Word
Mødet er på tirsdag.
Meaning
The meeting is on Tuesday.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Mødet er på tirsdag.
være
to be
mødet
the meeting
på
on / at / in (a language) / of (after nouns like end or start)
tirsdag
Tuesday
Questions & Answers about Mødet er på tirsdag.
Why is "tirsdag" written with a lowercase "t"?
Unlike English, days of the week and months are not capitalized in Danish unless they are the very first word in a sentence. So, Tuesday is always tirsdag.
Does "på tirsdag" mean this coming Tuesday or every Tuesday?
Saying på tirsdag specifically means this coming Tuesday. If you wanted to say that the meeting happens regularly "on Tuesdays", you would use a different phrase: om tirsdagen.
Why does the sentence use "på" before the day of the week?
Just like in English where we say "on Tuesday", Danish uses the preposition på before the day of the week to show when a specific, upcoming event is happening.
How do we know "Mødet" means "the meeting" and not just "a meeting"?
In Danish, you don't put a separate word for "the" in front of the noun. Instead, you attach it to the end. The base word is et møde (a meeting). Because it is an "et" word, we add a -t to the end to make it mødet (the meeting).