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Since 1980, the number of people of Danish descent, defined as having at least one parent who was born in Denmark and has Danish citizenship, has remained constant at around 5 million in Denmark, and nearly all the population growth from 5.1 up to the 2018 total of 5.8 million was due to immigration.
It describes people of Danish nationality, both in Denmark and elsewhere–most importantly, ethnic Danes in both Denmark proper and the former Danish Duchy of Schleswig. Excluded from this definition are people from the formerly Norway, Faroe Islands, and Greenland; members of the German minority; and members of other ethnic minorities.
Knowledge of the German language in Denmark, 2005. According to the Eurobarometer, [1] 58% of the respondents indicated that they know German well enough to have a conversation. Of these 15% (per cent, not percentage points) reported a very good knowledge of the language whereas 33% had a good knowledge and 52% basic German skills.
Denmark [a] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, [N 7] also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean. [11]
29 languages. Afrikaans ... Ethnic groups in Denmark (10 C, 14 P) Expatriates in Denmark (116 C, 9 P) I. Immigration to Denmark (2 C, 8 P) Pages in category ...
This can result in identical sentences meaning different things in the three languages, or in constructions that make sense in one language becoming nonsensical in another one. Examples include: må/kan – The word "må" usually means "must" in Norwegian, but can mean "may", "can", or "must" in Danish.
Finally, a qualitative study of Danish police indicated that the ethnicity of an individual was a factor in police's stop-and-search procedure, indicating that the number of arrests of immigrants and ethnic minority citizens in Denmark may be inflated due to a greater suspicion of the criminal actions of such individuals. [109]
The Danish language is the official language in Denmark. [1] In the Faroe Islands, the Faroese language and the Danish language are the official languages, and both must be taught in schools. Danish should be used in court, [1] but Faroese can be used in all other official places. [2]