Danish shares a lot of vocabulary with English. Her are some words to help you getting started with learning Danish.

Danish words you can easily learn as English speaker

English: To will/ I will
Danish: At ville/ Jeg Vil

English: A window/ The window
Danish: Et vindue/ Vinduet

English: To come/ I come
Danish: At komme/ Jeg kommer

English: To can/ I can
Danish: At kunne/ Jeg kan

English: A thing/ The thing
Danish: En ting/ Tingen

English: To blink (your eyes)/ I blink (my eyes)
Danish: At blinke (dine øjne)/ Jeg blinker (mine øjne)

English: To lift/ I lift
Danish: At løfte/ Jeg løfter

English: An arm/ The arm
Danish: En arm/ Armen

English: A foot/ The foot
Danish: En fod/ Foden

English: A telephone/ The telephone
Danish: En telefon/ Telefonen

English: A drama/ The drama
Danish: Et drama/ Dramaet

English: A house/ The house
Danish: Et hus/ Huset

English: A man/ The man
Danish: En mand/ Manden

English: The colour Green
Danish: Farven Grøn

English: A concert/ The concert
Danish: En Koncert/ Koncerten

English: A cake / The Cake
Danish: En kage/ Kagen

English: A book / The book
Danish: En bog/ Bogen

English: A mouse / The mouse
Danish: En mus/ Mussen

English: A cup of coffee 
Danish: En kop Kaffe

English: A cup/ The cup
Danish: En kop/ Koppen

English: An oven/ The Oven
Danish: En ovn/ Ovnen

English: A palace/ The palace
Danish/ Et palads/ paladset

English: I build a house
Danish: Jeg bygger et hus

English: To build/ I build
Danish: At bygge/ Jeg bygger

English: I want Ice cream
Danish: Jeg vil have Is

In Danish to express want or desire, you need to use an extra verb (also called auxiliary verb). In this case we use the verb: at have (to have).
So we combine ''at ville'' and ''at have'' to get: 
Vil have= Want to have

English: An ice cream/ The Ice cream
Danish/ En is/ Isen

English: The ice at the North Pole
Danish: Isen ved Nordpolen