Terningekastet er højt.

The roll of the die is high.

Breakdown of Terningekastet er højt.

• være: to be
• høj: high
• terningekastet: the roll of the die

Questions & Answers about Terningekastet er højt.

Why is terningekastet written as one word?

Because Danish, like German, very often makes compound nouns by writing the parts together.

Terningekastet is built from:

• terning = die / dice
• kast = throw / roll
• -et = the for a singular neuter noun

So the full word means something like the dice roll or the throw of the die.

What does the ending -et mean?

It is the definite article attached to the end of the noun.

In Danish, instead of putting the in front of a noun, you often add it to the noun itself.

For this noun:

• et terningekast = a dice roll
• terningekastet = the dice roll

So -et here works like English the.

Why is it højt and not høj?