Word
Hundrede frivillige deltog i forsøget.
Meaning
A hundred volunteers took part in the experiment.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Hundrede frivillige deltog i forsøget.
i
in
hundrede
hundred
deltage
to attend / to take part, to participate
frivillig
volunteer / voluntary
Questions & Answers about Hundrede frivillige deltog i forsøget.
Why is there no word for "a" before hundrede in this sentence?
In Danish, you can drop the indefinite article et before hundrede (a hundred) and tusind (a thousand) when stating a quantity. Saying Et hundrede frivillige is also perfectly correct, but starting simply with Hundrede is very common and sounds natural.
Frivillige usually means "voluntary." How does it mean "volunteers" here?
Danish frequently turns adjectives into nouns simply by using them in the place of a noun. Here, the plural adjective frivillige (voluntary) acts directly as the plural noun "volunteers." You will see this often with words describing people, such as de unge (the young people) or en voksen (an adult).
Why does the verb deltage become deltog in the past tense?
Deltage is a compound word made from del (part) and tage (to take), mirroring the English phrase "take part." When conjugating compound verbs, you only change the verb portion. Since the past tense of the irregular verb tage is tog, the past tense of deltage is deltog.
Is the preposition i always used with deltage?