Locale Da Dk

Reference data for the Danish (Denmark) locale — endonym Dansk (Danmark), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: da-DK
• ISO 639-1: da
• ISO 639-3: dan
• Script: Latn (Latin)
• Region: DK (Denmark)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 5,600,000
• L2 (additional): 300,000
• L1+L2 (total): 5,900,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Da 001 (Danish), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

• one — n = 1 or t != 0 and i = 0,1 (e.g. 1)
• other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Da 001 with the conventions of Denmark.

• Formats: Danish krone (DKK), written "12,50 kr."; day.month.year; 24-hour clock; decimal comma.
• Institutions: use official Danish names for authorities (Skattestyrelsen, Politi, borger.dk); EU terms follow the Danish EU texts.
• Tone: informal and egalitarian; titles are rarely used, and first names are normal in business.
• Faroese and Greenlandic contexts: Danish is also used in the Faroe Islands and Greenland, but with local practice; see Locale Fo Fo and Locale Kl Gl.

Common pitfalls

• Writing in a formal "De" register.
• Using Swedish or Norwegian forms.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Da 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Dansk Sprognævn, Retskrivningsordbogen (https://sproget.dk)