Finally a context for a dad joke, I've had laying around! What's sitting on the bottom of a bucket going "dav dav dav"? A spandauer

Can't recall having heard "Dav" used as a greeting for ages. I'm 40+ and been living in Copenhagen most of my life. I've heard "Godaw" once in a blue moon, when talking to people from Jutland

We use 'dav' in my family and I sometimes use it outside of that context, but I don't think I ever hear other people use it.

I think a lot of people answering here have not been in Jylland since it's quite common in some areas and circles. I feel like I've heard it myself quite a lot, so much so I do it myself now even after I moved to kbh.2 years ago.

I've heard people use it before but it's very rare. To the point where I'd say using it is more of a personal quirk rather than any group preference.

It's a casual greeting, usually only used among friends I'd say. It's a shortened version of "Goddag".

It sounds like the usage of "Dav" in Danmark might be similar to the usage of "Howdy" here in the USA.

I've grown up in a rural area, and while I associate dav/davs with old farmers or workers, I rarely hear them use it nowadays.

I occasionally use "davs" semi-ironically but it is definitely not the most common greeting. It's probably not a greeting you should use the first time you meet someone, or at a job interview, but it is fine (albeit a bit atypical) for greeting friends. Hej or hey are more common, and as a bonus, also much easier to pronounce for the average English speaker.

I think it might be more about the circles you're in. I personally haven't heard or used it while living in various places in Jutland, albeit urban areas.