Meteorologerne udsender en vigtig meddelelse om vejret.

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Breakdown of Meteorologerne udsender en vigtig meddelelse om vejret.

• om: about
• vigtig: important
• vejret: the weather
• meteorologen: the meteorologist
• udsende: to issue
• meddelelsen: the message

Questions & Answers about Meteorologerne udsender en vigtig meddelelse om vejret.

Why is the definite form Meteorologerne used instead of something like Meteorologer?

In Danish, -erne is the definite plural ending. So meteorologerne means the meteorologists in plural form. If you wrote meteorologer, you’d just have the indefinite plural form meaning (some) meteorologists without specifying which ones.

Why do we use en before vigtig meddelelse if we already know it’s important?

The word en is the indefinite article in Danish, and it’s used before a singular, common-gender noun (like meddelelse). Saying en vigtig meddelelse emphasizes that it’s a single “important message,” rather than den vigtige meddelelse, which would imply you’d already introduced this specific message earlier.

How does the phrase om vejret work in this sentence?

The preposition om in om vejret means about. Combining it with the definite noun vejret (the weather) tells us the message is about the weather. This is a common way in Danish to indicate the topic of the statement.

Can you explain the word order in Meteorologerne udsender en vigtig meddelelse om vejret?

In Danish, the typical sentence order is Subject – Verb – Object – Other information. Here:
• Meteorologerne = Subject
• udsender = Verb
• en vigtig meddelelse = Object
• om vejret = Additional information (a prepositional phrase)

This straightforward order is quite common in Danish declarative sentences.