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Questions & Answers about Hvor er døren?
Why is "the door" translated as a single word, døren?
In Danish, you don't use a separate word for "the" when talking about a specific thing. Instead, you attach the article to the end of the noun. Because dør is a common gender noun (an en word), you add -en to the end to get døren.
How does the lesson's rule about adding "-e" for plurals apply to dør?
To talk about "doors" in general (indefinite plural), you add -e to the end of dør, making it døre. If you want to say "the doors" (definite plural), you take that plural form and add -ne, making it dørene.
Does the verb er change if we change the sentence to "Where are the doors?"
No, and that is a great thing about Danish! Verbs never change based on whether the subject is singular or plural. Er translates to both "is" and "are", so you will use er whether you are looking for one door or five.
How do I pronounce the question word hvor?
The h is completely silent. In Danish, whenever a word starts with hv- (which is very common for question words like who, what, and where), you only pronounce the v sound.