Questions & Answers about Prisen er god for mig.
Why is it Prisen and not Pris?
Danish usually shows “the” by adding an ending to the noun instead of a separate word.
- Pris = a price
- Prisen = the price
So Prisen er god for mig means The price is good for me, not A price is good for me. If you wanted A price is good for me (which sounds odd in both languages), you would say En pris er god for mig.
Why does Prisen end in -en and not -et?
Danish nouns have two genders:
- common gender (with en): en pris → prisen
- neuter gender (with et): et hus → huset (a house → the house)
Pris is a common-gender noun, so:
- Indefinite: en pris
- Definite: prisen
That is why it’s Prisen, not Priset.
Could the sentence also be En pris er god for mig?