The best Danish vocabulary app depends on where your words come from. LingQ saves words from Danish texts you read, Clozemaster puts each word in a sentence, Drops and uTalk give you topic lists, Klar and Nemlingo are word trainers made for Danish, and Anki holds cards you write yourself. This page compares how each app gets words to you and how it brings them back. For courses, tutors and speaking, see our Danish app comparison.
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Danish. You learn from Danish you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Tell Poppy, your AI tutor, your level and what you like, and she writes your Danish lessons. If a sentence is hard to follow, ask Poppy to explain it.
With Regenerative Review™, words you save show up again in new lessons, so you meet them in new contexts.
- Ask Poppy to explain a Danish sentence you can't follow.
- Words you save in Danish lessons come back in new lessons through Regenerative Review™, and you can send them to Anki with example sentences.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- You can't turn your favorite Danish novel into a lesson. But Poppy will explain a page you screenshot or paste.
- Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read.
- Regenerative Review™
Mobile
LingQ
LingQ works well if you read or listen to Danish somewhere else. Bring that material in, tap the words you don't know, and they enter spaced review.
- Tap an unfamiliar word in a Danish text and save it as a LingQ.
- The Danish library pairs texts with audio, and the app tracks which Danish words you know and which you are still learning.
- Flashcards
MobileWeb
Clozemaster
Clozemaster puts each Danish word in a sentence with a gap to fill, so you see how the word is used. Tatoeba supplies the sentences and translations.
- The Danish course for English speakers fills a gap in a sentence, with the English translation beside it.
- Sentences you have seen come back later at spaced intervals.
MobileWeb
Drops
Drops teaches Danish one topic at a time, with a picture and audio for every word. Topics open in order, and Drops writes the word sets itself.
- The Danish course gives each word a picture and its audio.
- Favorites, Quiz and Word Collection let you go back over the Danish words you chose.
Mobile
uTalk
uTalk shows the Danish word beside its English meaning in every topic.
- The Danish course gives you topics of words and phrases, then recall games on them.
- You can record yourself and compare with native-speaker audio, and download topics to use offline.
MobileWeb
Other Apps We Looked At (3)
- KlarKlar is a Danish word trainer with English translations, audio and FSRS spaced repetition, and each word shows its inflections.
- NemlingoNemlingo has Danish word lists and flashcards with audio, and records you to compare your pronunciation. Its store listing says every list and mode is unlocked without a trial, and a one-time payment removes ads.
- AnkiPut any Danish word or sentence on a card, with sound or a picture, and review it on a schedule set by SM-2 or FSRS.
In Anki you can write your own cards, typing the Danish and the English meaning yourself, including letters such as æ, ø and å. Desktop Anki and AnkiWeb sync are free. AnkiMobile on iPhone is a one-time purchase, and Android uses the separate AnkiDroid app. For help setting up decks, read Is Anki good for language learning?.
| App | Word source | Review | Sentence, audio and forms | Danish course | English help | Free boundary | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubblegum | Lessons Poppy writes | Saved words return in new lessons | Words appear in new sentences | Danish journey | Partly | Lessons by other learners are free to read; unlimited custom lessons need Pro | iOS, Android |
| LingQ | Text and audio you import | Spaced repetition | Matching text and audio | Danish course page | Partly | 20 saved words, 5 imported lessons | iOS |
| Clozemaster | Sentences with a gap | Review of sentences you saw | Translation and audio modes | Danish from English sentence lists | Yes | Free to start; Pro is paid | iOS |
| Drops | Topics made by Drops | Favorites, Quiz, Word Collection | Pictures and audio | Danish course page | English menu | 5 minutes every 10 hours | iOS |
| uTalk | Topics made by uTalk | Recall games | Native audio and your own recordings | Danish course page | Yes | Starter words and one unlockable topic are free; the rest is paid | iOS |
| Klar | Danish word trainer | FSRS spaced repetition | English translations, audio, inflections | Danish word lists | Yes | Free download; Pro is paid | iOS, Android |
| Nemlingo | Word lists | Spaced-repetition flashcards | Native audio, meaning and example sentence | Danish word lists | English menu | Lists and modes unlocked; one-time payment removes ads | iOS |
| Anki | Cards you make | SM-2 or FSRS | Only if the card has them | Whatever you type | Your own cards | Desktop and AnkiWeb free; AnkiMobile paid once | iOS, Android, web, computer |
To pick up words from reading and listening first, see our Danish comprehensible input app comparison. For vocabulary methods in any language, see vocabulary apps compared.
Which Danish vocabulary app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Danish, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or choose Drops for a ready-made picture list. Choose Anki if you want to make cards from the Danish you meet.
Can I keep the sentence a Danish word came from?
LingQ lessons pair each Danish text with audio, and you tap a word in the text to save it. An Anki card carries its sentence only if you add it. In Clozemaster the sentence is the exercise.
Which Danish apps cost a one-time payment instead of a subscription?
AnkiMobile on iPhone is a one-time purchase. Nemlingo's store listing describes a one-time payment that removes ads, and Klar lists monthly, yearly and lifetime Pro options.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read. Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- AnkiMobile: iPhone App Store listing (languages you can use it in)
- Anki manual: scheduling and cards
- Drops: Danish course
- Drops: what's free
- Clozemaster: FAQ
- Clozemaster: language list
- LingQ: learn Danish
- LingQ: what's free
- uTalk: Danish course
- Klar: Google Play listing
- Nemlingo: Danish vocabulary app
- Bubblegum
- Clozemaster
