Danish Tongue-Twisters
- NEW! Ringeren I Ringe ringer ringere end ringeren i Ringsted.
The ringer in Ringe rings less than the ringer in Ringsted.
—Thank you, Jacob Rubusch
- Den lille røde ræv har en rund rød blød røv.
The little red fox has a round red soft butt.
—Thank you, Dennis Lindgren (I guess)
- - Far, får får får?
- Nej, får får ikke får, får får lam.
- Dad, do sheep make sheep?
- No, sheep do not make sheep, sheep make lambs.
—Thank you, Henrik Torkelund
- Han plukker frugt med en brugt frugtplukker.
He picks fruit with a used fruit picker.
—Thank you, Nikolaj Lyngbye
- Tyve trinde trolde trillede tyve tomme tønder gennem Tønder.
Twenty stout trolls rolled twenty empty barrels through Tonder.
(Tønder is a town in the South of Jutland.) —Thank you, Elisabeth McOwan
- Freddy Fix fra Faxe fangede i faelder femten flotte friske fiskefrikadeller.
Freddy Fix from Faxe caught in his traps fifteen great fresh fiskfrikadeller.
—Thank you, Henriette DuBord
- Rødgrød med fløde.
Red pudding made from stewed berries, served cold with cream.
- Bispens gipsbisps gipsgebis gisper.
The dentures of the bishop's plaster bishop (statuette) clatter.
- Postbudet prikker på pakkerne på posthuset.
The postman is poking the packages at the postoffice.
- Tante Tove tog toget til Thisted torv torsdag.
Aunt Tove took the train to Thisted market Thursday.
- Find Finnen Finn før Finn finder Finnen, finder Finn Finnen, finder Finnen Finn.
Find Finnish Finn before Finn finds the Fin, if Finn finds the Fin, the Fin finds Finn.
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