Danish Alphabet Danish Vowels Danish Consonants

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Danish has no continuous form of the verb. For
learning purposes it is a convenient simplification to
consider the formation of the different verb forms as
the addition of an ending to the basic part of the
verb—the stem.
There are four principal conjugations of Danish
verbs. Conjugations I, II and III are weak
conjugations, which form their past tense by means
of an ending that adds another syllable to the word.
Conjugation IV contains strong verbs, which form
their past tense either without an ending (but often
by changing the stem vowel) or by the ending -t
which does not add an extra syllable.
Below is a table summarizing the endings for each
conjugation and verb form (note that vowel stems
have no infinitive -e ending).
Conjugation Imperative Infinitive
Weak = stem = stem +e/zero
I lev! leve
tro! tro
II spis! spise
III læg! lægge
Strong
IV drik! drikke
løb! lobe
skriv! løber
vind! vinde
present tense past tense
= stem +(e)r stem+ ede/et/de
(Often with
lever levede
tror troede
spiser spiste
lægger lagte
vowel change)
drikker drukket
løber løbet
skriver skrevet
vinder vundet
past participle present participle
Stem +(e)t stem + ende
levet levende
troet troende
spist spisende
lagt læggende
strong stem +zero/t +et
(Often with
vowel change)
drukket drikkende
løbet løbende
skrevet skrivende
vundet vindende
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