r/norsk • u/dwchandler • Dec 15 '19

Søndagsspørsmål #310 - Sunday Question Thread

This is a weekly post to ask any question that you may not have felt deserved its own post, or have been hesitating to ask for whatever reason. No question too small or silly!

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u/norskl B1 Dec 16 '19

How do Norwegian speakers really understand spoken Danish? I’m watching a show in Norwegian, Home for Christmas, and while I can somewhat make out what the Norwegian cast are saying, for the life of me I don’t understand how Norwegian speakers are able to understand spoken Danish without problems

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u/FairlyFaithfulFellow Native Speaker Dec 18 '19

It depends, Danes from Copenhagen in particular, and Sjælland in general seem to be quite easy to understand most of the time. But it's not hard to find dialects on Jylland that are really hard to understand.