Complete Danish translation table for care instructions, washing labels, and textile symbols. Copy-ready translations for your Shopify product labels.
TL;DR: Need to translate washing labels and care instructions to Danish for your Shopify store?
Here’s a complete translation table plus tips for the Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands market.
If you sell clothing, textiles, or any products with care labels to Danish-speaking customers, you need translated washing instructions. Customers expect to see care information in their language – and in many markets, it’s legally required.
Here’s every standard washing label instruction translated to Danish (Dansk). Copy these directly or use them as reference:
| English | Danish |
|---|---|
| Machine wash cold | Maskinvask koldt |
| Machine wash warm | Maskinvask varmt |
| Hand wash only | Kun håndvask |
| Do not wash | Må ikke vaskes |
| English | Danish |
|---|---|
| Do not bleach | Må ikke bleges |
| Bleach when needed | Bleges ved behov |
| English | Danish |
|---|---|
| Tumble dry low | Tørretumble lav varme |
| Tumble dry medium | Tørretumble medium varme |
| Do not tumble dry | Må ikke tørretumbles |
| Dry flat | Tør fladt |
| Hang to dry | Hængetørring |
| English | Danish |
|---|---|
| Iron low heat | Stryges lav varme |
| Iron medium heat | Stryges medium varme |
| Iron high heat | Stryges høj varme |
| Do not iron | Må ikke stryges |
| English | Danish |
|---|---|
| Dry clean only | Kun rensning |
| Do not dry clean | Må ikke renses |
Denmark has very high e-commerce penetration with €20+ billion in annual online sales.
Properly translated care labels signal that you take the Danish-speaking market seriously. It builds trust and reduces returns from customers who couldn’t understand washing instructions.
Danish uses æ, ø, å which are distinct letters. Danish spelling can differ significantly from pronunciation.
When translating product images for your Shopify store, keep these language-specific requirements in mind. Your translations need to display correctly on the actual product labels.
You have several options to display translated care instructions:
For stores with many products, manually translating each care label is time-consuming. Our bulk translation features let you translate all product images and labels to Danish in minutes instead of hours.
Care labels are just one type of product label that needs translation. Consider also translating:
Now you have all the Danish care instruction translations you need. For a complete solution that handles all your product image translations automatically: