B11: Yield

B11 · Priority signs

Yield

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What it means
Give way to traffic on the road you are entering or crossing. Stop when necessary.
Your action
Slow down, look for traffic from both directions and give way before entering or crossing. Stop if necessary.
Common mistake
Yield does not always require a complete stop; it always requires giving way.

Source check: 2026-10-16 · Order §16; curriculum 7.11. Road markings order 425, 13 April 2023 · Færdselsstyrelsen — category B, May 2026

B Who gives way: yield, stop, priority road, and priority against oncoming traffic.

Learn it in lesson 01 → All signs

In the course

Do not confuse

B11B11YieldB13B13Stop

Both require giving way. STOP additionally requires a complete stop; yield requires stopping when necessary.

A11A11Dangerous junction with a non-priority roadB11B11Yield

A11 warns about a junction where side-road traffic must give way. B11 tells you to give way to the road you are entering or crossing.

Road scene containing B11
The inverted triangle and yield line require giving way to traffic on the crossing road. The blue left arrow gives a direction; it does not remove that duty.
Neighbours of this sign in the B group.
B13StopB15Lane mergeB16Main roadB17End of main roadB18Priority for oncoming vehiclesB19Priority over oncoming vehicles

Drawing from Wikimedia Commons, free of copyright under section 9 of the Danish copyright act. Code and name follow executive order 425 of 13 April 2023 on road marking. Study material, not the legal text.

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