Denmark
A large majority (86%) of Danes speak English as a second language, generally with a high level of proficiency. German is the second-most spoken foreign language, with 47% reporting a conversational level of proficiency. Denmark had 25,900 native speakers of German in 2007 (mostly in the South Jutland area).
Denmark
Most handbooks derive the first part of the word, and the name of the people, from a word meaning "flat land", related to German "threshing floor", English "den" "cave". The "-mark" is believed to mean woodland or borderland (see marches), with probable references to the border forests in south Schleswig.