Danish Adjectives

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Danish Adjectives

Danish adjectives must agree in gender and number with the nouns they describe. Adjectives are placed before the noun, as in English. However, the adjectives add endings depending on indefinite or definite use. If indefinite, common nouns usually add nothing, neuter nouns add -t and plural nouns add -e. If definite, many adjectives add -e to all forms. If the definite article is used before the adjective and noun, den, det and de are used in place of the regular articles.

Indefinite		Definite
a beautiful car	en flot bil	the beautiful car	den flotte bil
a beautiful house	et flot hus	the beautiful house	det flotte hus
beautiful cars	flotte bilar	the beautiful cars	de flotte biler

Regular and Irregular Indefinite Declensions

common	neuter	plural
god	godt	gode	good
ond	ondt	onde	bad
blå	blåt	blå	blue
smuk	smukt	smukke	beautiful
egen	eget	egne	own
gammel	gammelt	gamle	old
lille	lille	små	little / small

Comparative and Superlative Forms

Forming the comparative and superlative of adjectives in Danish is very similar to English. Most adjectives add -ere to the adjective for the comparative and -est(e) for the superlative. Some adjectives add nothing to the adjective, but use mere or mest (more or most) before the adjective.

	comparative	superlative
strong adjectives	-ere	-est
weak adjectives	-ere	-este
many syllables	mere	mest

Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms

good - better - best	god	bedre	bedst
bad - worse - worst	slem(t)	værre	værst
bad - less good - least good	dårlig	slemmere	slemmest
few - fewer - fewest	få	færre	færrest
small - smaller - smallest	lille	mindre	mindst
many - more - most	mange	flere	flest
much - more - most	meget	mere	mest
old - older - oldest	gammel	ældre	ældst

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