Breakdown of For det andet er der ingen have.
være
to be
der
there
haven
the garden
ingen
no one; no
for det andet
second(ly), in the second place
Questions & Answers about For det andet er der ingen have.
Why is the verb inverted here, with er der instead of der er?
This is a classic example of the V2 (verb-second) rule. Because the sentence starts with the phrase For det andet (Secondly), the main verb er must take the second structural position, pushing the dummy subject der to the third position.
How does the construction For det andet translate to 'Secondly'?
In Danish, you list ordered points by combining for det with an ordinal number. 'Firstly' is for det første, 'secondly' is for det andet, and so on. The neuter pronoun det is used because it refers to a generic, abstract point.
Could I use ikke nogen instead of ingen in this sentence?
Yes, you could perfectly well say For det andet er der ikke nogen have. Both are grammatically correct, but ingen have is slightly more concise and often preferred in written Danish, while ikke nogen is very common in everyday speech.
Why do we use ingen instead of intet before have?
The word for 'no' or 'none' has to agree with the gender of the noun. Because a garden is a common gender noun (en have), you must use ingen. If the sentence were about a house (et hus), you would have to use the neuter form and say intet hus.
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