Breakdown of Diskussionsspørgsmålet nævner temaet.
Questions & Answers about Diskussionsspørgsmålet nævner temaet.
Because Danish normally writes compound nouns as a single word.
So:
- diskussion = discussion
- spørgsmål = question
- diskussionsspørgsmål = discussion question
Then the definite ending is added:
- diskussionsspørgsmålet = the discussion question
This is very common in Danish. English often uses several words where Danish prefers one compound word.
The -et is the definite article attached to the noun. In Danish, the is often added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.
Here the head noun is spørgsmål, and it is a neuter noun:
- et spørgsmål = a question
- spørgsmålet = the question
The same happens in the full compound:
- et diskussionsspørgsmål = a discussion question
- diskussionsspørgsmålet = the discussion question
So -et here means the.