Breakdown of Vores by har mindst arbejdsløshed.
byen
the city
have
to have
vores
our / ours
mindst
least (uncountable)
arbejdsløsheden
the unemployment
Questions & Answers about Vores by har mindst arbejdsløshed.
Why do we use mindst here instead of færrest?
Mindst is the superlative form of lidt (a little). It is used for uncountable quantities, like arbejdsløshed (unemployment) or time. If you were talking about countable things, like having the fewest unemployed people (færrest arbejdsløse), you would use færrest.
Why isn't there a definite article like den mindste arbejdsløshed, since the English translation says 'the least'?
When superlatives of quantity like mindst (least) or mest (most) are used directly before an abstract or uncountable noun to simply measure amount, Danish drops the definite article. It behaves purely as a quantifier telling us 'how much' rather than an adjective describing a specific physical object.
How is the long word arbejdsløshed built?
It is a compound word made of three distinct parts that are very useful to learn. Arbejde means work, -løs is a suffix meaning without (like the English -less), and -hed is a noun-forming suffix just like English -ness. Put together, it literally means work-less-ness.
By is a common gender noun (en by). Does vores change if we use a neuter noun instead?
No, and that makes vores one of the easiest possessive pronouns to use! In modern everyday Danish, vores stays exactly the same whether the following noun is common gender, neuter, or plural.
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