Grillspyddet er langt.

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Breakdown of Grillspyddet er langt.

• lang: long
• grillspyddet: the grill skewer

Questions & Answers about Grillspyddet er langt.

Why is grillspyddet written as one word?

Because Danish, like German, normally writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• grill
  • spyd → grillspyd

This is very common in Danish. English often uses separate words, but Danish usually joins them.

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Danish, the definite article is often added to the end of the noun instead of written as a separate word.

Here:

• grillspyd = skewer
• grillspyddet = the skewer

So the -et ending is doing the job of English the.

Is grillspyd an en-word or an et-word?

It is an et-word, which means it is a neuter noun.

That gives you forms like:

• et grillspyd = a skewer
• grillspyddet = the skewer

This also affects the adjective later in the sentence.

Why is it langt and not lang?