ADJECTIVES

If you are not sure what an adjective is, or what a gender is, please read my grammar page!

What should you notice about the phrases in the table?

et is for words whose gender is "neuter", en for words whose gender is "general" (often called "common" in English)
en and et mean “a” in front of a word, and “the” if they are attached to the end of it
the adjectives end in t in certain phrases with a neuter word

At the end of the table of phrases, I’ll explain the rule adjectives are following, but pay attention to the sample phrases, don’t obsess about the rules

[*L|da-DK] [*S|] [BIG|stor] [A big dinner|En stor middag] [A big glass|Et stort glas] [A big building|En stor bygning] [A big steak|En stor bøf] [*S|] [SMALL|lille] [A small town|En lille by] [A small dog|En lille hund] [A small canal|En lille kanal] [A small dinner|En lille aftensmad] [*S|] [OLD|gammel] [An old town|En gammel by] [An old church|En gammel kirke] [An old neighborhood|Et gammelt kvarter] [An old train|Et gammelt tog] [*S|] [NEW|ny] [A new hospital|Et nyt hospital] [A new school|En ny skole] [A new friend|En ny ven] [A new book|En ny bog] [*S|] [NICE|dejlig] [A nice hotel|Et dejligt hotel] [A nice park|En dejlig park] [A nice afternoon|En dejlig eftermiddag] [A nice breakfast|En dejlig morgenmad] [*S|] [GOOD|god] [A good wine|En god vin] [A good bakery|Et godt bageri] [A good museum|Et godt museum] [A good thing|En god ting] [*S|] [BAD|dårlig] [Bad news|Dårlige nyheder] [A bad apple|Et dårligt æble] [A bad morning|En dårlig morgen] [A bad trip| En dårlig tur] [*S|] [RIGHT (correct)|rigtig] [The right answer|Det rigtige svar] [The right word|Det rigtige ord] [The right week|Det rigtige uge] [The right day|Den rigtige dag] [*S|] [WRONG (incorrect)| forkert] [The wrong answer|Det forkerte svar] [The wrong word|Det forkerte ord] [The wrong week|Dnt forkerte uge] [The wrong place|Den forkerte sted] [*S|] [COLD|kold] [Cold water|Koldt vand] [Cold ice cream|Kold is] [The cold faucet|Den kolde vandhane] [A cold morning|En kold morgen] [*S|] [HOT|varm] [Hot water|Varmt vand] [Hot tea|Varm te] [A hot evening|En varm aften] [A hot room|Et varmt rum] [*S|] [FREE (not occupied)|fri] [Is this seat free?|Er dette sæde frit?] [Is this taxi free?|Er denne taxa fri?] [I am free on Sunday afternoon.|Jeg er fri søndag eftermiddag.] [Is Russia a free country?|Er Rusland et frit land?] [*S|] [FREE (no cost)|gratis] [A free gift|En gratis gave] [A free sample|En gratis prøve] [A free beer|En gratis øl] [A free magazine| Et gratis blad] [*S|] [HARD (not easy)| svær] [A hard language| Et svært sprog] [A hard job|Et svært arbejde] [A hard day|En svær dag] [A hard winter|En svær vinter] [*S|] [EASY| let] [An easy language| Et let sprog] [An easy job|Et let arbejde] [An easy day|En let dag] [An easy morning|En let morgen] [*S|] [DULL (boring)|kedelig] [A dull movie|En kedelig film] [A dull visit|Et kedeligt besøg] [A dull book|En kedelig bog] [A dull play|En kedelig spille] [*S|] [WONDERFUL)|vidunderlig] [A wonderful adventure|Et vidunderligt eventyr] [A wonderful visit|Et vidunderligt besøg] [A wonderful book|En vidunderlig bog] [A wonderful trip|En tur] [*S|] [PERFECT)| perfekt] [A perfect evening |En perfekt aften] [A perfect visit|Et perfekt besøg] [A perfect day|En perfekt dag] [A perfect peach|En perfekt fersken] [*S|] [IMPORTANT|vigtig] [An important meeting|Et vigtigt møde] [Health is important|Sundhed er vigtigt] [Teeth are important|Tænder er vigtige] [Money is important|Penge er vigtige] [*S|] [TIRED|træt] [I’m tired!|Jeg er træt!] [Are you tired |Er du træt] [We are all tired!|Vi er alle trætte!] [The horse is tired.|Hesten er træt] [*S|] [HAPPY|glad] [I’m happy!|Jeg er glad!] [Are you happy |Er du glad] [My brother is happy|Min bror er glad [My sister is happy|Min søster er glad] [*S|] [SURE|sikker] [I’m sure!|Jeg er sikker!] [Are you sure about it?|Er du sikker på det?] [I’m not at all sure!|Jeg er slet ikke sikker.] [I was sure.|Jeg var sikker.] [*E|]

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OK, now for the RULE, if that's how you prefer to think

English	General word (town)	Neuter word (house)
a town/a house	en by	et hus
the town/the house	byen	huset
a big ...	en stor by	et stort hus
the big ...	den store by	det store hus
...is big	byen er stor	huset er stort

Did you notice?>

er means all of "is, are, "am"
The Danish word for money, penge, always plural, is interesting because it is related to the English word "pennies".
A lot of Danish words are very similar to English, but spelled differently, or used differently, e.g. hund (hound), tur (tour), vinter (winter).
In many languages, he and she would be followed by adjectives with different endings, but in Danish, they are the same because there is no feminine gender.
Off topic: ikke is "not", but slet ikke is a useful expression for a firmer negative.