Danish Adjectives
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Danish adjectives are declined (conjugated) according to gender, number, and definiteness.
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Indefinite Declension
Danish has a two-gender system (see Danish nouns) which only affects the singular. Plural nouns are treated as though they are their own gender. Therefore, there are three ways (2 for the singular, 1 for the plural) in which adjectives are declined in the indefinite.
- En-words take the base form of the adjective:
- en stor bil = a large car
- Et-words add -t to the end of the base form:
- et stort hus = a large house
- And, plural nouns add -e to the end of the base form:
- store biler/huse = large cars/houses
This system also operates when the adjective is separated from the noun it modifies by the verb at være(to be):
- En bil er stor. = A car is large.
- Et hus er stort. = A house is large.
- Biler/Huse er store. = Cars/Houses are large.
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Definite Declension
The definite declension is even easier. All nouns, regardless of gender or number add -e to the base form:
- den store bil = the large car
- det store hus = the large house
- de store bilerne/husene = the large cars/houses
However, when definite nouns are separated from the adjectives that modify them by the verb at være(to be), they follow the indefinite pattern:
- Bilen er stor. = The car is big.
- Huset er stort. = The house is big.
- Bilerne/Husene er store. = The cars/houses are big.
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Irregular Adjectives
-sk
-ende
lille
