Questions & Answers about Jeg er ikke vant til kulden.
Does "vant til" mean "used to" as in a past habit?
No. In Danish, at være vant til means "to be accustomed to" something in your current state. If you want to say you "used to" do a habit in the past, you would use plejede at instead. Here, it means you are currently not accustomed to the cold.
What is the difference between "vant" and "vænne"?
They are related but used differently. Vant is an adjective describing the state of being accustomed to something, used with the verb at være (to be). Vænne is a verb meaning the process of getting used to something, and it requires a reflexive pronoun, as in at vænne sig til. Because this sentence describes a state (I am not used to), it uses er ... vant.
Why is the word for cold "kulden" rather than just "kulde"?
Kulde is the base noun meaning "cold". In English we say "the cold", and in Danish you show "the" by attaching a definite ending to the noun. Since kulde is an en-word (common gender) that already ends in an e, you just add -n to make it kulden (the cold).
Can I use other prepositions after "vant", like "med" or "på"?
No, you must always use til. The phrase is strictly at være vant til (to be used to). Prepositions often do not translate word-for-word between English and Danish, so it is best to memorize vant til as a fixed pair.