Breakdown of De betragter konkurrenten som utroligt innovativ.
de
they
utrolig
unbelievable / incredible
betragte som
to regard as / consider
konkurrenten
the competitor
Questions & Answers about De betragter konkurrenten som utroligt innovativ.
Why do we use som here instead of for?
The verb betragte (to regard or consider) pairs specifically with the word som. If you were using the other evaluation verb from this lesson, anse, you would use for instead, as in De anser konkurrenten for utroligt innovativ.
Could we include at være right after som in this sentence?
No, you cannot say betragter som at være. While the phrase anse for frequently takes at være (as in anse for at være), the expression betragte som connects directly to the noun or adjective that describes the object without adding the verb 'to be'.
Why does utroligt end in a -t here?
In this sentence, utroligt acts as an adverb meaning "incredibly", modifying the adjective innovativ. In Danish, you typically add a -t to an adjective's basic form to turn it into an adverb.
Since konkurrenten is definite, why doesn't innovativ end in an -e?
Adjectives only take the definite -e ending when they are placed directly in front of a definite noun (like den innovative konkurrent). Because innovativ is placed later in the sentence to describe the noun, it only agrees with the noun's gender and number. Since konkurrent is a singular en-word, we use the basic form innovativ.