Might be funny for some, but it is complete bullshit.
We understand fractions of it, but a lot is different!🇳🇴
Finland is nowhere to be found
You forgot Finland
I understand swedish and danish
Hallå, jag skulle säga att svenska och norska är dialekter av samma språk. Sen varför Danmark pratar med gröt i halsen är ju helt ologiskt
A Swedish guy was talking to us at work a little while ago, I understood like half of it
Fake, nobody understands the Kamelåså language, not even the Danes.
Finnish people understand none of these languages nor do the speakers of these languages understand any Finnish natively. I still feel slightly attacked on behalf of all the Finnish people having been left out from the list of Nordic countries.
What about Finlandia!?
I would say most Norwegians can read Danish but can’t understand what they’re saying. And with Swedish it’s the other way around.
My personal experience is that the Swedish understand Norwegian better than the Danish.
I’ve spent quite a few vacations in both Sweden and Denmark growing up so I can understand Swedish and Danish. And even if I don’t talk Swedish or Danish I know what words to use our not to make myself better understood by people from both countries.
This is so true!
Is what I would say if it was true 🙄…. The Danes can’t understand any of the others, who made this crap? 😂😂😂
i’m from america but i can speak swedish and understand it pretty well, not fluently but i think it’s pretty okay, and when i was in norway, it was actually extremely easy to understand people. only little differences between the languages is what it felt like. meanwhile in denmark i don’t think i understood a single word anyone said! genuinely sounded like they were choking when they talk
I would say that even the Danes struggle to understand other Danes, but who knows what they are really saying anyway
I heard that norwegians understand swedish more because of television (swedish television programs were shown in norway but not vise versa). I am from Sweden but live in Norway now so I think there is something to that idea (don’t remember ever seeing norwegian programs on swedish television growing up).
And now often in television and cinema here in Norway there is norwegian subtitles to movies and shows in norwegian, must be that there is so much diverse dialects here in norway (much more pronounced than all dialects of swedish at least).
But I never bothered to ‘learn’ norwegian, I can very well make myself understood here using swedish, and vise versa.. mostly,.. some norwegians use heavy local slang to make fun of us swedes,.. as I remember doing to norwegians in sweden 🙂
I understand what norweigans are saying, I understand what swedish are saying and writing, and I understand what danish are writing.
No one understands me
Jag är skåning 🥲
It’s funny because as a Norwegian, its easy to understand verbal Swedish but nearly impossible to read, while with Danish its easy to read but impossible to understand verbally. Though maybe this is just me.
Dude jo jeg forstår dansk
Norway has many dialects. Which language you understand the best depend on where your from in the country. Im from Kristiansand and would say i understand most danes very well and swedes i understand less.
Depends on the age.
In my generation Norwegians understand every spoken Swedish dialect, understand perfectly written Danish, but the Danes need to slow down a bit for us to understand spoken Danish.
The Danes understand Norwegian perfectly but struggle a bit with Swedish.
The Swedes understand Norwegian, sort of, but don’t really understand Danish.
People like me, who work in international affairs have no problem with either language.
And the younger ones prefer English with Danes, but may be convinced to speak the two respective languages with Swedes.
Wow. Never thought someone will find out this… This bullshit, I mean.
I think the easiest way to explain it for us Norwegians, is that we can read Danish near perfectly, but struggle to hold a conversation with a Dane. With Swedish it’s the opposite, where you can hold a conversation with a Swede, but struggle to read their language.
gotta add Finland in there, it’s a Nordic country
Im swedish and understand most norwegian…
With danish id prefer half speed and 2x articulation but “gammel dansk” helps if that’s not an option…
I feel so dumb when i have to speak english to a dane cuz i dont understand any of it. Am norwegian
Wrong Norwigian understands danes and swedes ..sedes are just …stupid
As a norwegian i can both read and understand speaking sweeds and danes but the danes are a bit harder to understand for some reason it may be because their accent.
As for talking with sweeds there have been a few people who didnt understand me(i live very north) so i guess they have some trouble with us.
Icelandic is basically how the old norse language was but a bit different. And i can understand some words since my language is built on norse but i couldnt have a conversation with one of em in icelandic even ify life deoended on it
My experience as a Norwegian, I understand Swedish and Danish better than Danes and Swedes understand me, but mostly we’re able to communicate. If we add English it’s no problem. Swedish is easier spoken, Danish easier written. Danish is similar to Norwegian with old words my grandma used but we don’t use any more, and the pronunciation is worse. Swedish is like Norwegian but they have more foreign words, but the pronunciation is easier. I’m from Oslo but I’ve watched Danish and Swedish shows since I was a kid, and I’ve gone to school with people with dialects a lot too, probably helped
This is a lie. Norway understands somewhat both but the swedes and danes can’t understand each other. Iceland is the language of the devil!
This is utter rubbish. In most cases Norwegians and Swedes communicate without any problems at all. Also, Danes understand far less Norwegian and Swedish than opposite. Research has been done in this regard, and it was found that Norwegians has the best understanding of other nordic languages, then Swedes, and Danes a bit behind.
Having lived in DK, my experience is that Swedes and Danes more often than not communicate in English. I currently work with Swedes and Danes on a weekly basis, and in the rare occasion that we need to speak English, it is without exception due to some confused Dane. Mostly we speak nordic (ie. each his own) and there are no issues at all.
As a Dane, I can say that even Danes don’t understand Danes.
As a dane living in norway, no. Danes don’t perfectly understand both languages. Norwegian is fine for the most part, some dialects are tricky, and some words need to be repeated. Swedish is a lost cause, hell a language that is.
As a Norwegian, I can understand both Swedish and Danish with little difficulty.
