Word
Skuespilleren er berygtet for sine løgne.
Meaning
The actress is notorious for her lies.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Skuespilleren er berygtet for sine løgne.
være
to be
sine
his/her/its own (plural)
for
for (preposition)
løgnen
the lie
Questions & Answers about Skuespilleren er berygtet for sine løgne.
Why do we use for after berygtet?
The adjective berygtet (notorious or infamous) pairs strictly with the preposition for. This is a fixed construction in Danish, which luckily matches the English phrase "notorious for". You cannot swap it out for other prepositions like om or til here.
Why does the sentence use sine instead of hendes for "her"?
Because the actress is the subject of the sentence and they are her own lies, we must use the reflexive possessive pronoun. Since løgne (lies) is plural, we use sine. If you wrote hendes løgne, it would mean she is notorious for another woman's lies.
The English translation says "actress", but doesn't skuespilleren just mean "the actor"?
In modern Danish, en skuespiller is widely used as a gender-neutral term for both male and female actors. The specifically feminine word skuespillerinde exists, but it is considered quite old-fashioned today.
Is there a trick to remember the meaning of the adjective berygtet?
Look at the root of the word! It contains rygte, which means "rumor" or "reputation" in Danish. The added prefix be- and suffix -t turn it into an adjective describing someone who is widely known for a bad reason.