Breakdown of Hun vandt prisen for årets bedste bog.
hun
she
bogen
the book
året
the year
vinde
to win
for
for (preposition)
bedst
best
prisen
the prize, the award
Questions & Answers about Hun vandt prisen for årets bedste bog.
Why is it årets and not just år?
årets is the possessive form of the definite noun året (the year). In Danish, you add an -s to show possession, just like in English. So årets literally translates to "the year's".
Why does the adjective bedste end in an -e here?
Adjectives take their definite ending, which is usually -e, whenever they follow a possessive word. Because årets acts as a possessive, the base adjective bedst becomes bedste.
If the English meaning includes "the best book", why isn't it den bedste bog?
You drop the definite article den because the possessive word årets already makes the phrase definite. Saying årets den bedste bog would be incorrect, much like saying "the year's the best book" in English.
Is vandt an irregular verb?
Yes. It is the past tense of at vinde (to win). It changes its core vowel in the past tense instead of taking a standard regular ending like -ede or -te.
Does the word prisen always mean "the prize"?
No, the base noun en pris can mean both an award or the cost of an item. You have to rely on context to know whether it means prize or price.
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