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Rh æ or ö), or between a vowel and a voice consonant or two voice consonants; 2) at the end of words after a long vowel or a voice consonant; Ex.: bage to bake, vige to yield, sluge to devour, kogle to charm, vaagne to awaken, Mængde quantity.

56. In common every day pronunciation g is often dropped: 1) after long u in slu(g)e to devour, su(g)e to suck, Ku(g)le bullet, Fu(g)l fowl, (the g was in these cases first assimilated to u and then dropped); 2) after long i in: li(g)e straight, direct, Pi(g)e girl, si(g)e to say, Skri(g) cry etc. (g in these cases was assimilated to j and then dropped); 3) after l and r: sæl(g)e to sell; spör(g)e to ask; impf. sol(g)te sold, spur(g)te (sporte) asked, dul(g)te concealed; 4) In ta(ge)r takes, ta(ge) to take, to(g) took, slo(g) struck, la(gde) laid.

57. The r commonly used by educated Danes is the untrilled back or throat r, produced by raising the back of the tongue towards the roof of the pharynx; this r is as a rule voiced, but it is voiceless after aspirated stops; it is never