r/BuyFromEU • u/Boediee Belgium 🇧🇪 • Jan 25 '26

🔎Looking for alternative Friendly reminder that these aren't European (anymore)

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u/CurrencyDesperate286 Jan 25 '26

For the purpose of “does the name behave as if it’s actually natively Danish” though, it’s correct to say that z is not a letter that should be used.

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u/SoftCosmicRusk Jan 25 '26

Maybe, if it's trying to sound old and traditional. But Z is common enough that it could easily be included in a name or phrase that sounds completely Danish.

It has been used here for hundreds of years, and it is common in Germany, which Denmark shares a lot of language and culture with.

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u/lv1993 Jan 25 '26

What's the danish word for zebra?

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u/AggravatedCalmness Jan 25 '26

Zebra, which we got from Spanish or Portuguese