Breakdown of Arbejdsløsheden faldt med tre procentpoint.
tre
three
med
with; by (bus, train) / of, to (the meaning or point of something)
falde
to fall
arbejdsløsheden
the unemployment
Questions & Answers about Arbejdsløsheden faldt med tre procentpoint.
Why do we use med here to mean "by"?
In Danish, when expressing a change in an amount, rate, or price, you use med to mean "by" that amount. For example, you say stige med (increase by) or falde med (fall by). If you used til instead of med, it would mean the unemployment fell to exactly three percentage points, rather than decreasing by that amount.
Why is there no plural ending on procentpoint after the number tre?
Point (and thus the compound procentpoint) is a short, one-syllable neuter noun. In Danish, most one-syllable neuter nouns take no plural ending. Just like you say et år (one year) and tre år (three years), you say et procentpoint and tre procentpoint.
How is the noun arbejdsløsheden constructed?
It starts with the adjective arbejdsløs, meaning unemployed (literally "work-less"). The suffix -hed turns it into the noun arbejdsløshed (unemployment), functioning much like "-ness" in English. Finally, the -en at the end is the definite article, making it "the unemployment".
What is the infinitive form of faldt, and what makes it tricky in the perfect tense?