Word
Roamingen virker på rejsen.
Meaning
The roaming service works on the journey.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Roamingen virker på rejsen.
på
on
rejsen
the journey
virke
to work
roamingen
the roaming service
Questions & Answers about Roamingen virker på rejsen.
Why does roaming become roamingen?
In Danish, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun.
So:
- en roaming = a roaming / roaming
- roamingen = the roaming
This is very common in modern Danish with borrowed tech words:
- appen = the app
- chatten = the chat
- browseren = the browser
So roamingen means the roaming service or roaming in a specific, known sense.
What does virker mean here?
Here, virker means works, functions, or is working.
It comes from the infinitive at virke.
Examples:
- Det virker. = It works.
- Telefonen virker ikke. = The phone doesn’t work.
So in this sentence, virker is about functionality, not about seeming or appearing.
Why is it virker and not virke?