Learn Danish: Hvordan er vejret i dag? - What is the weather like today?

In English, we ask 'What is the weather like?'. In Danish, you do not use an equivalent for 'like' in this phrase. Instead, you literally ask 'How is the weather?'. Therefore, you must use hvordan (how) instead of hvad (what).

Why is there an -et at the end of vejret?

Vejr is a neuter noun, which means it uses et for 'a' or 'an' (et vejr). Because Danish attaches the word 'the' to the end of the noun, adding -et to vejr turns 'weather' into 'the weather' (vejret).

Why is i dag written as two separate words?

In Danish, words for relative days often use the preposition i (in) followed by the time word. The phrase i dag literally means 'in day', but it translates to 'today'. You will see this same two-word pattern in i morgen (tomorrow) and i går (yesterday).

Is the word order here exactly the same as in English?

Yes! Both languages put the question word first, followed by the verb, and then the subject. In Danish, hvordan is the question word, er is the verb, and vejret is the subject. This matches the English structure of 'How is the weather?'.