Bedeutung
Purchasing travel entry.
Kultureller Hintergrund
The 'Rejsekort' is the most common way to pay for travel. While you don't 'buy a ticket' in the traditional sense, you still 'køber' the credit for the card. Public transport is highly digital. In many places, you cannot buy a ticket with cash on the vehicle. Danes love the cinema (biograf). It is common to 'købe billetter' online days in advance for popular films. The lack of barriers in the Metro is a sign of 'samfundssind' (community spirit/trust). Buying a ticket is seen as a social duty.
Use the App
It is almost always easier and sometimes cheaper to buy a ticket via the DSB or DOT app than at a machine.
Buy Before Boarding
In the Metro and S-trains, you cannot buy tickets on board. You must have one before you step onto the train.
Bedeutung
Purchasing travel entry.
Use the App
It is almost always easier and sometimes cheaper to buy a ticket via the DSB or DOT app than at a machine.
Buy Before Boarding
In the Metro and S-trains, you cannot buy tickets on board. You must have one before you step onto the train.
Orange Billetter
Look for 'Orange billetter' on the DSB website—these are discounted tickets for long-distance travel.
Quiet Zone
When you buy a seat reservation (pladsbillet), check if it is in the 'stillezone' (quiet zone) where talking is not allowed.
Teste dich selbst
Fill in the missing verb in the correct form (present tense).
Jeg ______ en billet til toget nu.
The word 'nu' (now) indicates the present tense 'køber'.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
How do you say 'I bought a ticket yesterday'?
'I går' (yesterday) requires the past tense 'købte'.
Match the Danish phrase with its English meaning.
Match the following:
These are essential variations of the word 'billet'.
Complete the dialogue.
A: Hvor kan jeg ______ en billet? B: Du kan gøre det i appen.
After the modal verb 'kan', we use the infinitive 'købe'.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Visuelle Lernhilfen
Ticket vs. Fine
Aufgabensammlung
4 AufgabenJeg ______ en billet til toget nu.
The word 'nu' (now) indicates the present tense 'køber'.
How do you say 'I bought a ticket yesterday'?
'I går' (yesterday) requires the past tense 'købte'.
Ordne jedem Element links seinen Partner rechts zu:
These are essential variations of the word 'billet'.
A: Hvor kan jeg ______ en billet? B: Du kan gøre det i appen.
After the modal verb 'kan', we use the infinitive 'købe'.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
14 FragenOnly at larger stations with ticket machines or 7-Eleven stores. Most buses do not accept cash.
Yes, 'billet' is used for transport, cinema, concerts, and museums.
No, digital tickets on your phone are perfectly valid in Denmark.
It was an old system of 'punch cards'. It is now entirely replaced by the Rejsekort and apps.
You say 'en enkeltbillet'.
It is 'en billet' (common gender).
Yes, you can buy multiple tickets in the app or at a machine.
You should use the app or find a 7-Eleven. Being unable to find a machine is rarely accepted as an excuse for not having a ticket.
For regional trains, no. You must buy a 'pladsbillet' separately if you want a guaranteed seat.
Yes, small dogs in bags are free, but larger dogs require a 'børnebillet' (child ticket).
It is a regular (weak) verb in Group 1.
The plural is 'billetter'.
Generally no, especially on trains and the metro. You will be fined.
Yes, but you usually need a 'Ungdomskort' or specific ID to buy student tickets.
Verwandte Redewendungen
at bestille en billet
similarto book a ticket
at tjekke ind
builds onto check in
en kontrolafgift
contrasta ticket fine
at refundere en billet
specialized formto refund a ticket
