Word
Skaberen var i tyverne da hun skabte trenden.
Meaning
The creator was in her twenties when she created the trend.
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Questions & Answers about Skaberen var i tyverne da hun skabte trenden.
Why does the Danish sentence just say i tyverne instead of using a word for "her" like i sine tyvere?
In Danish, approximate ages are formed using the preposition i followed by the definite plural of the decade. The number tyve (twenty) becomes tyverne (the twenties). Unlike in English, you do not use a possessive pronoun like hendes or sine here; the context makes it obvious whose twenties are being discussed.
Why do we use da for "when" in this sentence instead of når?
The word da is used for a single, specific event that happened in the past, which is exactly what "she created the trend" describes. You would only use når for past events if it meant "whenever" or "every time", or for events happening in the present or future.
Are skaberen and skabte from the same root word?
Yes, they both come from the verb at skabe (to create), with skabte being the past tense. To form the noun, you add the agent suffix -er to get en skaber (a creator), much like in English. Adding the definite article suffix gives us skaberen (the creator).
trenden looks like an English loanword. Does it follow normal Danish noun rules?
It does. The loanword en trend is treated as a regular common gender noun (an en-word). To say "the trend", you simply attach the standard definite suffix -en to the end, resulting in trenden.