Questions & Answers about Gardinet er blødt og hænger stille.
Because -et makes the noun definite singular for a neuter noun.
- et gardin = a curtain
- gardinet = the curtain
So gardin is the basic dictionary form, and gardinet means the curtain.
In Danish, nouns are either common gender or neuter. You usually learn this from the article:
- en
- noun = common gender
- et
- noun = neuter
Since the word is et gardin, it is neuter. That is why the definite form is gardinet, not gardinen.