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Might be funny for some, but it is complete bullshit.
We understand fractions of it, but a lot is different!🇳🇴
Finland is nowhere to be found
You forgot Finland
I understand swedish and danish
Hallå, jag skulle säga att svenska och norska är dialekter av samma språk. Sen varför Danmark pratar med gröt i halsen är ju helt ologiskt
A Swedish guy was talking to us at work a little while ago, I understood like half of it
Fake, nobody understands the Kamelåså language, not even the Danes.
Finnish people understand none of these languages nor do the speakers of these languages understand any Finnish natively. I still feel slightly attacked on behalf of all the Finnish people having been left out from the list of Nordic countries.
What about Finlandia!?
I would say most Norwegians can read Danish but can’t understand what they’re saying. And with Swedish it’s the other way around.
My personal experience is that the Swedish understand Norwegian better than the Danish.
I’ve spent quite a few vacations in both Sweden and Denmark growing up so I can understand Swedish and Danish. And even if I don’t talk Swedish or Danish I know what words to use our not to make myself better understood by people from both countries.
This is so true!
Is what I would say if it was true 🙄…. The Danes can’t understand any of the others, who made this crap? 😂😂😂
i’m from america but i can speak swedish and understand it pretty well, not fluently but i think it’s pretty okay, and when i was in norway, it was actually extremely easy to understand people. only little differences between the languages is what it felt like. meanwhile in denmark i don’t think i understood a single word anyone said! genuinely sounded like they were choking when they talk
I would say that even the Danes struggle to understand other Danes, but who knows what they are really saying anyway
I heard that norwegians understand swedish more because of television (swedish television programs were shown in norway but not vise versa). I am from Sweden but live in Norway now so I think there is something to that idea (don’t remember ever seeing norwegian programs on swedish television growing up).
And now often in television and cinema here in Norway there is norwegian subtitles to movies and shows in norwegian, must be that there is so much diverse dialects here in norway (much more pronounced than all dialects of swedish at least).
But I never bothered to ‘learn’ norwegian, I can very well make myself understood here using swedish, and vise versa.. mostly,.. some norwegians use heavy local slang to make fun of us swedes,.. as I remember doing to norwegians in sweden 🙂
I understand what norweigans are saying, I understand what swedish are saying and writing, and I understand what danish are writing.
No one understands me
Jag är skåning 🥲
It’s funny because as a Norwegian, its easy to understand verbal Swedish but nearly impossible to read, while with Danish its easy to read but impossible to understand verbally. Though maybe this is just me.
Dude jo jeg forstår dansk
Norway has many dialects. Which language you understand the best depend on where your from in the country. Im from Kristiansand and would say i understand most danes very well and swedes i understand less.
Depends on the age.
In my generation Norwegians understand every spoken Swedish dialect, understand perfectly written Danish, but the Danes need to slow down a bit for us to understand spoken Danish.
The Danes understand Norwegian perfectly but struggle a bit with Swedish.
The Swedes understand Norwegian, sort of, but don’t really understand Danish.
People like me, who work in international affairs have no problem with either language.
And the younger ones prefer English with Danes, but may be convinced to speak the two respective languages with Swedes.
Wow. Never thought someone will find out this… This bullshit, I mean.
I think the easiest way to explain it for us Norwegians, is that we can read Danish near perfectly, but struggle to hold a conversation with a Dane. With Swedish it’s the opposite, where you can hold a conversation with a Swede, but struggle to read their language.
gotta add Finland in there, it’s a Nordic country
Im swedish and understand most norwegian…
With danish id prefer half speed and 2x articulation but “gammel dansk” helps if that’s not an option…
I feel so dumb when i have to speak english to a dane cuz i dont understand any of it. Am norwegian
Wrong Norwigian understands danes and swedes ..sedes are just …stupid
As a norwegian i can both read and understand speaking sweeds and danes but the danes are a bit harder to understand for some reason it may be because their accent.
As for talking with sweeds there have been a few people who didnt understand me(i live very north) so i guess they have some trouble with us.
Icelandic is basically how the old norse language was but a bit different. And i can understand some words since my language is built on norse but i couldnt have a conversation with one of em in icelandic even ify life deoended on it
My experience as a Norwegian, I understand Swedish and Danish better than Danes and Swedes understand me, but mostly we’re able to communicate. If we add English it’s no problem. Swedish is easier spoken, Danish easier written. Danish is similar to Norwegian with old words my grandma used but we don’t use any more, and the pronunciation is worse. Swedish is like Norwegian but they have more foreign words, but the pronunciation is easier. I’m from Oslo but I’ve watched Danish and Swedish shows since I was a kid, and I’ve gone to school with people with dialects a lot too, probably helped
This is a lie. Norway understands somewhat both but the swedes and danes can’t understand each other. Iceland is the language of the devil!
This is utter rubbish. In most cases Norwegians and Swedes communicate without any problems at all. Also, Danes understand far less Norwegian and Swedish than opposite. Research has been done in this regard, and it was found that Norwegians has the best understanding of other nordic languages, then Swedes, and Danes a bit behind.
Having lived in DK, my experience is that Swedes and Danes more often than not communicate in English. I currently work with Swedes and Danes on a weekly basis, and in the rare occasion that we need to speak English, it is without exception due to some confused Dane. Mostly we speak nordic (ie. each his own) and there are no issues at all.
As a Dane, I can say that even Danes don’t understand Danes.
https://youtu.be/eng5rJm9X7w
As a dane living in norway, no. Danes don’t perfectly understand both languages. Norwegian is fine for the most part, some dialects are tricky, and some words need to be repeated. Swedish is a lost cause, hell a language that is.
As a Norwegian, I can understand both Swedish and Danish with little difficulty.