Serviceværkstedet reparerer elapparatet.

to repair

Breakdown of Serviceværkstedet reparerer elapparatet.

• elapparatet: the electrical appliance
• serviceværkstedet: the service workshop

Questions & Answers about Serviceværkstedet reparerer elapparatet.

Why is Serviceværkstedet written as one word?

Because Danish, like German, often forms compound nouns by joining words together.

Serviceværkstedet is built from:

• service
• værksted = workshop / repair shop
• -et = the for a neuter noun

So the base noun is serviceværksted = service workshop / repair shop, and serviceværkstedet means the service workshop.

English usually writes these as separate words more often, but Danish commonly combines them into one word.

What does the ending -et in Serviceværkstedet mean?

The ending -et is the definite article attached to the noun. In English, we put the before the noun; in Danish, it is often added to the end.

So:

• et serviceværksted = a service workshop
• serviceværkstedet = the service workshop

This happens because værksted is a neuter noun in Danish, and many neuter nouns take -et in the definite singular.

Why does reparerer end in -er?