Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by about 6 million people, primarily in Denmark and in Greenland. It is the official language of Denmark and is written in the Latin alphabet. Danish is closely related to Norwegian and Swedish, and speakers of these three languages can often understand each other.
German is a West Germanic language spoken by about 100 million people worldwide. It is the official language of Germany, Austria, and parts of Switzerland. It has four cases for nouns, pronouns, and adjectives (nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative), and it has three grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, and neutral). German vocabulary includes many loanwords from Latin, Greek, and other languages.