Breakdown of Tendensen viser at færre får børn.
barnet
the child
at
that
få
to get, to receive / to have (children)
vise
to show
tendensen
the trend
færre
fewer
Questions & Answers about Tendensen viser at færre får børn.
Why do we use færre instead of mindre in this sentence?
Færre is the comparative form of få (few), which is used with countable things. Mindre is the comparative of lidt (little) and is used for uncountable things like water or time. Since the sentence talks about fewer individuals having children, færre is the correct choice.
Where is the noun that færre is describing?
Færre stands alone here as a pronoun meaning "fewer people". Just like in English, Danish allows you to drop the word for people (mennesker or personer) when the context makes it obvious.
Why does the Danish sentence use får (get) instead of har (have) for "having children"?
At få børn refers to the act of becoming parents or bringing children into the world, which matches the idea of a birth rate trend. If you used har (færre har børn), it would mean fewer people currently possess children, rather than fewer people are actively having new babies.
What happens to the word order after the word at?
The word at (that) introduces a subordinate clause. In Danish subordinate clauses, you use straight word order, meaning the subject (færre) comes right before the verb (får).
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