanske mænd er venlige
Japanese women are friendly: Japanske kvinder er venlige

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