Kompensationen er høj.

The compensation is high.

Breakdown of Kompensationen er høj.

• være: to be
• høj: high
• kompensationen: the compensation

Questions & Answers about Kompensationen er høj.

Why is it kompensationen instead of a separate word for the?

Because Danish usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• kompensation = compensation
• kompensationen = the compensation

The ending -en is the definite ending for many singular common-gender nouns.

So Danish often does this:

• en bog = a book
• bogen = the book

The same pattern gives:

• en kompensation = a compensation
• kompensationen = the compensation

What gender is kompensation?

It is a common-gender noun in Danish.

You can tell because:

• the indefinite form is en kompensation
• the definite form is kompensationen

A useful pattern: many nouns ending in -tion are common gender in Danish, for example:

• en situation
• en nation
• en produktion

So en kompensation fits a very common pattern.

When would I use kompensation, en kompensation, and ?