Jeg hader kortmisbruget.

I hate the misuse of the payment card.

Breakdown of Jeg hader kortmisbruget.

• jeg: I
• kortmisbruget: the misuse of the payment card
• hade: to hate

Questions & Answers about Jeg hader kortmisbruget.

Why is kortmisbruget written as one long word?

Because Danish usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• kort = card
• misbrug = misuse / abuse
• kortmisbrug = card misuse / card abuse
• kortmisbruget = the card misuse / the abuse of cards

This is very normal in Danish. Where English often uses separate words, Danish often combines them.

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What does kortmisbruget mean grammatically?

It is a definite singular noun.

You can break it down like this:

• et kortmisbrug = a card misuse / a misuse of cards
• kortmisbruget = the card misuse

The ending -et is the definite article, similar to English the.

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Why is the definite article attached to the end instead of being a separate word like the?