Verb conjugator

Danish verb conjugation tables

Type any Danish verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Danish verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Danish verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like være (to be) or være (to be), or type any Danish verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing være (to be) · irregular

være

to be irregular
Nutid (present)
jeg er
du er
han/hun/den/det er
vi er
I er
de er
Datid (past)
jeg var
du var
han/hun/den/det var
vi var
I var
de var
Førnutid (present perfect)
jeg har været
du har været
han/hun/den/det har været
vi har været
I har været
de har været

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How Danish conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 3 core tenses: Nutid (present), Datid (past), Førnutid (present perfect).

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (irregular for være, for example). Irregular verbs like være (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Danish, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Danish verbs?

To conjugate a Danish verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take være (to be): in the jeg form it is er now, var in the past, and har været in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Danish verbs?

The most common Danish verbs include være (to be), have (to have), gå (to go, to walk), kunne (can, to be able to), ville (will, to want to), skulle (shall, to have to), gøre (to do, to make), vide (to know (a fact)). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Danish verb conjugation hard?

Danish conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Danish is FSI Category I, about 750 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Danish have?

These three, Nutid (present), Datid (past), Førnutid (present perfect), are the core of everyday Danish and the right place to start. Real Danish also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.