Breakdown of Pigen planter frøet i den mørke jord.
pigen
the girl
i
in
den
the (common, before adjective)
mørk
dark
plante
to plant
frøet
the seed
jorden
the ground, the soil
Questions & Answers about Pigen planter frøet i den mørke jord.
Wait, doesn't frø also mean frog?
Yes, it does! Frø is a homonym in Danish meaning both 'seed' and 'frog'. You have to rely on context to tell them apart. Both are neuter words (et frø), so they both become frøet when you want to say 'the seed' or 'the frog'.
Why does mørk have an -e at the end here?
When an adjective comes after a definite article like den (the) or a possessive pronoun like min (my), it must take the definite ending, which is almost always an -e. So mørk (dark) becomes mørke.
Why is it den mørke jord instead of den mørke jorden? Doesn't 'the soil' need the -en ending?
In Danish, you don't use the suffix ending (-en or -et) if there is an adjective in front of the noun. Instead, the word for 'the' becomes a separate word before the adjective (den for en-words, det for et-words). If you remove the adjective, the 'the' goes back to being a suffix: jorden (the soil).
Is jord also the word for the planet Earth?
Yes! Jord translates to soil, dirt, ground, or land. When you are talking about our planet, it is usually written with a capital letter and the definite ending: Jorden (the Earth).
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