Huset har en stor have.

the house

Breakdown of Huset har en stor have.

• en: a
• stor: big
• haven: the garden

Questions & Answers about Huset har en stor have.

Why is Huset used instead of just Hus?

In Danish, nouns usually add a definite article as a suffix (for neuter nouns, -et). Hus (house) becomes Huset, meaning the house. By adding -et, you make it clear you are talking about a specific house.

Why do we use har here instead of something like er?

In Danish, har directly translates to has in English and is used to indicate possession. If you were to say Er (is), it would imply a state of being, like "The house is a big garden," which doesn't make sense. Har conveys that the house possesses a big garden.

Is have closer to garden or yard in English?

Have can be translated as garden, yard, or even yard area depending on the context, though garden is often the more direct translation. The chosen English equivalent can depend on regional usage and cultural context.

Why is the adjective stor used here and not stort?

In Danish, adjectives can change form depending on whether the noun is common gender or neuter, and whether it is definite or indefinite. For en-words (common gender), the base form of the adjective is used. Have is a common gender noun (en have), so we use stor. If it were a neuter noun (an et-word), you would typically see stort.

What is the typical word order in a Danish sentence like this?

In a basic declarative sentence, Danish generally follows Subject–Verb–Object word order:
• Huset (subject)
• har (verb)
• en stor have (object).
So Huset har en stor have follows the standard sentence structure of subject + verb + object in Danish.