Danish Prepositions
Learning the Danish Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Danish language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Danish.
Danish prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Danish Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Præpositioner |
| inside the house | inde i huset |
| outside the car | uden for bilen |
| with me | med mig |
| without him | uden ham |
| under the table | under bordet |
| after tomorrow | efter i morgen |
| before sunset | før solnedgang |
| but I'm busy | men jeg har travlt |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Danish has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Dansk.
List of Prepositions in Danish
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Danish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Danish vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Danish Prepositions |
| about | om |
| above | ovenfor |
| across | tværs |
| after | efter |
| against | mod |
| among | blandt |
| around | omkring |
| as | som |
| at | på |
| before | før |
| behind | bag |
| below | nedenfor |
| beneath | under |
| beside | ved siden af |
| between | mellem |
| beyond | ud |
| but | men |
| by | af |
| despite | trods |
| down | ned |
| during | i løbet af |
| except | undtagen |
| for | for |
| from | fra |
| in | i |
| inside | inde |
| into | i |
| near | nær |
| next | næste |
| of | af |
| on | om |
| opposite | modsatte |
| out | ud |
| outside | uden |
| over | over |
| per | per |
| plus | plus |
| round | runde |
| since | siden |
| than | end |
| through | gennem |
| till | till |
| to | til |
| toward | mod |
| under | under |
| unlike | i modsætning til |
| until | indtil |
| up | op |
| via | via |
| with | med |
| within | inden |
| without | uden |
| |
| two words | to ord |
| according to | i henhold til |
| because of | på grund af |
| close to | tæt på |
| due to | på grund af |
| except for | undtagen |
| far from | langt fra |
| inside of | indersiden af |
| instead of | i stedet for |
| near to | tæt på |
| next to | ved siden af |
| outside of | uden for |
| prior to | før |
| |
| three words | tre ord |
| as far as | for så vidt angår |
| as well as | samt |
| in addition to | i tillæg til |
| in front of | foran |
| in spite of | på trods af |
| on behalf of | på vegne af |
| on top of | på toppen af |
| |
| demonstratives | demonstrative præpositioner |
| this | denne |
| that | at |
| these | disse |
| those | disse |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Danish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Dansk Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Danish lessons here: Learn Danish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.