Word
Læreren har en imponerende stemme.
Meaning
The teacher has an impressive voice.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Læreren har en imponerende stemme.
en
a / an (common)
have
to have
læreren
the teacher
imponere
to impress
Questions & Answers about Læreren har en imponerende stemme.
What does the -ende ending in imponerende do here?
It turns the verb at imponere (to impress) into a describing word (an adjective). Just like adding '-ing' in English creates words like 'charming' or 'surprising', the Danish -ende ending creates words like imponerende (impressing or impressive) to describe nouns.
If imponerende is acting as an adjective, does it need to change form to match the noun?
No, and that is a very helpful rule! Unlike regular Danish adjectives, words ending in -ende never change their form. Imponerende stays exactly the same whether it describes an en word, an et word, or a plural noun.
Could I use imponerende to say 'The teacher is impressing us' as an ongoing action?
No, Danish does not use the -ende form to talk about ongoing actions. To say 'is impressing', you just use the normal present tense verb: Læreren imponerer os. You will mostly see -ende words used to describe things, just like an adjective.
Doesn't the word stemme also mean 'to vote'?
Yes, it is the exact same word! The noun en stemme translates to both 'a voice' and 'a vote'. The verb form, at stemme, means 'to vote'.