What does “lækker” mean in Danish?
Cremet peberfrugt-tomatsuppe til den kolde tid
A2 Danish listening practice · Standard Danish · Curated for beginners
The cook can’t stop saying it: a “lækker” soup, a “lækker lækker” recipe. Lækker is the everyday Danish word for “delicious,” the go-to compliment for good food. But Danes stretch it far beyond the kitchen: a lækker sofa is gorgeous, lækkert vejr is lovely weather, and en lækker fyr is a hot guy. It’s one of the first “feel-good” words you’ll notice in spoken Danish.
In the clip it describes a creamy roasted-pepper and tomato soup made “til den kolde tid,” for the cold season, classic Danish comfort food. Hear lækker and you’ve learned the single most useful Danish adjective for saying you like something, food or otherwise.
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- ▸On Danish cooking channels and food blogs rating a dish lækker
- ▸In Danish ads selling everything from chocolate to cars
- ▸In casual Danish compliments about clothes, homes, and weather
- ▸Cheekily, about an attractive person: “en lækker fyr/pige”
- ▸Around Danish hygge and comfort food in den kolde tid (the cold season)