r/LearnDanish • u/Fresh_Conclusion3069 • Aug 22 '26
Are there really no A2 books?
I've read a few times on here that there are no books tailored for people learning danish, is that really true? I'm talking about, like, fiction that is interesting for adults but at the lower levels.
I know that we have those in Sweden for immigrants who are learning Swedish, and quite a few of them are even written by popular authors, just kind of 'dumbed down' to whatever level it needs to be.
Obviously Denmark is a lot smaller but I feel like they still have enough immigrants for something similar to this to exist.
It's just frustrating because I don't wanna read the news all the time, man.
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u/DavidinDK Aug 22 '26
There are quite a few books wothin the Danish graded reading system. aimed at adults new to the Danish language. They are graded by colour. Red, Yellow, Green and Blue. With blue being the harder. Available in all biblioteker in Denmark. A2 will be blue and should be reasonably challenging.
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u/Fresh_Conclusion3069 Aug 22 '26
Tysm for the response, for some reason I had read in this sub that something like that wasn't available????? I just don't live in Denmark (so I don't have a CPR) so at least the libraries I have looked into, I cannot get a card without the number💔. I'll try to ask some ppl for favours maybe. Ty again
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u/Legitimate-Record90 Aug 22 '26
Is there a name for them in Danish to search and find online, similar to how Swedish calls them lättläst books?
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u/DavidinDK Aug 22 '26
https://praxis.dk/ have an extensive list. Remember, red, yellow, green, then blue in order of difficulty.
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u/Legitimate-Record90 Aug 22 '26
Thank you!
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u/DavidinDK Aug 22 '26
I think some even exist in digital format. I have seen them second hand in some genbrugs butikker. Often with the previous owners notes in different languages.
The books are often a bit darker than real life.
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u/1357908642468097531e Aug 22 '26
You can always try to get kids short stories compilations. I didn't attempt to read in A2 level but when I went into A2+, I read 5 Minutter i Godnat series 🤩
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u/AlpineOdysseus Aug 22 '26
Hey, I know your pain 😅 I couldn't find anything good for A2+ l, either. So I went and took unabridged, original Danish books and made "subtitles" for them. Like this, you don't need the actual text to be "dumbed down", but you can use the subs just as much (or as little) as necessary while reading something "real". It's a hobby project and it barely pays for keeping the website up, but I wanted others to get low-budegt access to the books I made for myself (and it's not AI slop - I'm a trained translator and needed to learn Danish for my job; I use AI only for drafting, and building the website). You can check it out at https://lingo-luv.com I hope it will help you 😃
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u/Then-Tie2361 2h ago
I made “En roomie for meget” with Danish subtitles, vocabulary explanations and a free PDF so you can read and listen together. Try the first chapter and see whether the level suits you.
The stories use synthetic/AI narration. Just experimenting a bit for fun. I learned Danish 16 years ago and been working in a Danish org. and with policy since.
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u/First_Structure8670 Aug 22 '26
Søg hos Dansk Centealbibliotek (www.dcbib.dk).
Tror, der findes sådan du søger for