Danish pronunciation and orthography do not always correspond. In fact, in forms such as biologi/biologisk (biology/biological), the g is pronounced in the first word of the pair, but not in the second. Also, the glottal stop is after the final syllable of biologi, but after the third syllable of biologisk.
Here are ten pairs that illustrate the phenomenon. The g is pronounced in the first word of each pair, but not in the second:
antropologi/antropologisk (anthropology/anthropolical)
astrologi/astrologisk (astrology/astrological)
geologi/geologisk (geology/geological)
ideologi/ideologisk (ideology/ideological)
klimatologi/klimatologisk (climatology/climatological)
kriminologi/kriminologisk (criminology/criminological)
kronologi/kronologisk (chronology/chronological)
mytologi/mytologisk (mythology/mythological)
zoologi/zoologisk (zoology/zoological)
økologi/økologi (ecology/ecological)
The letter g is pronounced in nouns such as antropologi, but it is not pronounced in adjectives such as antropologisk. However, in the related Norwegian and Swedish languages, the g is pronounced in forms such as antropologisk. This appears to indicate that it was once pronounced in Danish but no longer because of the process of lenition.
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