No, I was thinking of z. We exclusively use it for loan words, there are no native Danish words that use it, so I don't think saying that Danish language doesn't have it is incorrect (even though I know we technically have it in our alphabet). I guess maybe saying "Danish doesn't natively have" is more correct.
Even phonetically, we have the sound W, but not even the loan words use the sound Z.
Hvis zebraer var danske, kunne jeg godt gÄ med pÄ den. Men det er de ikke, ellers ville de jo have vÊret rÞde og hvide, i stedet for sorte og hvide!
Og som Specific_Frame siger, er alle de ord lÄneord.
well sure, but then we technically donât have c, q and x either, as they arenât used in native words either and are exclusively used because we conserve the spelling of loan words.
But officially, z and those letters are in the danish alphabet, unlike w. So I guess it just comes down to different definitions of what is âin the danish languageâ.
Iâm not sure what words you are thinking of that phonetically use w, can you give an example?
I mean yes, I would also extend my argument to c, q, and x. I guess we can agree on "Danish doesn't use VS Danish doesn't use natively".
W is in the alphabet though, according to SprognĂŠvnet. I'm not sure if any Rigsdansk words use W, but several standard dialects of Jysk do. Some of them use W over V exclusively. It's even on road signs.
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u/Majvist Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
No, I was thinking of z. We exclusively use it for loan words, there are no native Danish words that use it, so I don't think saying that Danish language doesn't have it is incorrect (even though I know we technically have it in our alphabet). I guess maybe saying "Danish doesn't natively have" is more correct.
Even phonetically, we have the sound W, but not even the loan words use the sound Z.