Do Swedish and Norwegian people understand the Danish language?
I’m Swedish and I think it’s quite hard to understand spoken Danish. Sure, I understand some of what they are talking about, but I have to listen carefully, and I do not understand it perfectly. Written Danish, on the other hand, is quite easy to understand. It’s almost like Norwegian. Norwegians are usually better at understanding other Scandinavian languages, but they sometimes have trouble understanding Danish too. Here’s a quite funny clip about the Danish language from a Norwegian humor show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUE… It also depends on what dialect the person is speaking. Some Danish and Norwegian dialects are almost impossible to understand, while others are really easy.
