Nouns Flashcards
In Danish nouns are called…
Navneord
What is a noun?
- Everything that is alive
- A thing
- A concept
- Names
a girl
en pige
an animal
et dyr
a flower
en blomst
a chair
en stol
a house
et hus
concept
begreb
a friendship
et venskab
a childhood
en barndom
name
navne
a dog
en hund
dogs
hunde
the dog
hunden
the dogs
hundene
how many genders in Danish?
two, which are resembled by the articles en / et (a)
is “hund” an n-word or t-word
n-word
en hund
are n-words or t-words more popular?
n-words
in general, are nouns covering living things n-words or t-words?
n-words
a man
en mand
a woman
en kvinde
an englishman
en englænder
a baker
en bager
a rose
en rose
four exceptions to the living things n-word rule
- et menneske
- et barn
- et dyr
- et træ
a child
et barn
a human being
et menneske
a tree
et træ
nouns ending with -e are usually…
n-words
a family
en familie
a week
en uge
nouns that end with -hed are always
n-words
e.g. en dumhed (a stupidity)
nouns that end with -dom are always
n-words
e.g. en sygdom (a sickness)
nouns that end with -else are always
n-words
e.g. en forkølelse (a cold)
nouns that end with -ing are always
n-words
e.g. en blanding (a mixture)
nouns that end with -ning are always
n-words
e.g. en ledning (a cable)
nouns that end with -inde are always
n-words
e.g. en veninde (a female friend)
